"This park has served as an opportunity for a lot of kids in this community to be able to have a safe space to come to," said Michael Bowers, a community activist and adviser to the project.

City officials say they're committed to completing the planned $85 million overhaul of Martin Luther King Jr. Park even as funding sources for the project's signature community center remain ...

"There's a lot more happening in my world that allows ... She also added that she hopes her new role will one day make her own kids think that she's "cool." "One of those little fantasies that ...

My sons — who are now 25 and 27 — each earned their Eagle Scout, graduated high school, went to college, and based on the updates and pictures I posted, they probably seemed like perfect kids.

"I was having trouble getting around, and still in a lot of pain ... but then the kids make it worth it with all the different toys and the smiles and all that," he told the New York Post the ...