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%26#8220;Seek the shalom of the city into which I have sent you into exile,%26#8221; he recited, from the Book of Jeremiah. He spread his arms and looked about. There was little to behold. But it was peaceful.The first time he heard that verse, he was in exile, inside Sing Sing prison, serving 20 years [...]

Trees %26#151; redwoods, live oaks or blossoming fruit trees %26#151; are usually considered sturdy citizens of the sun-swept peninsula south of San Francisco, not criminal elements. But under a 1978 state law protecting homeowners%26#8217; investment in rooftop solar panels, trees that impede solar panels%26#8217; access to the sun can be deemed a nuisance and [...]

The same cheerful restlessness seems to pervade all areas of his life. In the last six years, since becoming quadriplegic, he has started a skin care line, Clark%26#8217;s Botanicals; written a memoir (%26#8220;it%26#8217;s 95 percent finished,%26#8221; he said); learned Spanish, to communicate better with some of his caretakers; and researched and managed his recovery. [...]

The situation has improved greatly since Mr. Dinkins%26#8217;s foray into East New York. Crime has dropped even in places like Cypress Hills, a project of 15 seven-story buildings. In 1991, there were 107 murders recorded in the 75th Precinct, which includes Cypress Hills; last year, there were 33. Residents of Cypress, as many call [...]

YOU don%26#8217;t try to surprise a woman like Anna North Coit with a 100th birthday party %26#151; and not because she can%26#8217;t handle the jolt, no siree. She sensed something was up before her car crested the vineyard hill of Jonathan Edwards Winery on April 6. Once the party was in full swing, [...]

THE grammar school at St. Lawrence O%26#8217;Toole Roman Catholic parish here opened in 1926, in a two-story building at the crest of a gentle slope near the train station. For decades, nuns lived in the rooms upstairs and taught their students in classrooms on the first floor.In 1968, when Brian Ledley entered first grade, [...]

Thirty-one years later, my wife, Mary, and I were married in a church whose very name, Our Lady of Sorrows, seemed to emphasize the tribulations over the joys that awaited us. A family friend, a nun with connections, presented us with our own papal blessing, this time linking a wedding in suburban New Jersey [...]

She keeps a home for her husband, Scott, who was her college sweetheart and is now a marketing executive. She keeps an eye on her 20-year-old daughter, Abby, a sophomore at nearby Bates College, and her 18-year-old son, Anders, a high school senior.She confers with neighbors on how to replace an old neighborhood bridge [...]

%26#8220;It%26#8217;s Richard from the bank,%26#8221; a voice answered. %26#8220;Your landlord has lost the house.%26#8221;Many renters may believe that they have avoided the chaos of the subprime loan crisis and the mortgage meltdown simply by renting and not buying, but they may not be as insulated as they think. Buildings with tenants are going into [...]

JACKIE WARNER, the lesbian fitness trainer whose seesaw love life is chronicled in the Bravo reality series %26#8220;Work Out,” is maneuvering though a dark, half-built gym in Hollywood. Already a minor celebrity thanks to her show, Ms. Warner has plans to renovate this equipment-strewn space and offer affordable group fitness classes.The studios are silent [...]