Minnesota-based author Barbara Longley writes contemporary and paranormal romance. “I can see the eye-rolling,” she says, but “good writing is good writing, and every great story involves a romance.” Longley’s website describes her work as “Romance with a touch of Celtic magic.” What does romance mean to Longley? “Romance is the guarantee of a satisfying 
Paying a woman to carry your baby is still illegal in New York state, but will the laws soon change? In 2006, when Brooklyn local Melissa Musman was told by her doctor she could not have children following radiation treatments for desmoid tumors, she and her husband, Mike, decided to seek a gestational surrogate, or 
After a series of shootings in NYC’s projects, ‘Our Town Downtown’ uncovers life in NYC’s housing complexes In early July, NYPD Officer Brian Groves was performing a routine vertical patrol in the Lower East Side’s Seward Park complex when he was shot by a man who subsequently fled the scene. A few days later, a 
