“Goodbye Sweet Boy.” Matt and Courtney Farrell announced on spongebobthecat.com that Sponge Bob, their recently adopted 33-turned-26 pound tabby, had to be put down this week. He had fits of breathing trouble, the newlywed couple wrote, so they took him to an emergency veterinarian, who found a growing mass in the nine-year-old cat’s chest that 
by Adel Manoukian Levi Aron, the man who confessed to kidnapping, killing, and dismembering 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky last year pleaded guilty yesterday to second-degree murder and kidnapping charges. Aron will serve 25 years on the murder charge and 15 more years for kidnapping when he is officially sentenced on the 29th of August, according to 
By Paul Bisceglio When the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) announced in July that it would soon move 200 homeless families into two residential West 95th Street Buildings, community members, elected officials and Community Board 7 (CB7) objected. The buildings were designed as single room occupancy units for low income residents, they argued, and 
By Paul Bisceglio Here’s one thing you don’t want to see on your romantic stroll along the High Line in the sunset: a pile of dead birds. “It’s a fantastic park, but it does pose some form of hazard, because it will draw birds in and bring them into these areas that are exposed 
By Paul Bisceglio Downtown was buzzing with excitement yesterday for the prospect of free vibrators. Trojan announced that it would be distributing 10,000 Tri-Phoria and The Pulse devices — $40 and $30 retail values, respectively! — from two hot dog carts in different neighborhoods throughout the day, so New Yorkers lined the streets of 
By Paul Bisceglio Soho enjoyed a dash of celebrity drama last weekend when Julien Chabbott, boyfriend of The Hills reality star Stephanie Pratt, was arrested in front of The Mercer Hotel. Police found the 28-year-old’s $258,000 red Ferrari on Mercer Street illegally parked and sans registration or inspection stickers. The couple was on the scene, 
By Paul Bisceglio Don’t panic! The fire that reportedly broke out on 1 World Trade Center’s 88th floor this morning was just welding, FDNY officials said. 84 firefighters rushed to the ground zero construction site at about 7:45 a.m. Steve Coleman, a spokesperson for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, told the 
