Class was dismissed early today at East Side Community High School and Girls Prep Lower East Side Middle School due to structural issues with the school building.

A roundup of East Village news from around the web, including a chat with Molly Ringwald, a street festival on the Lower East Side and more.

A roundup of East Village stories from around the web, including the death of the Bowery Mural proprietor, a countersuit in the Body Evolutions case, and more.

The Archdiocese of New York has been authorized to sell Mary Help of Christians Church for $41 million, and evidence points to Douglas C. Steiner, a developer of luxury residences and the owner of Steiner Studios, as the church’s prospective buyer.

With the close of the Mary Help of Christians flea market last weekend, Bernarda Ortiz, the market’s matron for the past 15 years, is concerned about its move to Immaculate Conception Church.

Parishioners at Mary Help of Christians worry they’ll have to worship in a basement chapel – or worse yet, a conference room – after the church holds its final mass this weekend.

“Boardwalk Empire” is looking for a period-appropriate apartment. Could that be yours?

The film crew spotted outside Mary Help of Christians church last Thursday was working on a comedy called “Growing Up (And Other Lies).”

An update on the pit bull shot on 14th Street, a review of a dance in the Fringe Fest, a guilty plea in the case of Private Danny Chen and more news from the neighborhood.

The HBO show’s cameras were rolling today at the Cornelia Connelly Center, between First Avenue and Avenue A.

A roundup of this morning’s news, including a play about CBGB, an art exhibit about Mars Bar, a new wine bar, the Summer of Riesling, and more.

This morning’s roundup of news, including a look at St. Mary’s Byzantine church, the “Boardwalk Empire” shoot, a closer look at “Saints of the Lower East Side,” some hot new brunch spots, and more.

After serving as an after-hours club for one film and then a church in the Bronx for another, Mary Help of Christians is now being taken back to 1920s Little Italy, for a scene in “Boardwalk Empire.”

Bob Rosenthal, who has just completed a memoir about his 20 years as Allen Ginsberg’s secretary, shares memories of the poet’s life in the East Village.

A roundup of this morning’s news.

Even in these winter months, they bundle up on Saturdays and Sundays hoping to make a bundle of cash – some of them for more than twenty years.

District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance sees basketball as a crime strategy, and according to the operators of two recently launched East Village programs, it’s working.

Tim Schreier Shots of St. Cyril’s Church and Father Cimerman. Last month, The Local reported that Mary Help of Christians was on the market, as its congregation had dwindled to about 70 people. Meanwhile, on St. Marks Place, a church that came back from the brink of closing is, if not thriving, at least surviving. Father […]

Steve Simpson, a vendor at the Mary Help of Christians weekend flea market, sells his own music along with found and donated items.