Crews trying to restore power to hundreds of thousands of Northeasterners two days after a freak snowstorm swept up the coast face a tough job, even with fair weather to work in.
Twelve-year-old McKenzie Gallasso was deciding between dressing as a witch or a werewolf when the phone rang Monday with bad news: Halloween had been canceled.
Workers cleaning up after a freak snowstorm raced Monday to clear fallen branches and splintered trees from paths and roads in Central Park in time for this weekend's New York City Marathon, which winds through the park.
The New York City Office of Emergency Management warns people to stay out of parks because of the risk of falling trees and limbs after a nor'easter dumped snow.
A five-month probe by New York City's anticorruption agency has uncovered no evidence that disgruntled sanitation workers purposely sabotaged snow removal efforts during a massive December blizzard.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the number of cars and buses stuck in the streets were a major stumbling block for officials trying to clean up after last weekend's snowstorm.
The head of the nation's largest commuter railroad says most service has been restored after a blizzard clobbered the New York City metropolitan region.
Four international flights were apparently forced to wait on the tarmac overnight at Kennedy Airport, at least one for as long as eight hours, as the airport began to resume accepting flights.