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Above: John Malter attended the very first Green Up Day in 1970 and continues to support annual event 51 years later. As administrator for the Mad River Resource Management Alliance, his work involves coordinating disposal, reuse and recycling of a wide range of materials for local communities. Photo by Jenny Koppang. Green Up Day fosters hope in Waterbury community after a bleak year Below: Waterbury resident Bill Minter, a seasoned Green Up Day volunteer, tends to a steady stream of cars and collects their copious spoils of roadside trash. Photo by Jenny Koppang. In honor of the 51st Annua...

Midtown Has Been Empty, but Other Retail Zones Have Bounced Back Shopping locally has helped foot traffic in some commercial districts across the city return almost to prepandemic levels. Main Street, the heart of Flushing’s Chinatown, is busy but many businesses have closed.Credit...Tom Sibley for The New York Times April 13, 2021 All eyes are on Midtown Manhattan as everyone anxiously waits to see if and when office workers and tourists will return to what have been eerily empty streets and whether the businesses that line them will regain customers lost during the pandemic. But other ret...