Road to Jamaica HS closing long, rocky

Over the last 2 1/2 years, the fate of Jamaica High School has been shrouded in controversy and uncertainty as the city and state flip-flopped on their evaluations of the school’s performanceand its importance to the southeast Queens community.

• Flushing murder inspires tougher stand on stalkers
• St. John’s students use food stamps for 100 hours
• Boro keeps Haiti on its mind

CK lets its shot at national ranking slip away late

NEWARK, N.J. — The Christ the King girls basketball team had been teetering on the brink of a national ranking for weeks. The Royals were winners of nine straight and, with a clean sweep against two powerhouses this weekend, they would have been a shoo-in.

• Christ the King crowns St. Peter’s

City eating comes home to Bayside

The owners of a new restaurant in Bayside opened the eatery with the hopes of matching aspects of eating in the city to the neighborhood while retaining the personal touches locals love about eating close to home.

• How's Business? Watch out for bargain tricks

Not Here

We cannot find any reason why the trial of the self-described masterminds of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks should be held in lower Manhattan. At a time when the mayor is searching for ways to balance the budget without firing teachers, it is ridiculous to ask the city to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to hold the trial here.

• Come together and help Haiti
• Albany failed city’s schoolchildren