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Reveals that the paper money collection put together in the 1940s and 1950s by Malcolm A. Trask, a resident in south Yonkers, New York, is now worth millions of dollars. Subway motorman with an eighth-grade education; Accumulation of paper money issued by banks for U.S. state governments; Stashing of the collection in a closet, where it languished, until discovered by his children.

At the foot of a Union Square subway platform staircase, an artist focused on his delicate work, maneuvering a fold of black origami paper along half-open scissor blades. ''Scissor doesn't move, only paper moves,'' he said to the rider posing for him. ''Nice young man,'' he bantered. ''How old are you? Like your hair.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

-- mostly men wearing dark suits, white shirts and the standard narrow tie -- sat at a table, focused, pens to paper, their heads cocked back, looking in the same direction as they observed one paper airplane after another toy with drag, lift and weight, the three basic forces that govern flight. This was the International Paper Airplane Competition, a coming-of-age event for paper airplanes, held in the Great Hall of what is now the New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows, Queens. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Eight years ago, a paper mill closed in this remote corner of the western Adirondacks, taking with it more than 100 jobs. Most of the 75 houses in this speck of a hamlet a two-hour drive from Canada soon fell into disrepair, their frames thrashed by weather and hardship. Some families moved wherever they could find work. Others were stuck with homes they could not sell and long commutes over desolate country roads. The nearest gas station closed, the local hospital struggled to fill its 20 beds, and the volume of mail at the one-person post office shriveled by half, as if the place had been given up for dead. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Focuses on the art exhibition titled 'Works on Paper,' which is being held at the Seventh Regiment Armory in New York City, as of February 27, 2004. Description of the paper art works that were featured in the exhibition; Viewing schedules.

Delves into the issue whether or not tissue was invented in New York.

Reports that paper manufacturers Paper Access has open a store at Broadway in New York. Company's reason for locating its store in the Upper West Side of New York; Types of papers sold by the company; Other products of the company.

Reports that the plan to pursue a paper-recycling plant in New York City, New York was stopped. Why the plans for the plant falter; Detractors of the plan; Plant that is being built.

Discusses the soon-to-be announced proposal for a $100 million plant (the Bronx Community Paper Company) in the South Bronx to produce recycled paper from New York City's trash. New jobs to be created; Other economic benefits.

Reports on New York state officials' approval of an environmental permit and low-cost financing for a plan to build a $485 million paper-recycling mill in the South Bronx, New York City. Mill's production of newsprint from waste paper collected by the city's Department of Sanitation and private sources; Number of jobs to be created by the mill; Environmental benefits of the project.

Informs about the consent of an Australian company, Pratt Industries, to build a waste paper recycling plant in Staten Island, New York. Views of people about the anticipated benefits from the same.

Discusses Allen Hershkowitz's plan of building a mill in the Bronx for recycled newsprint. What he wanted to accomplish with the plan; Amount of money that was spent to plan the mill; Why the project was formally abandoned in July 2000.

Features a library designed by interior designer Alan Tanksley in the Hampton Designer Showhouse in Wainscott, New York. Use of paper clip chandelier by Gary Ponzo; Price range of Ponzo's chandeliers.

The article focuses on the charges against Charles Limmer, a Long Island man, who has been accused of smuggling 200,000 U.S. dollar worth of deceased, protected butterflies and other insects, using deceptive labels to conceal the illegal shipments and expressing contempt for the U.S. Fish.

This article reports that the New York Public Library has purchased the personal papers of historian and presidential aide Arthur Schlesinger Jr. who passed away in 2007. Schlesinger was a highly regarded scholar in addition to working in the administration of John F. Kennedy. The library acquired close to 5,000 pages of his journal, along with datebooks, research files and correspondence.

''PAPER is upstairs.'' Steven Steinberg, 74, the third-generation owner of New York Central Art Supply, says this constantly to bewildered newcomers to his shop on Third Avenue just below 11th Street. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports on the regulations adopted by the administration of governor George Pataki to require that cigarettes sold be manufactured with paper that can extinguish itself in New York. Adoption of the regulations by the Department of State; Effectiveness of the bans in stopping the paper from burning down when no one is puffing on the cigarette; Response of the agency on the concerns of retailers.

Comments on issues concerning New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg's budget proposal. Responsibility of the state for financing local school systems; Use of gambling as a strategy for raising school funds; Deferral of plans for critically needed school construction; Criticism of the plan to build a stadium without any parking facilities.

Provides news briefs concerning New York as of September 6, 2000. Details on the study which revealed that manufacturers' payments in the state is higher than the national average; Court ruling on Foster Wheeler Corp., which sued Broome County over the collapse of a deal over a garbage-to-energy plant; Update on the planned purchase of Appleton Coated Paper Mill by the Empire Paper Group.

They brought their hand-me-downs in paper bags and shopping carts, in backpacks and even the bottom rack of a wheelchair, dropping them off in hampers at a greenmarket stand on their way to the jams and fresh vegetables. The success of the recent weekend clothing collection at the Grand Army Plaza greenmarket in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, spoke of warmer weather, spring cleaning and stamina. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The automated public toilet at National Street and Corona Plaza in Queens -- a self-cleaning contraption that douses itself with disinfectant after each use -- is a prince among lavatories. A stone's throw from the elevated tracks of the No. 7 train, translucent panels jut from a roof topped with a pyramidal skylight. Gender-specific pictographs and Braille text adorn a panel by the door. Inside, revealed for the admission price of 25 cents, is gleaming metalwork and a machine that dispenses toilet paper while making a mewling sound like that of a small wounded animal. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Presents answers to questions about various topics related to New York State. Information on the banker named Preserved Fish, listed on the perimeter wall of the New York Marble Cemetery; Explanation for the names stamped on the bottom of paper bags; Location of a manned lighthouse still in operation.

Focuses on a recycling plant and paper mill project to be built in South Bronx, New York. Maya Lin, the artist who designed the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D. C., being the project designer; Project developer; Cost.

The article focuses on New York City's program to encourage recycling, which includes providing public waste bins for paper, cans and bottles. The plan which is supported by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg requires colored bins including green cans for paper and blue for bottles and cans to be placed in six busy parks, transit stations and on both terminals of the Staten Island Ferry.

Reports the deal reached by the State of New York to reserve and protect more than a quarter of a million acres in the Adirondack region. Future use of land for public recreation; Right of the former land owner, International Paper, to continue to harvest wood in a manner that sustains the environment; Reduced tax obligation of International Paper due to lost development potential.

Focuses on the closing of the Newton Falls paper mill in Newton Falls, New York, and its effect on the town. Impact of the mill closing on Jean Burrows, owner of the Newton Falls Hotel; History of Newton Falls.

THE NEW MILLENNIUM PAPER AIRPLANE CONTEST When planes take off from Queens, it isn't exactly newsworthy. But the dozens of aircraft that will fly in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park on Saturday won't be the typical Boeings and Airbuses. They won't have engines, passengers or pilots, and they may travel only a matter of feet. Still, they are designed to soar right into history. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports that the Metropolitan Museum of Art has acquired the Gilman Paper Company Collection of photographs, an archive that includes hundreds of works from the medium's earliest years and that is widely considered to be the most important private photography collection in the world. Potential for the Met to become one the world's pre-eminent institutions for 19th century photographs; Reference to the Met's goal of acquiring the Gilman collection for the last 15 years; Question as to how much the collection cost and how much of it was a gift; Negotiations with the Gilman estate; Highlights from the collection.

This article presents editorial related to recycling of wastes in New York City. Recycling in New York City didn't entirely go away in the last two years. But it got as confusing as a game of Twister. In the summer of 2002, the programs for glass and plastic were suspended. Metal and paper recycling continued. While the city may have had the best of intentions in suspending parts of the recycling, the experiment did not produce the savings predicted. For confirmed recyclers, tossing bottles in the trash again brought a certain trauma, or a thrill of rule-flouting.

Reports on Pratt Industries' proposal to build a facility next to its paper recycling plant in Travis that would take household trash from Staten Island, New York and turn it into recycled materials and steam power. Local environmental groups' opposition against the proposal; Adverse environmental impact of the facility.

Focuses on the decision of International Paper, a private landowner in Adirondacks, New York, to sell a portion of land to the environmental group Nature Conservancy.

The article presents information on the pedestrian crushed by a pickup truck in Lower Manhattan in Manhattan, New York, suspicion of truck driver's relation with terrorist organization Islamic State (ISIS), and recovery of a paper from the truck bearing a message referring to ISIS by the police.

The article covers a New York law that allows the state legislature to publish bill electronically rather than on paper in an effort to reduce waste and overall paper use. Information is provided on a provision in the New York State Constitution requiring bills be printed and on the desks of lawmakers for three days, which means a constitutional amendment is needed to deliver bills to laptop and tablet computers.

Reports on the hindrances that have stalled the construction of a paper recycling mill, Bronx Community Paper Co. in the old Harlem Rail Yard. Situations that led to the indefinite postponement of the ground breaking ceremony; Suit filed by a Manhattan lawyer who objected to the mill in railroad yard; Withdrawal of two of the investors from the project; Other related details; Optimism and hopes of the partners of the project.

Gives details of the controversy surrounding the setting up of a private garbage company Atlas Paper Stock Company, in Greenwich Village. Reasons for the same; Speculations on the proposed approval to be given by the Department of Sanitation.

Looks at how the Chambers Paper Fibers Corp. and its president Salvatore Benedetto helped the Manhattan District Attorney to investigate the Mafia-controlled garbage-carting business in New York City. Details on how the company and Benedetto helped in the investigation; Number of people indicted with evidence from the investigation. INSET: With new waste commission, mayor vows.., by David Stout..

Reports on the solid-waste management plan approved by the New York City Council that will hasten the city's timetable for the recycling of `mixed papers' and milk cartons. Final approval needed by the plan from the State Environmental Conservation Department; Oppositions to the plans.

Discusses how Salvatore Benedetto, president of garbage-hauler Chambers Paper Fibres Corp., went undercover to expose Mafia connections to the New York City's garbage-hauling business. The Mafia's domination of the $1 billion-a-year industry; Benedetto's work with the Manhattan District Attorney's office, including taping of meetings with suspected mobsters; The number of indictments; Alleged involvement of Genovese and Gambino crime families.

The article presents an account by the author about his experiences while playing as a quarterback in an intra-squad scrimmage of the football team, New York Jets. The author said that he got his inspiration from George Plimpton, who wrote about his adventure with the Detroit Lions in the book "Paper Lion." The author set out for the New York Jets' training center on the campus of Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, at 6:45 in the morning.

The article presents a feature of a New York City family that has decided to spend a year making a minimum impact on the environment. Colin Beavan and his wife Michelle Conlin have chosen to forgo paper products and riding on any vehicle that produces any carbon emissions. The couple plans to follow their new lifestyle for a year.

Reports on the decision of the aides and friends of former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to give custody of all his mayoral papers and artifacts to a private nonprofit group. Management of the group by Giuliani; Storage of the records at a facility in Queens; Anger of some archivists and historians at the transfer of the records.

The article presents information about rock singer and an out-of-work plumber Richie Rubertone's paper selling strategy. He employs his singing talent to sell newspapers near Madison Square Garden, New York City. He starts working at 1:30 p.m. till night and manages to earn $7 per hour. He turned down one of the singing offers for his preference of solo singing, however, dreams of being a famous singer someday.

Officials of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research combed through the cluttered Bronx apartment (above) of Chaim Grade, the esteemed Yiddish writer, on Tuesday to determine how to move his manuscripts and other papers to the institute's headquarters for examination by five scholarly groups. Mr. Grade's widow, Inna Hecker Grade, died in May without a clear will or immediate survivors, throwing into question the disposition of the valuable papers of her husband, who died in 1982. The apartment was taken over by the Bronx public administrator's office, which has invited five institutions to examine the papers, including YIVO. But according to Jay Ziffer, a lawyer for the public administrator, the apartment, just south of Van Cortlandt Park, lacked air-conditioning and was so dusty that the office decided to have them shipped to YIVO headquarters on West 16th Street in Manhattan, where the five institutions can perform a painstaking review more comfortably. Jonathan Brent, YIVO's executive director, said papers were found in suitcases, bureau drawers and wrapped packages. ''It looks like the apartment of a great writer, a tremendous literary mind, but there's a pathos about the decrepitude and poverty and lack of air,'' he said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Timothy P. Knight, the publisher of Newsday, said Wednesday that he was leaving the paper after a turbulent five-year tenure that included a circulation scandal, downsizing and changes in ownership and management. Cablevision, which bought Newsday last year, named Terry Jimenez, publisher of a sister paper, AM New York, as acting publisher of Newsday, the dominant paper on Long Island. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

There is nothing overt at the modest headquarters of The Ming Pao Daily News to suggest that the 12-year-old newspaper is under siege. In the paper's small warren of offices in an industrial building in Long Island City, Queens, the advertising and reporting staffs are still working the phones and putting out their scrappy broadsheet as if nothing were amiss. But looming over the entire enterprise is a plan by the paper's corporate parent, Media Chinese International Limited, based in Hong Kong, to shut it down. Though the plan has yet to be formally announced, and several of the paper's employees said they still remained in the dark about their future, the paper's general manager confirmed in an interview with The New York Times last week that the daily would indeed disappear from newsstands, possibly as soon as the end of the month. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A spoof called ''New York Times -- Special Edition'' was handed out in big cities around the country this week, full of news stories imagined by liberal pranksters. It was a Grade-A caper; people walked into their subways carrying a newspaper headlined, ''Iraq War Ends,'' thinking, well, how do you like that? Then they noticed the date on the paper was next July. Now, clever as it was, this week's spoof will not do any damage to the reputation of liberals/progressives as being a little short in the humor leg. The faux paper was full of virtuous high-fiber material -- universal health care, nation sets sights on building sane economy, apologies by a range of villains -- and generally was all the fun of a steaming bowl of quinoa. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In an era of spam, telemarketing, moving billboards and other forms of aggressive commercial solicitation, an old-fashioned form of advertising is surprisingly -- many say irritatingly -- resilient: fliers, restaurant menus and business cards slipped under the doors, wedged in door jambs or left on the stoops of houses and apartment buildings in New York City. Until now, homeowners have had no recourse to block the unwanted paper, often called ''lawn litter'' because in neighborhoods with yards much of the paper ends up on the lawn. But on Saturday, the city started enforcing a recent state law that prohibits the placement of ''unsolicited papers, fliers, pamphlets, handbills, circulars or other materials advertising a business or soliciting business'' at homes in New York City if the property owner has posted a sign saying such materials are not wanted. Advertisers who violate the law face fines from $250 for a first offense to $1,000 for repeat violations. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]