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8 Things you May not Know About Selling a Coop in Queens
Sep 19, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 51 51 recommendations | email to a friend
by George Herrera , Realtor and Listing Specialist with the Queens Home Team at Keller Williams Realty . We sell a lot of properties here in Queens, and being that we’re in New York City, a lot of ...
More About Women’s Rights in the News — the ERA
Sep 16, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 76 76 recommendations | email to a friend
As an employment defense litigation lawyer, I pay attention to civil rights issues, and lately women’s rights issues have gained attention from the media. Actress Patricia Arquette has actively wor...
Can Car Accidents Cause PTSD?
Sep 12, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 105 105 recommendations | email to a friend
Author:Steven Palermo: The Suffolk Personal Injury Lawyer You hear about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that military service members experience from active duty. However, studies now show t...
Protecting Your Right as a Spouse in a New York Estate
Sep 08, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 129 129 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Bonnie Lawston A Spouse’s Right of Inheritance in New York Under New York law, when a married person dies, the surviving spouse has a “right of election,” a statutory right to receive eithe...
Are gender identity and religious freedom at odds in America?
Sep 08, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 135 135 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Leeds Brown Law A recent ruling against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has inspired mixed reactions. The case (EEOC v. R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc., E.D. Mich....
This Month in Queens Real Estate: August 2016
Aug 26, 2016 | 1 1 comments | 201 201 recommendations | email to a friend
by George Herrera , Realtor & Listing Specialist with the Queens Home Team at Keller Williams Realty . August 2016 Market Update Home sales in July dropped again for the fifth consecutive month. De...
What to do When Your Designated Driver Plan Fails
Aug 25, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 229 229 recommendations | email to a friend
There’s no question that designating a driver reduces drunken driving accidents and saves lives. Designated Driver Statistics As time goes along, more and more people have gotten on board with the ...
If I Return to Work Making Less Money, Am I Still Entitled to Workers’ Compensation Benefits?
Aug 25, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 221 221 recommendations | email to a friend
New York City | Queens | Brooklyn | Bronx Workers’ Compensation Lawyers So you’ve been hurt at work and you can’t perform your old job. What happens if you go back to work at a different position, ...
The Difference that Jurisdiction Could Make in a High Profile Divorce Case
Aug 25, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 199 199 recommendations | email to a friend
by Chris Palermo   Different states and different countries have laws that can significantly affect the outcome of a divorce. A prime example is a high profile case reported in the New York Post . ...
Equal Pay for Women Issues
Aug 25, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 205 205 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Stephen Hans Long Island City, Queens & NYC Employment Defense Attorney From an employer’s standpoint, if you are following similar pay practices to other businesses, it may seem like safet...

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Grand Avenue Festival Shines
2012 Grand Avenue Street Festival in Maspeth brings out thousands of people having lots of fun.
Jun 10, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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Heroes Basketball 21 & Under Schedule: August 9 - 17
Games played through August Thursday & Friday nights at Crowley Park
Jun 10, 2012 | 58 58 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jill Ann Rudzewick-Vik Passes Away
Jill Ann Rudzewick-Vik, 46, passed away Thursday morning after a battle with cancer. Jill is a graduate of St. Stanislaus Kostka Elementary School, Christ the King, Mercy College and she did her ma...
Jun 07, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 25 25 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mets team up with local groups to fight hunger
Canned goods will be collected at Friday home games
Jun 07, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
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Keith Ruckdeschel, a clerk in Nunny's Liquors, challenges owner Ray Heal to a game.
Some ping pong with that whiskey?
A Maspeth liquor store is changing up the routine alcohol run. In the center of Nunny's Liquor, at 59-63 69th Street, sits a full-sized ping pong table, and patrons are invited to join a game as th...
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104th Precinct Police Blotter
5/28/12 to 6/3/12
Jun 06, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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2012 Memorial Day Parade draws extra large crowd
Hundreds lined Grand Avenue on Sunday, May 27, to honor those who have answered the call to serve their country at the 28th Annual Memorial Day Parade in Maspeth. Residents stood or sat on the curb...
May 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 31 31 recommendations | email to a friend
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104th Precinct Police Blotter (5/21/12-5/27-12)
Monday, May 21 Guillermo Freire-Torres was arrested at the intersection of Myrtle Avenue and Union Turnpike for driving while intoxicated by Officer Ferreris. Michael Hidalgo was arrested at the in...
May 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 35 35 recommendations | email to a friend
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State Senator Tony Avella with D&D glass owner James Demitriou (left) and urban planner Paul Graziano.
Cracks in the system, an buildings all over the city
Pol calls on city to crack down on shoddy developers
May 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 38 38 recommendations | email to a friend
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Michael Tasik
Two vets to be honored at Memorial Day Parade
Two WWII Veterans, Paul Plack and Michael Tasik, will be recognized on Sunday, May 27, at a ceremony following the Maspeth Memorial Day Parade. The ceremony will take place at Maspeth Veterans Squa...
May 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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Overnight burglaries in Middle Village
A string of burglaries plagued Middle Village in recent nights, as perpetrators entered through open windows, grabbed valuables left in plain sight and ran off. There were two burglaries on May 10t...
May 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 34 34 recommendations | email to a friend
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104th Precinct Police Blotter (5/14/12-5/20/12)
Monday, May 14 Terence Doherty was arrested at 79-60 Metroplitan Avenue for menacing by Officer Cullihan. Tuesday, May 15 Gabriel Aldana was arrested at 62-67 60th Street for criminal mischief by O...
May 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 34 34 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bloomberg fights chronic absenteeism
Mayor Michael Bloomberg last week launched a $9 million ad campaign aimed at reducing chronic absenteeism in public schools. The campaign, created by AT&T and the Ad Council, includes a new Web sit...
May 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 38 38 recommendations | email to a friend
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104th Precinct Police Blotter 5/7/12-5/13/12)
Monday, May 7 William Cairns was arrested at 65-57 Myrtle Avenue for criminal contempt by Officer Gomez. Tuesday, May 8 Eric Baller was arrested at 479 Onderdonk Avenue for criminal trespassing by ...
May 15, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 37 37 recommendations | email to a friend
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The representatives at Interstate Envelope. Pictured from left to right are Alfred Wilkowsk, councilmen Peter Koo and Mark Weprin, Ricardo Wilkowski, and council members Diana Reyna, Ruben Wills, Karen Koslowitz, Margaret Chin and Letitia James.
Council members tour Maspeth industrial businesses
City Council members from the Committees on Small Business and Economic Development toured businesses in the Maspeth Industrial Business Zone last Friday, May 4, in an effort to reach out to manage...
May 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 37 37 recommendations | email to a friend
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Suspect in fatal shooting of five at Washington state mall captured

This Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 frame from surveillance video provided by the Washington State Patrol shows the suspect in a shooting rampage at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Wash., as authorities seek the public's help in identifying and locating him. The weapon was recovered but the suspect remained at large early Saturday. (Washington State Patrol via AP)By Matt Mills McKnight BURLINGTON, Wash. (Reuters) - A man believed to have opened fire with a rifle at a Washington state mall, killing five people, was captured on Saturday, one day after the attack, authorities said. Washington State Patrol spokesman Keith Leary said in a phone interview that the suspect was taken into custody but declined to immediately release more details. Seattle television station KOMO reported on Twitter that the suspect had been captured in Oak Harbor, a community about 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Burlington where the mall shooting occurred on Friday.


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The Latest: Authorities ID suspect in deadly mall shooting

Rachel Marsh, 15, right, and Selena Orozco, 15, left, light candles as they attend a prayer service, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at the Central United Methodist Church in Sedro-Woolley, Wash. The service was held in reaction to Friday's fatal shooting of several people at a Macy's department store at the Cascade Mall in nearby Burlington, Wash. Both girls said they knew one of the victims of the shooting. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)The Latest on a fatal shooting at a mall in Washington state (all times local): 8:57 p.m. Authorities say the captured suspect in the deadly Washington state mall shooting is 20-year-old Arcan Cetin. Washington ...


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Baltimore Police: 3 gunmen shoot, wound 8 in attack

Baltimore police work at a scene where multiple people were shot in Baltimore, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. Police said that none of the shootings were fatal. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)BALTIMORE (AP) — Three gunmen shot and wounded eight people including a 3-year-old girl on an east Baltimore street Saturday night, police said, adding the suspects fled and the victims were all expected to survive.


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