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St. Stan's Rosary Alter Society Annual Champagne Brunch
Feb 25, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 103 103 recommendations | email to a friend
Sunday, March 30, 2014  12:00 PM Noon St. Stan's - 57-15 61st Street, Maspeth 11378 Delicious Food - Great Prizes - Unlimited Champagne!  Call the Rectory for tickets, which are $17.00.  718-326-21...
A Step-by-Step Guide on Changing Home Door Locks
Feb 24, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 586 586 recommendations | email to a friend
Moving to a new apartment or a newly-acquired home sure is exciting and thrilling for a lot of reasons. You are finally in your own place! While moving to your own place sure is a thrilling experie...
Identity Theft Prevention!
Feb 21, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 152 152 recommendations | email to a friend
On Sunday, March 2nd the Crime Prevention Section will host it's fourth Identity Theft Prevention Event at Gateway Center, 501 Gateway Drive, Brooklyn, NY from 10AM-2PM.  WE have partnered with Lio...
Timing Is Everything
Feb 21, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 397 397 recommendations | email to a friend
     While I was living in Nashville, I was continually learning about different plants and flowers that were native to the region. As I walked through a field one day, I spotted a cluster of daint...
Resorts World Casino Hosts Mid-Winter Food Tasting Benefitting City Harvest
Feb 18, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 165 165 recommendations | email to a friend
Join Resorts World Casino New York City Wednesday, February 26, 2014, from 7:00 p.m-9:00 p.m at the Mid-Winter Taste for City Harvest, a special tasting event featuring food, wine, cocktails and ce...
Protect your company from discrimination complaints and lawsuits
Feb 18, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 190 190 recommendations | email to a friend
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ( EEOC ) reported it obtained a record $372.1 million in monetary relief for victims of private sector employment discrimination in year ending 2013...
Interview to author Tony Napoli.
Feb 18, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 206 206 recommendations | email to a friend
Recently I published a review on the popular book “My Father, My Don,” A Son’s Journey from Organized Crime to Sobriety, and I am now pleased to offer our readers an interview to the author, Tony N...
FREE Dental Emergency Day!
Feb 17, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 200 200 recommendations | email to a friend
February is Dental Health Month.  To promote Dental Awareness and to offer help to the community, Dr. Khaimov is sponsoring a FREE Dental Emergency Treatment Day on THURSDAY, FEB. 27TH, 2014 10AM-4...
This Month in Queens Real Estate: February 2014
Feb 13, 2014 | 3 3 comments | 241 241 recommendations | email to a friend
February 2014 Market Update Homes sales were down in January from the previous month, likely a result of the severely cold weather which affected many markets more than in typical years. Inventory ...
Party Rentals in The Big Apple: Where Does One Start?
Feb 12, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 231 231 recommendations | email to a friend
Planning out a first rate event is in a totally different league from preparing a routine party. No matter what the occasion, if you really want people to be impressed, you’ll need to go all out an...

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Subway groper on the loose
Cops are on the hunt for a man who has been repeatedly groping women in subway stations in the Maspeth/Elmhurst area. On five separate occasions between February 5 and July 30, the man lifted a fem...
Aug 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 91 91 recommendations | email to a friend
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104th Precinct Police Blotter (7/30/13-8/4/13)
Tuesday, July 30 Joseph Perez was arrested at 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue for petit larceny by Officer McDonald. Kelly Colum was arrested at 58-25 Fresh Pond Road for criminal contempt by Detective H...
Aug 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 79 79 recommendations | email to a friend
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30th Annual National Night Out Against Crime in Queens
Locations and times across the borough
Aug 06, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 92 92 recommendations | email to a friend
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Elected officials and community members rally to save Elmhurst Community Garden from development.
Community garden may grow a five-family house
Residents try to save Elmhurst lot from development
Jul 31, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 95 95 recommendations | email to a friend
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Middle Village burglary suspects brought in
Police and community representatives say precaution is still needed
Jul 31, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 84 84 recommendations | email to a friend
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2012 Night Out Against Crime
National Night Out in Mafera Park
104th Precinct invites neighborhood for a night out
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104th Precinct Police Blotter (7/22/13-7/28/13)
Monday, July 22 Ishwar Sahadeo was arrested at 1719 Centre Street for assault by Officer Profanti. Zbigniew Leks was arrested at the intersection of Myrtle and Cypress avenues for robbery by Office...
Jul 30, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 88 88 recommendations | email to a friend
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State Senator Daniel Squadron, John Raskin and State Senator Martin Dilan who called on the MTA to consider Full Line Review of G train.
MTA review is answered with additional state funds
Cost-cutting and increased state aid mean better transit in 2014
Jul 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 85 85 recommendations | email to a friend
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New York lawmakers urge Port Authority to create aiport adivosry committee
New York lawmakers are calling on the Port Authority to establish an advisory committee to address quality of life concerns for residents impacted by airport activity. Ten representatives and the s...
Jul 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 77 77 recommendations | email to a friend
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Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer shows photos of garbage and a rat hole at a building in the Woodside Houses.
Woodside public housing residents call for repairs
Say NYCHA slow to respond to requests
Jul 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 100 100 recommendations | email to a friend
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104th Precinct Police Blotter (7/15/13-7/21/13)
Monday, July 15 Nieves Castillo was arrested at the intersection of Metropolitan Avenue and Mount Olivet Crescent for driving while intoxicated by Officer Lewis. Michael Kennedy was arrested at the...
Jul 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 68 68 recommendations | email to a friend
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Edmund Manuel
Man wanted for second-degree assault in the 104th
Captain asks for any information leading to his arrest
Jul 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 84 84 recommendations | email to a friend
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Antonino Ferruccio and wife Josephine Ferruccio with grandchildren Valentina and Antonio.
Family of Antonio Ferruccio seeks closure
Maspeth business owner killed in motorcycle accident
Jul 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 85 85 recommendations | email to a friend
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Be aware of scams
The captain of the 104th Precinct is warning residents about a recent scam involving criminals posing as delivery and repair men. “Scams are everywhere,” said Captain Christopher Mason of the 104 P...
Jul 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 76 76 recommendations | email to a friend
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Summer Enrichment at St. Stan's
Students learn about weather, prepare for upcoming school year
Jul 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 71 71 recommendations | email to a friend
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Israelis shoot, kill Jordanian judge at border

An Israeli soldier stands at the entrance to the Allenby border crossing, the main border crossing for Palestinians from the West Bank traveling to neighboring Jordan and beyond, Monday, March 10, 2014. Israeli guards shot and killed a Palestinian on Monday as he tried to grab a rifle from an Israeli soldier at the border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, the military said. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli guards shot and killed a Jordanian judge on Monday who the Israelis said tried to grab a rifle from a soldier at the border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan.


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Detroit gallery looking to sell Banksy artwork

File - In this May 11, 2010 file photo Eric Froh, conservator with 555 Nonprofit Gallery and Studios, clears the area around the stenciled artwork and message by British graffiti artist Banksy an abandoned car plant in Detroit before it was encased in a frame and taken to their gallery in Detroit. A gallery official said Monday, March 10, 2014 it plans to sell the work to expand the gallery's programming. (AP Photo/Jerry S. Mendoza, File)DETROIT (AP) — An art gallery plans to sell a work that the elusive British graffiti artist Banksy created at an abandoned Detroit auto plant, a gallery official said Monday.


2014-03-10 15:25:52 -0400
Ordeal ends for Syria nuns, part of prisoners deal

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a group of nuns who were freed after being held by rebels, greet church officials at the Syrian border town of Jdeidat Yabous, early Monday, March. 10, 2014. Rebels in Syria freed more than a dozen Greek Orthodox nuns on Monday, ending their three-month captivity in exchange for Syrian authorities releasing dozens of female prisoners. The release of the nuns and their helpers, 16 women in all, is a rare successful prisoner-exchange deal between Syrian government authorities and the rebels seeking to overthrow the rule of President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/SANA)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian militants released Monday a group of Greek Orthodox nuns in exchange for dozens of women held in government prisons — a rare deal between Damascus and al-Qaida-linked rebels that was mediated by Qatari and Lebanese officials.


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