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Roofing 102: Installing A Flat Roof in 10 Steps
Dec 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 32 32 recommendations | email to a friend
Welcome to roofing 102. Today we will be teaching your how to install flat roofing in 10 steps. So to all those do it yourself handy man types; This one goes out to you. 1. Your home is a valuable ...
“TheSpaghetti Set” by Rose Marie Maisto Boyd
Dec 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 44 44 recommendations | email to a friend
It is very refreshing to see that there are still writers who are able to touch us and getting us involved in their imaginary world without offering tales of violence and sex. The Spaghetti Set is ...
What A Private Ambulance in NYC Can Offer
Dec 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 54 54 recommendations | email to a friend
Emergencies are always a tough situation to be in for many reasons. Aside from the anxiety about the thought of a person in pain, there is always the fear for someone’s life. Nowadays, a person act...
Town of Middle Village Christmas Tree Lighting
Dec 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 50 50 recommendations | email to a friend
Middle Village Chamber of Commerce, Middle Village Kiwanis Club and Community United Methodist Church invite you to attend TOWN OF MIDDLE VILLAGE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING. Join in Christmas Carols, ...
Senior Living & Care... What To Do With So Many Choices? What Does It All Mean?
Dec 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 64 64 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: StefansLawGroup As we age we will find ourselves either making or assisting in complex and important decisions about where we, a family member or even a friend should be living. Changes in ...
Holiday Coat Drive
Dec 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 67 67 recommendations | email to a friend
Holiday Coat Drive   Nov. 18th - Dec. 15th, 2013 Do you have coats that you don't need anymore?  Donate Them! Winter is here and there are people in our community who could use a nice warm coat.  D...
Maspeth Indoor Flea Market
Dec 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 67 67 recommendations | email to a friend
INDOOR FLEA MARKET!!!! Saturday, Dec. 7th  Doors open @ 9AM Indoor flea market featuring gifts for Christmas and more.  Handbags, jewelry, antiques, kids clothes, household items, make-up, fragranc...
Money Saving Winter Roofing Tips- Spot Out Faulty Gutters Yourself
Nov 27, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 96 96 recommendations | email to a friend
A good roof is perhaps one of the most important investments a homeowner can make. Any good investment requires good maintenance. One of the most crucial factors in upholding a roofing system is th...
St. Margaret's Boy Scout Troop 119
Nov 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 101 101 recommendations | email to a friend
St. Margaret's Boy Scout Troop 119 is almost sixty-nine years old and in the year 2015 we will be celebrating our 70th birthday making us one of the oldest Boy Scout Troops in New York City. Howeve...
Breakfast with St. Nick
Nov 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 97 97 recommendations | email to a friend
St. Stanislaus Kostka Home School Association invites you to attend Breakfast with St. Nick .  Saturday, December 15th  9AM-1PM.  St. Stan's Auditorium, 61-17 Grand Avenue, Maspeth, NY Children - $...

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Con Ed bungled heat wave
Dear Editor: As  our area is being hit by the summer's first prolonged heat wave, we are hearing from Con Edison that  power conservation must be followed to prevent blackouts and brownouts. Why is...
Jul 06, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
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QL's editorial was wrong
Dear Editor: I must take exception to your editorial “You should probably get used to this,” in the In Our Opinion column, in the July 1, 2010 edition of the Leader/Observer. The editorial discusse...
Jul 06, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
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Keep P.S. 153 playground open
Dear Editor: Last week before school ended for the year a sign was put up at the entrance of P.S. 153's schoolyard that said the playground would be open when school is not in session from 8 a.m. t...
Jul 06, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
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Why hasn't Deputy Inspector Mauriello been removed?
Dear Editor: It is most unfortunate that police officers of the 81st Precinct were instructed by their superiors to essentially violate the civil rights of residents of our community of Bedford-Stu...
Jun 29, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 29 29 recommendations | email to a friend
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MTA cuts shameful
Dear Editor: I find the MTA cuts a real burden. I live in Glen Oaks Village and have to take on certain days the Q79 on Little Neck Parkway and the line has just been cut. It is my direct route to ...
Jun 29, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 31 31 recommendations | email to a friend
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Star wrong on OFA & Lopez
Dear Editor: Your front-page story regarding an alleged "joining" of forces between Organizing for America (OFA) and Democratic County Leader Vito Lopez was unfortunate and inaccurately presented t...
Jun 29, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mayor: deliver park at St. Saviour's
Open letter to Mayor Bloomberg: A sacred and historic site called St. Saviour’s in Maspeth is a full block of empty space waiting to become a park.  We have a lot more children in the area now, and...
Jun 22, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 35 35 recommendations | email to a friend
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Save our pools
Dear Editor: The decision of the New York City Parks department to close four city pools is not a very sound move. For many of our city residents, these pools are a very vital part of summer recrea...
Jun 22, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 32 32 recommendations | email to a friend
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World Cup fever
Dear Editor: The quest for the World Cup of soccer, also known as football, has begun in South Africa. In Queens alone there is what only can be described as World Cup fever and everyone is cheerin...
Jun 22, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 32 32 recommendations | email to a friend
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Maspeth's dangerous intersection
Dear Editor: A traffic light or speed bump is seriously needed at the intersection of 60th Road and 60th Street in Maspeth.  Crossing there is dangerous. Cars fly on 60th Street because there is no...
Jun 08, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 35 35 recommendations | email to a friend
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Albany needs to be reformed
Dear Editor: Recently, at a membership meeting of the Jefferson Democratic Club, the potential Democratic candidates for the 26th Assembly District were given a few minutes to speak about their can...
Jun 08, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 46 46 recommendations | email to a friend
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BP and Obama's response a disaster
Dear Editor: The BP oil disaster has now reached monumental proportions. It has now reached the Florida beaches and is spreading and maiming the environment and killing wild life and destroying job...
Jun 08, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 36 36 recommendations | email to a friend
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Father Rooney will be missed
Dear Editor: It has just come to my attention that Father James T. Rooney has passed away. I had known him when I first started attending Our Lady of the Snows, back 1988. My wife had to work night...
Jun 01, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 40 40 recommendations | email to a friend
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New NY license plates are 'horrendous'
Dear Editor, Who designed the new New York license plates?  The blue and white plates, which are becoming obsolete, were so much more indicative of what New York was.   With the state outline in th...
Jun 01, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 37 37 recommendations | email to a friend
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Driving while under the influence of stupidity
Dear Editor: My gripe this week is with careless drivers who have no concern for the safety of others. A news reporter with the CW11 the other night, named Larry Mendte, said there ought to be a mo...
May 25, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 41 41 recommendations | email to a friend
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During 'Scandal' hiatus, Morton will await fate

This photo provided by ABC shows Joe Morton, left, and Tony Goldwyn, in a scene from the TV series, "Scandal," Thursdays, (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (AP Photo/ABC, Randy Holmes)LOS ANGELES (AP) — It's going to be a long, cold winter for the gladiators, and perhaps even longer for actor Joe Morton, who plays the debatably diabolical dad Rowan Pope to his political-fixer daughter, Olivia (Kerry Washington).


2013-12-12 02:46:45 -0500
Troubled Co-op groups appoints Myners to lead review

City minister Paul Myners speaks at the London Stock Exchange during the launch of the new retail bond marketThe Co-operative Group on Thursday appointed financial and political heavyweight Paul Myners to its board, to help lead a review of how the troubled customer-owned group is run. Co-op, the food-to-funerals operator, has been rocked in recent months after the former chairman of its bank arm, Paul Flowers, was arrested as part of an investigation into the supply of illegal drugs. Finance minister George Osborne has ordered an inquiry into the bank, while Prime Minister David Cameron has questioned why Flowers, a one-time local Labour politician and Methodist preacher with no banking qualifications, was judged suitable for the chairmanship during a period when the bank nearly collapsed. He has also held such positions as chairman of retailer Marks & Spencer, Guardian Media Group and Land Securities.


2013-12-12 02:36:51 -0500
Interpreter for Mandela event: I was hallucinating
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The man accused of faking sign interpretation next to world leaders at Nelson Mandela's memorial told a local newspaper that he was hallucinating and hearing voices.
2013-12-12 02:36:18 -0500