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Townhouse Antiques Closes
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Bellport, New York, May 20, 2013 -- “This is a sad day for Townhouse Antiques.  After 12 years, we are adding our name to the ever growing list of antique shops closing on Long Island.  The recessi...
Madonna's work at Brady Court
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/ugly-battle-behind-peaceful-facade-brady-court-co-ops-article-1.1338347
Tracy Towers Representation
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/tenants-cheer-bronx-judge-postpones-rent-increase-tracey-towers-complex-court-fight-rages-article-1.1152703
Off-the-clock Claims Are Subject to Wage and Hour Lawsuits
May 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Hans & Associates, P.C. Off-the-clock claims are one source of wage and hour lawsuits. In an off-the-clock claim, employees assert that the employer forced them to spend time working ...
Timing Is Everything
May 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 79 79 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 dain...
This Month in Queens Real Estate: May 2013
May 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Queens NY Real Estate Market Update As the Queens housing market recovers we are seeing considerable increases in demand, resulting in a strong seller’s market in certain areas a...
New York City's Biggest Free Pet Adoption Event Ever Comes to Queens!
May 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
On June 1 st and June 2 nd , thousands of dogs and cats will be looking for their forever homes at New York City’s biggest pet adoption event ever – all for free. The Alliance for NYC’s Animals ...
Holy Roman Festival
May 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
May 15 - 19 175-20 74TH AVENUE, FRESH MEADOWS RIDES, GAMES, FOOD AND ENTERTAINMENT OPEN, WED THROUGH FRIDAY, 6PM-11PM SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 2PM — 11PM FREE PARKING AND ADMISSION PAY ONE LOW P...
Flea Market
May 06, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
FLEA MARKET Transfiguration Parish Hall - Maspeth Sunday, June 2nd, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Vendors needed; please call 347-339-1362 Tables $25.00
FSLA Challenges ― How Does Overtime Work with a Fluctuating Work Week?
May 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
In recent years, the changes and complexities of wage and hour laws have made it difficult for small businesses to comply with regulations. Yet, with wage and hour lawsuits on the rise, small busi...

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Let's keep Northern clean
Dear Editor: On the northeast corner of Northern Blvd. and the Clearview Expressway in Bayside is a green area where the Soldier’s Monument proudly stands. The monument commemorates the sacrifices ...
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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NRA more important than the public
Dear Editor: Like The National Rifle Association, many parts of the legislative body are driven by money and power. It does not seem to matter in these modern times the damage all are causing on ou...
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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MTA needs more Rockaway buses
Dear Editor: The A train has been out of service since Superstorm Sandy devastated many areas of the Rockaways. So I’ve been taking the Q52 bus to get home. Based on my observations from waiting fo...
Apr 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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More guns won't stop the violence
Dear Editor: The idea of solving violence committed with firearms by increasing the amount of firearms is as idiotic as offering a drowning man a glass of water to relieve his thirst. The NRA's Way...
Apr 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Congress green lights gun carnage

Dear Editor:
 The Senate's rejection of expanded background checks for gun buyers was an act of cowardice and a catalyst for carnage. Those 46 senators who voted against it gave a green light to t...
Apr 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Honor the wishes of the people in the 19th CD
Dear Editor: It is very important that the projects that were approved for funding in Councilman Daniel Halloran’s district under the participatory budgeting (PB) project be allocated those monies....
Apr 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Don't believe the hype, or SuperPACs
Dear Editor: Last week, an ad attacking Speaker Christine Quinn and her campaign for mayor was released by what is known as a SuperPAC. While we’ve all been hearing about SuperPACs for years now, t...
Apr 18, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Good 'Point': help Amtrak grow and thrive
Dear Editor: "Amtrak ridership growth" (Illustrating a Point - March 28th edition) confirms why real long-term solutions are worthwhile. If only our elected officials would support decisive action...
Apr 18, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ticket surcharge should be used for speed cameras
Dear Editor: I find it quite disturbing the state's new budget calls for a surcharge on speeding tickets and that the extra money would go back to the state and not used for more speed cameras. I l...
Apr 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Proposal for tennis stadium makes sense
Dear Editor: I was so very pleased with your editorial on the West Side Tennis Club and the comprehensive excellent proposals made for its use. This club is such a beautiful venue and perfect for c...
Apr 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Co-op & Condo Task Force is on the way
Dear Editor: On March 28, the Bay Terrace Community Alliance hosted an informative and lively Queens borough president candidates forum. It was standing room only at the Clearview Park Golf Course ...
Apr 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Clinton award deserved
Dear Editor: There appeared in the 3/26 edition an interesting dichotomy of opinions concerning an earlier letter by Nicholas Zizelis. The letter in question was in the 3/7 edition titled “GOP stra...
Apr 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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There was someone missing from beep debate
Dear Editor: Why was there no Republican candidate for Queens borough president present at "Candidates in Queens beep race meet in Bayside" (Andrew Shilling - April 4)? Will either former GOP coun...
Apr 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Get veterans the benefits they deserve
Dear Editor: The veterans who have and are returning home from Afghanistan and Iraq should not have to wait for any extended period to receive their well-earned and much-deserved benefits. These br...
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Let USTA Expand
Dear Editor: In preparation for the recent Community Board 7 meeting about the U. S. Tennis Association expansion plans, I had read several news articles and opinion letters in local papers. Most o...
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Search for pilot of NY Angel Flight resumes

Map locate Ephratah, New Yrok.EPHRATAH, N.Y. (AP) — Divers equipped with sonar and rescue workers canvassing the woods will resume their search Sunday for the missing pilot of a volunteer Angel Flight that crashed in upstate New York, killing two people, a town official said.


Sun May 26 03:04:34 UTC 2013
2 rockets hit Lebanese Hezbollah stronghold

A Lebanese army officer investigates part of a rocket which struck a car exhibit on a street at the Mar Mikhael district, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday May 26, 2013. Rockets slammed Sunday into two Beirut neighborhoods that are strongholds of Lebanon's Hezbollah group, wounding at least 4 people, Lebanese security officials and media said. Tensions have been running high in Lebanon, and Syrian rebels have threatened to retaliate against the militant Shiite Hezbollah group for sending fighters to assist President Bashar Assad's forces in Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)BEIRUT (AP) — Rockets slammed Sunday into two southern Beirut neighborhoods that are strongholds of Lebanon's Hezbollah group, wounding at least four people, security officials said.


Sun May 26 02:55:35 UTC 2013
Suspected rebels kill 28, wound 24 in east India

FILE – In this April 15, 2007 file photo, Mahendra Karma, center, lawmaker and founder of Salwa Judum, the government-supported militia to combat Communist rebels known as Naxalites, is surrounded by bodyguards at his residence in Jagdalpur, in the central Indian state of Chattisgarh. Karma was killed when Maoist rebels attacked a convoy of cars of Congress party leaders and supporters in eastern India, injuring several people on Saturday, May 25, 2013. The rebels have been fighting the central government for more than four decades, demanding land and jobs for tenant farmers and the poor. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi, File)NEW DELHI (AP) — About 200 suspected Maoist rebels set off a land mine and opened fire on a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India's ruling Congress party in an eastern state, killing 28 people and wounding 24 others in one of their most audacious attacks on politicians.


Sun May 26 02:48:54 UTC 2013