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St. Stan's Rosary Alter Society Annual Champagne Brunch
Feb 25, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 79 79 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 | 565 565 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 | 128 128 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 | 373 373 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 | 147 147 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 | 171 171 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 | 187 187 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 | 181 181 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 | 223 223 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 | 213 213 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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Dear Editor: I really had to laugh at the March 7th Dispatch of one Nicholas Zizelis speaking about the great philanderer Bill Clinton receiving a prize from the Lincoln Presidential Library Founda...
Mar 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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A most gracious evening
Dear Editor: On March 15, a few members of Chapter 32 of the Vietnam Veterans of America were invited to attend the Golden Gloves by John Baker of the I.B.E.W. Local 3. I attended and was treated l...
Mar 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Butt out!
Dear Editor: In 1776, the American people kicked out the tyrant King George III. With this, we the people became the sovereigns. Someone should remind the president, the governor, and the mayor tha...
Mar 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Candidate Thompson missed the point in op-ed
Dear Editor: I was disappointed by mayoral candidate and former comptroller William Thompson’s op-ed last week that the city “systemically” overlooks local media in allotting funds for public servi...
Mar 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Quinn needs to run or serve, not both
Dear Editor: Remember past City Council Speakers Gifford Miller and Peter Vallone, Sr. both lost their respective Democratic mayoral primaries. ("Quinn kicks off bid with five-borough tour" - Andre...
Mar 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Quinn not fit for public office
Dear Editor: A dangerous political phenomenon is the recent announcement of City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's candidacy for mayor. A few simple facts will suffice to show why she is unsuitable...
Mar 22, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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Curran will be missed
Dear Editor: The death of basketball coach Jack Curran is a very sad loss for Archbishop Molloy High School, the city, and the country. During his long and distinguished career he worked tirelessly...
Mar 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Grabbing headlines
Dear Editor: Along with many other New Yorkers, my condolences go out to the family and friends of Raizel and Nachman Glauber. However, why after all these years do Assemblyman David Weprin and Sta...
Mar 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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If elected, let's hope she can pull it off
Dear Editor: Speaker Christine Quinn made it official and is running for mayor of one of our country's greatest cities. If elected she would be the first openly gay woman to hold this office. Now, ...
Mar 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Don't destroy a successful program
Dear Editor: On March 6, the PTA of P.S. 122 held a massive rally that filled the school’s auditorium with concerned parents, teachers, kids, educators and legislators. The reason: the Department o...
Mar 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Feds shouldn't tell us what to eat
Dear Editor: There seems to be an international war on obesity. Among the world's industrialized nations, the United States bears the dubious distinction of being the world's fattest. In 1992, the ...
Mar 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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The church is broke?
Dear Editor: I was just wondering where the church gets the money for the splendor of Vatican City and the millions to pay for the pedophile priest lawsuits, yet is impoverished when it comes to ke...
Mar 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Time to think outside the (mail)box
Dear Editor: With last year's $16 billion loss, combined with another increase in the price of stamps to 46 cents for a first-class letter, now "USPS announces that it will stop delivering on Satur...
Feb 27, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rubio's rebuttal a joke
Dear Editor: Marco Rubio's rebuttal to the State of the Union speech was a rehash of the embarrassing speech that he gave at the Republican National Convention. From the rebuttal, one could tell th...
Feb 27, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Help fight city's plan for permanent toilets
Dear Editor: I just came from a Community Board 14 meeting with the Parks Department. The Parks Department, without community involvement, has unilaterally decided to to build permanent bathrooms a...
Feb 27, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sports medicine pioneer Frank Jobe dies at 88

Frank JobeLOS ANGELES (AP) — Dr. Frank Jobe, a pioneering orthopedic surgeon who was the first to perform an elbow procedure that became known as Tommy John surgery and saved the careers of countless major league pitchers, died Thursday. He was 88.


2014-03-07 17:24:27 -0500
Wife of longtime Yankee Yogi Berra dies at 85

FILE- In this Dec. 6, 2000 file photo, Baseball Hall-of-Famer Yogi Berra listens as his wife Carmen accepts the "Pinnacle of Achievement" award at the Salvation Army Association of Greater New York's Annual Luncheon in New York. According to NJ.com, Dave Kaplan, the director of the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center, said that Carmen Berra died of complications from a stroke on Thursday, March 6, 2014. She was 85. (AP Photo/Shawn Baldwin, File)NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Carmen Berra, the wife of New York Yankees great Yogi Berra, has died. She was 85.


2014-03-07 17:23:12 -0500
Russia, Ukraine feud over sniper carnage

People walk past a barricade located under a footbridge where thousands of flowers have been placed in memory of those killed during clashes in and around Kiev's Independence Square, Ukraine, Friday, March 7, 2014. The white banner at center reads, "No more motorcades, East and West together!". (AP Photo/David Azia)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — One of the biggest mysteries hanging over the protest mayhem that drove Ukraine's president from power: Who was behind the snipers who sowed death and terror in Kiev?


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