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Olympia Gym upgrades to the 21st Century
After 50 years in biz, nabe gym gets complete makeover
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CB5 approves Rite-Aid school
City will build it K-8
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Ridgewood VAC members at all-time low
Ambulance Corps looking for volunteers, funds
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104th Precinct Police Blotter
03/08/2010 – 03/14/2010
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Ridgewood fire strikes home, business
Saturday night blaze leaves six injured
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104th Precinct Police Blotter
03/01/2010 – 03/07/2010
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Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley and other elected officials are calling on the city to change through truck routes to local routes in Maspeth as they wait for a comprehensive Maspeth Bypass Plan. No more trucks!
Pols demand city ban big rigs in Maspeth
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Pictured from left to right are Gottes Café Owner Vincent Gottesman, Queens Chamber of Commerce Chief of Operations Sophia Ganosis, U.S. Census Partnership Specialists Luise Pedroso Kipler, Onias Pacheco, and Cristina Marquez. For Queens Chamber, census is serious biz
The U.S. Census Bureau and the Queens Chamber of Commerce teamed up last Wednesday to illustrate to Queens business owners the significance of the 2010 Census beyond getting an accurate count of t...
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CURES vies for Glendale open space
Glendale residents angling for a new open space spent a recent afternoon touring a possible site between 65th Street and Mafera Park. The walk-through was organized by Civics United for Railroad...
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104th Precinct Police Blotter
02/22/2010 – 02/29/2010
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Gamblers watch a screen for race results at the Aqueduct Racetrack. On a recent Thursday afternoon, the track was less than full. The state is hoping to turn that around. A quiet day at Aqueduct
Regulars play horses, leaving controversy to the state
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Vince Marchetti, manufacturers representative for green cleaning product company Envirox. It’s easy being 'green'
Queens Chamber shows businesses how, again
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Pictured form left to right are Detective Kevin Weber from the 104th Precinct, Captain James Marron from Transit District 33, Deputy Inspector Keith Green from the 104th Precinct, and Roe Daraio from Citizens of Maspeth and Elmhurst Together (COMET). 104th top cop warns seniors to be vigilant
Burglars targeting elderly who live alone
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104th Precinct Police Blotter
02/15/2010 to 02/21/2010
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Ridgewood Rite Aid the right stuff
City agrees to buy site for school
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national news
End in sight, health care battle tilts Obama's way (AP)

President Barack Obama greets the audience after speaking about health care reform at the Patriot Center at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., Friday, March 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - One by one, House Democratic fence-sitters began choosing sides Friday, and the long, turbulent struggle over landmark health care legislation tilted unmistakably in President Barack Obama's direction.


Fri Mar 19 21:50:02 -0500 2010
Judge orders renegotiation of 9/11 settlement (AP)

** CORRECTS DATE TO MARCH 19 ** FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2001 file photo, firefighters make their way over the ruins of the World Trade Center through clouds of smoke at ground zero in New York. on Friday, March 19, 2010, a federal judge in New York rejected a multimillion dollar legal settlement for people sickened by dust from the World Trade Center because didn't contain enough money for the workers. (AP Photo/Stan Honda, Pool)AP - A federal judge on Friday rejected a legal settlement that would have given at least $575 million to people sickened by ash and dust from the World Trade Center, saying the deal shortchanged 10,000 ground zero workers whom he called heroes.


Fri Mar 19 21:40:43 -0500 2010
Final health bill omits some of Obama's promises (AP)

President Barack Obama speaks about health care reform at the Patriot Center at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., Friday, March 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - It was a bold response to skyrocketing health insurance premiums. President Barack Obama would give federal authorities the power to block unreasonable rate hikes.


Fri Mar 19 20:44:31 -0500 2010