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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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Grover Cleveland principal, Crowley, defend school
Say low grad rate a poor measure
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104th Precinct Police Blotter
02/08/2010 to 02/14/2010
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Middle Village residents Laura Zimmer and Anthony Pedalino on 69th Place, where they say early-morning train transfer operations are keeping the whole neighborhood up. MidVille nabes call for train transfer time change
NY&A says not so fast
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Congressman Anthony Weiner talks healthcare with members of the Glendale Property Owners Association. Congressman Weiner talks health care to Glendale Prop Owners
Congressman Anthony Weiner stopped by a Glendale Property Owners Association meeting last Thursday, mainly to update his constituents about the health care bill the House of Representatives has be...
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104th Precinct Police Blotter
02/01/10 – 02/07/10
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Dems look to health vote without abortion foes (AP)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks about healthcare reform at her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 4, 2010. REUTERS/Jose Luis MaganaAP - House Democratic leaders Thursday abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks, gambling that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming as early as next week.


Thu Mar 11 18:46:24 -0600 2010
Strong quakes torment Chile as president sworn in (AP)

Chile's newly inaugurated President Sebastian Pinera, waves the the crowds after his swearing-in ceremony in Valparaiso, Chile, Thursday, March 11, 2010.(AP Photo/Aliosha Marquez)AP - The earth shook and shook Thursday as dignitaries walked in for the swearing-in of Sebastian Pinera as Chile's president. It shook some more as they waited for him.


Thu Mar 11 18:40:10 -0600 2010
Court upholds 'under God' in Pledge of Allegiance (AP)

File - In this June 14, 2004 file photo, Michael Newdow looks down at the fax copy of the Supreme Court's ruling preserving the phrase 'one nation under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance outside his Sacramento, Calif., home. A federal appeals court in San Francisco has ruled that the phrase 'under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance is constitutional. In a 2-1 ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected arguments by Newdow that the phrase violates the separation between church and state. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,Ffile)AP - A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments on Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state.


Thu Mar 11 18:06:15 -0600 2010