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June 4, 2003 / Front Page

Pollution Report Hailed For Proposed Policy Changes

by linda j. wilson

Residents of the borough of Queens live in a county that is among the 10 percent worst in the United States in terms of exposure to air pollution, a report by Synapse Energy Economics, Inc. More...

Community Calendar

Calendar of Events

Flag Day

June 14, 10:30 a.m., Richmond Hill Historical Society recreation of the 1910 Jacob Riis Flagpole Ceremony, Richmond Hill Library, Hillside Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard; 718-847-6070. More...

Voelker Orth Museum

Voelker Orth Museum, Bird Sanctuary & Victorian Garden will have a grand opening open house on June 22. More...

In Fine Voice

Tenor Dino Rosi, "La Voce De Napoli," will be performing at the Corona Senior Center on June 4. Call 718-639-2000 for further inforamtion. More...

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Restaurant of the Week

Restaurant

Of The WeekThree Cuisines Reign At Pinocchio Palace

By Teresa Barile

Pinocchio Palace Restaurant is home to the best of Italian, Greek and Cypriot dishes, all prepared fresh, using the finest ingredients and old world recipes. More...

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Editorials

Editorial

Ticket Blitz Is
Exercise In Absurdity

The list gets longer, day by day. More...

Op—ed

Green Light For Green Power

By Louis P. Ciminelli

Governor George E. Pataki signaled a green light for green power when he announced in his 2003 State of the State message that at least 25 percent of New York state More...

Letters

Deplores Cuts

A copy of the following letter was received by the Gazette. More...

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Political Page

Eye on politics

Bash Mayor

By John Toscano

In a possible slap at Mayor Michael Bloomberg, City Councilmember David Weprin last week testified against the elimination of party primary elections at a City Charter Revision hearing. More...

The intersection of 147th Street and 8th Avenue in Whitestone was recently renamed in honor of deceased Firefighter Michael Carlo. Family and friends attended the ceremony renaming the block "Firefighter Michael Carlo Avenue. More...

On the brief side...

3 Lawmakers Rally For Libraries

City Councilmembers Helen Sears, Hiram Monserrate and Tony Avella participated in separate protest rallies last week to restore funding for branch libraries in Queens. More...

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Seniors

Senior Spotlight

Mayor Restores Seniors

By John Toscano

In a surprising development on the budget for seniors, Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Sunday announced that he had reconsidered cutting a major senior aid program out of the budget and was alloting $1. More...

Grant Provides HANAC Bus

Evangeline Douris, (c.), chairperson and John P. Kaiteris, (r.), executive director and COO of HANAC, thank State Sen. George Onorato for his support of HANAC More...

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