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August 27, 2003  RSS feed
Monserrate Sues For
Blackout Damages
Deriding corporate officials and spokespeople who, he said, talk only about investigations and commissions, City Councilmember Hiram Monserrate last week filed a class action law suit against electric companies, state power agencies and grid operators on behalf of those who suffered extreme financial consequenses because of the August 14 power blackout. More...
Fire Destroys
Sunnyside Businesses
Photo Anthony Lombardo

Fire gutted a row of seven stores in Sunnyside last Thursday afternoon, halting traffic on the Number 7 elevated line and snarling traffic on a 10-block stretch of Queens Boulevard. The cause of the blaze was undetermined at press time. More...

Mayor Expected To Sign Flushing BID Bill
By John Toscano

Creation of a Business Improvement District (BID) for Downtown Flushing, expected to received final approval from Mayor Michael Bloomberg, will enhance the quality of life in that area and will unlock "the enormous potential we have in Flushing to continue to transform it into a More...

 Community Calendar
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Associations
Sept. 8, 8 p.m., Jackson Heights Neighborhood Assn.; Atonement Lutheran Church Basement Meeting Room, 87th Street. More...
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Will Top State Court Settle Jennings Case? More...
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 Restaurant of the Week
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Of The WeekPorto Bello Offers
Great Food In A Casual Setting
On any given night at Porto Bello, conveniently located in the LaGuardia Shopping Center, you More...
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 Seniors
• Senior Spotlight
A major lung operation for people over 65 suffering from severe emphysema, which presently costs $60,000, will henceforth be paid for by Medicare as part of a member More...
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 Editorials
• Blackout Points Up Need
For Industry Change
The lights are on, however tenuously in some areas, and now the finger pointing begins. While most of the blame for the power failure that blacked out most of the northeastern United States two weeks ago would seem to be laid at the feet of Akron, Ohio-based First Energy, a conglomerate whose failed alarm systems would appear to have been one reason the outage spread as far and as fast as it did, More...
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 Features
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To Rockaways
"We have to give up the dream that the Rockaways will be all hotels and amusement parks," Jonathan Gaska, Community Board 14 district manager, testified in land use hearings at Borough Hall. More...
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