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305 Become Citizens At QCC
     Some 305 people, ranging from 19 through 84 years in age and representing 63 nations from Afghanistan to Yugoslavia, pledged allegiance and fidelity to the United States of America and became American citizens at a naturalization ceremony conducted at Queensborough Community College on June 18 in the QCC Theatre.
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Robbery Suspect’s Arrest
Earns Honors For Three Cops
     Three Cop of the Month awards, all of them related to one case, were conferred at the June meeting of the 112th Police Precinct Community Council in Forest Hills.
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Emergency Preparedness
Forum Planned
     Community Board 6, the 112th Police Precinct Community Council and The Forest Hills Community and Civic Association will hold an Emergency Preparedness Forum Sunday, June 27 at the Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd.
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BQE Renovations
Near Completion
     Diaa Shubba, one of the principal engineers on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway repair project, running from Broadway to 25th Avenue in Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst, declared at the most recent report to the public that he hopes to be close to the end of work in about three months
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Taxis for All? 
 Wheelchair Users Still Stuck At Curb
and Jean Ryan
     If you
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Breaking News/Analysis
Mayor Looks Like The Winner In Budget Battle, But Council Salvages Some Goodies
     It turned out to be a win
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Mayor Becomes A Terror As NYC Gets Stiffed On Antiterror Funds
     Angry over a vote in Congress which failed to address the inadequacy of terrorism funding for New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg cancelled the city
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Astoria Park
Vets
     A decades-old idea to improve an existing monument finally came to fruition after four years of hard work when the New York Anti-Crime Agency Veterans Memorial Committee was able to erect a new memorial next to the World War I monument that has stood on Shore Boulevard since 1926.
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Crowds Jam Athens Square Area For Torch Run Start
     The 2004 Olympic torch run through New York City was to begin at Athens Square Park at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, June 19. Anyone showing up at the park an hour early would find a considerable crowd already gathered at the junction of 30th Avenue and 30th Street.
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Rezoning To Curb Overdevelopment In Queens Warmly Greeted
     With new housing starts in Queens at their highest point in decades, the Bloomberg mayoral administration is working to stop out-of-character development in the borough
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