Ignorance Of ‘Baby Moses’ Law=Needless Death
     Within the past two weeks, two newborn infants died hours after birth at the hands of their teenage mothers. One infant’s 13-year-old mother is alleged to have thrown the crying, minutes-old baby out her third-story bedroom window; the other mother, a 17-year-old who also gave birth in her bedroom,
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Superintendent’s Attitude Raises Hard Questions
By Paul T. Norwich
     I am writing you to expand on the article “Teachers Censure Region 4 Superintendent” your newspaper carried in the December 21 edition of the
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Letters
Hail Vallone, CALDC
     To The Editor: Congratulations to Central Astoria Local Development Coalition for stepping up to the plate and passing unanimously a motion to name the new emergency room at Mt. Sinai Hospital of Queens in honor of former City Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr., who served three decades as Astoria
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“Who do you like in the Super Bowl?”
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Roving Photographer
“Who do you pick to win the Super Bowl?”
By Rev. Austin H. Armitstead
     “We have a son who lives in Boston so I’ll be tuned in and rooting for the Patriots to win...family loyalty I’d say. In baseball, we were surprised with the Red Sox becoming champions in 2004. Maybe they are in a run with the Patriots now.”
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