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Seeing Red
A 34-year-old Woodhaven man whose weapons were a green Cadillac and a 9mm pistol fatally shot a Long Island husband and father and injured five other people, including an off-duty police lieutenant, in a violent drive-by shooting spree that crisscrossed the borough last Friday night. Matthew Collett More...
Adult Day Care Aids Alzheimer's Patients, Kin

According to the Alzheimer's Association, New York City Chapter, Alzheimer's disease affects at least 4 million Americans. One in every three will encounter it in an older relative, and more than three quarters of those with Alzheimer's live at home. Persons with Alzheimer's disease often require 24 More...

 Community Calendar
• 9/11: We Will Never Forget
Sep. 8, 1 p.m., St. Michael's Cemetery, Fifth Anniversary 9/11 Memorial Service honoring FDNY & Port Authority Police Officers, RSVP, 72-02 Astoria Blvd., East Elmhurst; 718-278-3240. More...
• Community Meetings
• Arts & Entertainment
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 Political Page
• article has image Sabini, Monserrate Debate At Forum
Housing and health care were the prevalent issues raised by both state Senator John Sabini and City Councilmember Hiram Monserrate at a candidate forum at the Langston Hughes Library and Cultural Center in Corona last week sponsored by the Queens Civic Congress and Citizens Union. More...
• article has image McLaughlin Takes Leave of Absence From Union Post
• article has image Sabini: Stamp Out Modern Slavery, Forced Prostitution
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 Restaurant of the Week
• article has image Gazette RESTAURANT Of The WEEK by Teresa Barile
Brasilianville Café & Grill 43-12 34th Avenue Astoria  718.472.0090
rasilianville Café & Grill is a wonderful introduction to the flavors, aromas and variety of Brazilian cuisine. This self-serve restaurant and takeout café allows diners to choose just what they want from a wide selection of delicious Brazilian casseroles, vegetables, chicken dishes, s More...
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 Seniors
• Don't Forget EPIC When Applying For Part D Rx Program
As the period to join the federal government's Part D drug prescription program or switch to another carrier draws closer, Governor George Pataki and state health authorities are sending out reminders that seniors should not forget that they can improve their Part D coverage by adding benefits from More...
• Senior Spotlight By John Toscano
• SENIOR THE SAVVY
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 Health Care
• article has image Marshall, Diabetes Assn. Set Mall Walk For Sept. 17
Q u e e n s B o r o u g h President Helen Marshall joined with the A m e r i c a n D i a b e t e s A s s o c i a t i o n (ADA) and public hospitals in the borough on August 22, to focus attention on diabetes, a disease that affects 800,000 residents of New York City. More...
• article has image Vision Health Initiative Launched
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 Editorials
• Queens Offers Summer Delights For All
This coming Monday we celebrate a holiday that Samuel Gompers, founder and president of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), noted as unique. Labor Day does not celebrate one person's birth or death, the beginning or end of a war or even a national day of privately or publicly expressed appreciat More...
• article has image Salutes Varriale
• College Drinking Declines
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 Features
• article has image Street Marking Colors Identify Project, Agency
Have you ever pondered the true meaning- and source-of all those markings in different colors on local streets? More...
• article has image Development Sweeping Over Long Island City
• FAA To Keep Present Flight Activity Levels At La Guardia
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