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Nine police officers of the 114th Precinct were presented with Cop of the Month honors last week, reflecting a 10 percent decline in overall crime in the 114th through September 24, 2006, according to the most recent NYPD CompStat numbers. More ... Two assistant district attorneys are being assigned to police precinct community council meetings in Queens from now on, as ordered by District Attorney Richard Brown. ADAs Marilyn Filingeri and Emily Collins attended the September meeting of the 108th Police Precinct Community Council, held at the More ... The St. John's Prep Faculty-Senior softball game was the culmination of a Sports Theme Day sponsored by the school's Student Council. Students donated $1 for the privilege of dressing in sports-related clothing for the day. The game was an exciting one in which the faculty pulled out a 14-11 victory More ... During the week of the United Nations General Assembly, Dr. Ivo Sanader, prime minister of the Republic of Croatia, along with Minister of Culture Bozo Biskupic and Neven Jurica, Ambassador of Croatia to More ... Hamilton Dance Studio, a Greenpointbased dancing school, is opening a second location in Ridgewood. Classes in tap, ballet, modern, jazz, hip-hop, and break will be offered for boys and girls ages 3 and up starting this fall. More ... The Achilles Mavromatis Memorial Golf Classic, a first time event honoring the late Archie Mavromatis, community leader and Archon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, was a huge success, raising $24,000 for children suffering from terminal illnesses. The golf outing was held on Monday afternoon, Septemb More ... The New York City Department of Sanitation is gearing up for the impending 2006-2007 snow season and has begun to pre-register laborers to remove snow and ice from step streets in sections of Manhattan, The Bronx, Queens and Staten Island. More ... Politicians, schoolchildren and local citizens gathered September 22 at the Woodside branch of the Queens Borough Public Library, which reopened 12 weeks after it was shut down for renovation. The ceremony was really just a pleasant formality, because the Woodside branch has been back in business si More ... United Adult Ministries, the parent company of Flushing House, will present the Rose Kryzak Senior Leadership Awards to Assemblymember Ann Margaret Carrozza, Deputy Commissioner of the Nassau County Department of Senior Citizen Affairs Ralph Caruso and Queens Social Welfare Council Director Joan Ser More ... A scrap metal business and a grocery store have been closed by police of the 114th Precinct, in both cases under the direct supervision of Precinct Commanding Officer Inspector Brian McCarthy More ... Just feet from where two bouquets of flowers mark the spot where an accident claimed the life of a previous victim, Yakub Aminov, rushing home to break the fast from the solemn Jewish Holy Day of Yom Kippur, was struck by a hit and run driver at the intersection of Queens Boulevard and 67th Avenue i More ... Is it just our imagination or does there seem to be a lot more annoying things in the world than there used to be? We've tried to be objective. We don't think we're that hard to get along with. We've even taken into consideration that we're growing older and maybe we're getting to be an old grouch. More ... Do you know what to do in case of a hurricane? Do you have an evacuation plan? Here are some general guidelines to follow: More ... Whether it was a fight to save a local firehouse or to have lights installed in a local schoolyard, Bob Wilson was always there for the Dutch Kills community. Wilson, who died in October 2003, was president of the Dutch Kills Civic Association for 10 years, served on Community Board 1 and was a memb More ... Abiding Word Ministries: Fridays, 8 p.m., prayer and worship service; Sundays, 11 a.m., miracle and healing service; summer day camp, computer training, music lessons, counseling, 116-67 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica; 718.323.9218, www.abidingwordministries. met. More ... Queens Borough President Helen Marshall (third from r.) and His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios More ... Her Royal Majesty Queen Helen Marshall and His Royal Majesty King Eric Gioia met with their subjects of the realm of the Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce at Sunnyside's only castle, the White Castle at 43rd Street and Queens Boulevard on September 29. The revelers, most of whom donned medieval costumes More ... In the 15th century, most people believed the world was flat. They thought that monsters or a trip over More ... Eighteen New York City public school students from nine high schools participated in a nine-day training program for front-of-house service positions held at the French Culinary Institute. Upon completion of the training program, students were placed in seven-week internships as bussers, runners, an More ... A crown fashioned out of balloons was perched on Greg Vande Hey's head. Balloon tubes curved around every inch of his body like colorful, translucent snakes. Standing still with arms extended, Vande Hey beamed as children and curious adults clamored to add their balloon tubes to his ever-widening gi More ... Local Astoria artist Rik Sansone's illustration "Pepper" is featured in the new compilation More ... |
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