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Two area schools, P.S. 111, Long Island City and P.S. 92, Corona have elected to participate in a new bonus pay program. Teachers at the District 30 schools recently voted to become part of a voluntary plan that could earn them as much as $3,000 extra if their schools meet specified targets in test performance this year. More ... Tomorrow's long awaited Iowa caucuses- the first official balloting for this year's would-be crop of presidential candidates- will set off a parade of primaries spread out over the next five months and ending June 3, which will set the stage for this summer's nominating conventions and the ensuing party sanctioned campaigns culminating in the November elections. More ... City Comptroller William C. Thompson and Congressmember Nydia Velazquez have called on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency to stop its audit of employment documentation at a Long Island City food delivery warehouse immediately. More ... Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown was sworn in on December 26 to his fifth full term as District Attorney of Queens County. The ceremony took place at the District Attorney's Office at 125-01 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens. New York State Supreme Court Justice Randall T. Eng administered the oath. More ... A 44-year-old Brooklyn man is wishing this week that he had left home without a batch of phony American Express Travelers Cheques. Police said Tyrone Stith walked into the Sports Authority store on Northern Boulevard on December 18, where he tried to buy two coats using five of the fake $100 AmEx cheques. More ... LaGuardia Community College has been awarded a $125,000 MetLife Foundation grant to develop a program that will encourage adult students completing high school equivalency studies (GED) to pursue higher education. More ... Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto, whose assassination shocked the world last week, was praised as an outspoken voice for democracy and a leading advocate of moderation and democracy by public officials, who attributed her death to world-wide terrorism. More ... More than $18 million has been distributed to 13,686 New Yorkers eligible to receive restitution as a result of a $325 million settlement with Ameriquest Mortgage Company and its subsidiaries stemming from an investigation into predatory loan practices, Governor Eliot Spitzer and New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced. More ... Holy Cross H.S., 26-20 Francis Lewis Blvd., Flushing, was recently notified that its literary magazine, Discovery 2007, was awarded first place by the American Scholastic Press Association. " Discovery consists entirely of student work- short essays, poems and illustrations," Michele Daus, faculty advisor, said. More ... Lillian Kowalsky, 115th Police Precinct Community Council president, and members of the community brought toys donated by the Community Council to the La Guardia Family Center at 102-10 Ditmars Blvd. More ... Times and dates are subject to change. Please call event sponsors to confirm. Astoria Center of Israel: •Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. Shabbat services, followed by Kiddush, 27-35 Crescent St.; 718.278.2680. More ... Borden Avenue Veterans Shelter Reopens Residents returning to the newly renovated Borden Avenue Homeless Veterans Shelter said they are happy to be home, but are still concerned about recurring violence, drug and alcohol abuse at the facility. More ... Over the course of the past six weeks there has been in increase in burglaries south of the Grand Central Parkway between 31st and 38th Streets, extending as far south as Broadway. Perpetrators have been entering locations primarily through open rear windows in the late afternoon and early evening hours. More ... 109th Precinct Good Cop, Bad Cop A 22-year-old Queens man chose the wrong victim when he decided to pose as a cop on December 12. Police said Henry Bambauer was driving a car with police-style strobe lights when he tried to pull over a motorist at 160th Street and the Horace Harding Expressway at about 2:30 a.m. More ... Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announce the 2008 Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspension Calendar. The city suspends alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations, for both street cleaning purposes and traffic flow, on the 34 legal and religious holidays listed below. More ... Police arrested a 27-year-old Bronx man twice in December for drunk driving and for attempting to steal his impounded car from an NYPD lot adjacent to the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights. Police said Byron Salazar-Rivera was arrested at about 5:30 p.m. More ... |
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