Editorial
Make Service Improvements Before Raising Fares
      In recent memory the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the entity that runs buses, subways and the Metro-North commuter rail line, has run advertising campaigns touting improved service, new cars, cleaner stations and MetroCards that did not require being swiped through a turnstile slot five ...
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Tells It 'Like It Is'
      To The Editor: Thanks, Larry Penner of Great Neck (and the Queens Gazette) for getting the message to all that the mega-developers and "big brass" politicians are using every gimmick and all their political muscle to wipe out businesses built by sweat, blood and decades of hard work at Willets ...
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Good-Bye, Tim Russert
      To The Editor: Every Sunday morning I get up early and do the laundry, but I always make sure I'm done in time so I'm home to watch Tim Russert on "Meet the Press". This program I sincerely believe keeps me informed about what's happening around the nation. I guess in a way I feel Tim is family b...
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Save Ridgewood Theatre
      To The Editor: As chair of the Rego-Forest Preservation Council, and director of the Queens Preservation Council, I am spearheading an effort to reopen and preserve the historic Ridgewood Theatre (55- 27 Myrtle Ave., Queens), so it can contribute to the appeal of an up and coming neighborhood, an...
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Tribute To Father
      Dear Dad, Father's Day is coming and even though you are no longer of this earth, it lessens my sadness in knowing that somewhere over the rainbow you are enjoying heavenly rest you so richly deserve.
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Rename Bridge For RFK
      To The Editor" It will be a wonderful legacy to a dedicated and devoted senator, if the Triborough Bridge were to be renamed The Robert F. Kennedy Bridge. 40 years ago, RFK, a young Senator from our state, was assassinated. His ideas for a better peaceful world with justice and equality for all ...
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Op- Ed
Setting Dutch Kills Issues Straight
BY DOMINICK FORTINO
      I applaud the Gazette for increasing public awareness of the important ongoing local zoning debate with its article "Rezoning Seems Imminent for Dutch Kills", which appeared in its June 11 edition. Unfortunately, the article misquoted me. This is understandable, given the complexity of the zonin...
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