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11 Queens Post Offices May Close
Cuts in staffing, removal of collection boxes and a twocent increase in the price of stamps still leave the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), better known as the Post Office, with a potential loss of nearly $7 billion this fiscal year. Efforts to offset the loss may mean the closing of 11 post offices in Queens. More...
Home Invasion Robbery Nets $, Cellphones, Metals

A home invasion robbery netted currency, cellphones and what police describe as a quantity of precious metals from a Long Island City apartment within the confines of the 114th Precinct this morning. More...

4 Of 5 Candidates For 26th District Debate Campaign

By Thomas Cogan The Democratic primary race for the 26th District City Council seat had until lately been marked by civility among its five candidates, as reflected in the debates they held this spring in Sunnyside and Dutch Kills. That civility was disrupted when one of them, Deirdre Feerick, challenged the petitions submitted by two others, Came Smalls and David Rosasco. Not challenged were the remaining candidates, Jimmy Van Bramer and Brent O More...

 Community Calendar
• Gazette Calendar Of Events
Community Meetings Boards Aug. 12, 7:30 p.m., Board 5; Christ the King H.S., CNL Room, 3rd Floor, Door 10, 68-02 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village; 718.366.1834. Sep. 1, 7:30 p.m., Board 4; St. Paul's Community Center, 98-16 55th Ave., Corona; 718.760.3141. More...
• 'We Are All Americans' Ends CALDC Summer Fun Series
• ITALIAN NIGHTS 2009
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 Political Page
• article has image Library’s Broadway Branch Reopens After Renovations
City Councilmember Peter F. Vallone Jr. and Assemblymember Margaret Markey celebrated the reopening of the Broadway branch of the Queens Borough Public Library on Tuesday, July 28. The library, at 41st Street and Broadway in Astoria, received much needed improvements to its fa More...
• article has image Thompson Tries New Tactics, But Mayor Mike Eludes Him
• article has image Bloomberg Addresses Aldos Independent Dems
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 Restaurant of the Week
• article has image Spanish Cuisine at Cafe Ole
The Nava Family invites you to experience the wonderful flavors of Spain at this one-monthold eatery on 36th Avenue in Long Island City. More...
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 Editorials
• Enjoy All The Summer Fun Still Left
It is a truth universally acknowledged that time marches inexorably on. Of course, the pace of that march can differ widely, depending on who is keeping the beat. As children, we think holidays will never arrive; as adults, we wonder how it is that minutes, hours, days and yes, years, seem to flash past without our noticing. More...
• article has image Letters to the Editor
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 Features
• article has image Queens DA's Office Hosts 120 Summer Interns
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown last week announced that 120 law school and college students are participating in his 2009 Volunteer Summer Internship Program, which runs for 10 weeks. "This is a hands-on internship program that my staff and I administer each summer," Brown explained. More...
• article has image Employee Misclassification Costs NYS Millions In Lost Taxes
• article has image Vallone Has Lunch At Variety Boys And Girls Club
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 Sports
• article has image Burress Indicted On Weapons Charges
A Manhattan grand jury on August 4 voted to indict former New York Giants 2008 Super Bowl star Plaxico Burress on two counts of weapons possession and one count of dangerous endangerment. Burress faces three and a half to 15 years in jail if convicted on the charges. More...
• article has image Mets Lose 6-5 To Arizona Diamondbacks
• article has image Mets Collapse in 12-7 Loss To St. Louis Cardinals
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