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Voice of the People for Nov. 27, 2008
The world's a stage ... Manhattan : Re: "Play fair in school fight," by Cynthia Nixon and Kara Walker : The Center School may have a higher percentage of minority students than Public School 199, but that ...
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Truck accident closes Route 60 for .....
Motorists traveling in and around Cassadaga Tuesday morning were significantly tied up when a tractor-trailer truck slid off Route 60 and blocked both lanes of traffic.
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Memorial Held For 2001 Queens Plane Crash
The Dominican Republic-bound jet crashed in Belle Harbor, Queens, shortly after taking off from John F. Kennedy Airport on November 12, 2001.
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Memorial Service for American Airlines Flight 587
It's been seven years since American Airlines flight 587 crashed in Belle Harbor, Queens killing everyone aboard and five people on the ground.
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Voice of the People for Nov. 9, 2008
Rockaway Park : How many jobs are there where you can do nothing and make the money Stephon Marbury does? The only other ones I can think of are Wall Street CEOs.
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Woman charged in scheme to defraud Oceanside store
A Queens woman has been charged with repeatedly defrauded a T.J. Maxx store in Oceanside by buying merchandise, removing the store tags and attaching the tags to non-store merchandise -- which she returned for ...
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Churches survive parish merger
In the face of rising costs and fewer priests, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn has merged six south Queens parishes into three - and combined two into a single parish in Brooklyn.
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Juliet Hawkins Honored by Cambridge Who's Who for Excellence in Psychotherapy
Ms. Hawkins utilizes Solution-Based Brief Therapy to help individuals and families who are unable to make the longer-term commitment to ongoing therapy.
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Voice of the People for August 28, 2008
Brooklyn : Rescinding term limits is not an easy thing to agree to, but if that's the price we have to pay to keep Mayor Bloomberg for four more years, then it's worth it.
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City to pay $5M to tear down eyesore near sewer plant
A decrepit condominium project sits abandoned at Beach 104th St. in Rockaway Park near Beach Channel Drive.
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Rockaway diner caters to hunger for the '50s
Rockaways Diner co-owner Jenny Melendez stands near a life-size statue of Marilyn Monroe at the Beach 116th St.
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Search suspended for missing teen swimmer in NYC
The Coast Guard called off a search for a vanished teenage swimmer Saturday after finding no sign of her in more than a day of scouring miles of the Atlantic Ocean, but police said they would continue looking. The search was suspended around 8:10 p.m., with no plans to resume it unless new information emerged, Petty Officer 3rd Class Barbara Patton said. The New York Police Department said it planned to continue its search Sunday, however. The 16-year-old girl was apparently swept away by a strong current while swimming with friends near Rockaway Park beach Friday afternoon. Another teenager was rescued from the water and is hospitalized in stable condition.
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Queens pervert busted again
Thomas Gillen at his arraignment in 2006. A pervert on probation after coercing his wife into posing for nude pictures - and then posting them on the Internet along with an invitation to rapists - was again ...
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Rescue Crews Search Queens Waters For Teenager
Rescuers managed to get to one of the swimmers just before 4 p.m. on Friday, but the girl's friend, a 16-year-old swimmer, is still missing in the rough waters off Rockaway Park.
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Search Resumes for Teen Missing Off Rockaway
The Coast Guard has resumed a search for a 16-year-old girl apparently swept away by a current while swimming near Rockaway Park beach in Queens.
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Search suspended for missing teen swimmer in NYC
The Coast Guard called off a search for a vanished teenage swimmer Saturday after finding no sign of her in more than a day of scouring miles of the Atlantic Ocean, but police said they would continue looking. The search was suspended around 8:10 p.m., with no plans to resume it unless new information emerged, Petty Officer 3rd Class Barbara Patton said. The New York Police Department said it planned to continue its search Sunday, however. The 16-year-old girl was apparently swept away by a strong current while swimming with friends near Rockaway Park beach Friday afternoon. Another teenager was rescued from the water and is hospitalized in stable condition.
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Rescue Workers Searching For Missing Girl Off Rockaway Beach
Two teenage girls had trouble in the waters off of Rockaway Beach in the Rockaway Park section of the Rockaways at about 3:40 p.m. Friday, News 4 New York has learned.
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Search Continues For Missing Teen In Rockaway Park
A day at the beach turned tragic when two teenagers trying to escape the heat almost drowned.
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