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Roofing 102: Installing A Flat Roof in 10 Steps
Dec 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
Welcome to roofing 102. Today we will be teaching your how to install flat roofing in 10 steps. So to all those do it yourself handy man types; This one goes out to you. 1. Your home is a valuable ...
“TheSpaghetti Set” by Rose Marie Maisto Boyd
Dec 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 39 39 recommendations | email to a friend
It is very refreshing to see that there are still writers who are able to touch us and getting us involved in their imaginary world without offering tales of violence and sex. The Spaghetti Set is ...
What A Private Ambulance in NYC Can Offer
Dec 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 50 50 recommendations | email to a friend
Emergencies are always a tough situation to be in for many reasons. Aside from the anxiety about the thought of a person in pain, there is always the fear for someone’s life. Nowadays, a person act...
Town of Middle Village Christmas Tree Lighting
Dec 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 46 46 recommendations | email to a friend
Middle Village Chamber of Commerce, Middle Village Kiwanis Club and Community United Methodist Church invite you to attend TOWN OF MIDDLE VILLAGE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING. Join in Christmas Carols, ...
Senior Living & Care... What To Do With So Many Choices? What Does It All Mean?
Dec 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 60 60 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: StefansLawGroup As we age we will find ourselves either making or assisting in complex and important decisions about where we, a family member or even a friend should be living. Changes in ...
Holiday Coat Drive
Dec 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 63 63 recommendations | email to a friend
Holiday Coat Drive   Nov. 18th - Dec. 15th, 2013 Do you have coats that you don't need anymore?  Donate Them! Winter is here and there are people in our community who could use a nice warm coat.  D...
Maspeth Indoor Flea Market
Dec 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 63 63 recommendations | email to a friend
INDOOR FLEA MARKET!!!! Saturday, Dec. 7th  Doors open @ 9AM Indoor flea market featuring gifts for Christmas and more.  Handbags, jewelry, antiques, kids clothes, household items, make-up, fragranc...
Money Saving Winter Roofing Tips- Spot Out Faulty Gutters Yourself
Nov 27, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 91 91 recommendations | email to a friend
A good roof is perhaps one of the most important investments a homeowner can make. Any good investment requires good maintenance. One of the most crucial factors in upholding a roofing system is th...
St. Margaret's Boy Scout Troop 119
Nov 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 97 97 recommendations | email to a friend
St. Margaret's Boy Scout Troop 119 is almost sixty-nine years old and in the year 2015 we will be celebrating our 70th birthday making us one of the oldest Boy Scout Troops in New York City. Howeve...
Breakfast with St. Nick
Nov 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 93 93 recommendations | email to a friend
St. Stanislaus Kostka Home School Association invites you to attend Breakfast with St. Nick .  Saturday, December 15th  9AM-1PM.  St. Stan's Auditorium, 61-17 Grand Avenue, Maspeth, NY Children - $...

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Sweet memories of Circo's
Dear Editor: The days of autumn and winter are always reminiscent of my childhood in the 1950's and '60's in the Italian-American neighborhoods of Brooklyn. In the fall, just before Thanksgiving, m...
Oct 03, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 58 58 recommendations | email to a friend
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Time for the payoff
Dear Editor: A photograph speaks volumes. I wonder why Assemblyman David Weprin, standing to the left looking over the shoulder of former council member and Democratic primary winner in Queens Boro...
Sep 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 69 69 recommendations | email to a friend
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Education system is out of tune
Dear Editor: There are many reasons why our education system is in crisis. Prospective educators are subjected to an oppression-obsessed, feel-good and esteem-ridden curriculum with little emphasis...
Sep 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 68 68 recommendations | email to a friend
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Vote for Joe
Dear Editor: Republican Joe Lhota has just received the nod to run in November for mayor of the greatest city in the country. We need a mayor who is a mayor for all of the people, not just a segmen...
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Leave PS 229 alone
Dear Editor: This letter is regarding the rezoning of District 24 in Queens. I am concerned specifically about PS 229 and Maspeth, as my children attend PS 229. It is an unsafe and unfair proposal....
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Time to revisit offshore airport idea
Dear Editor: In view of the increased jet noise over the New York metro area, I thought your readers might be interested in how several large cities in Asia have dealt with this problem. For decade...
Sep 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 76 76 recommendations | email to a friend
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Legalize it, don't criminalize it
Dear Editor: Comptroller John Liu's support for medical marijuana ("State Must Legalize Medical Marijuana" Guest Oped - September 12) makes sense and should go further. Consumption of marijuana for...
Sep 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 60 60 recommendations | email to a friend
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Never forget
Dear Editor: I'm greatly troubled with some people I have spoken to who believe we must move on from 9/11. Well, I beg to differ. We lost thousands of good people. Husbands lost wives, fathers lost...
Sep 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 57 57 recommendations | email to a friend
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Finally, compromise
Dear Editor: The announcement from Secretary of State John Kerry and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that the U.S. and Russia have finally reached an agreement regarding the turning over of Syrian c...
Sep 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 58 58 recommendations | email to a friend
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School sneed to teach the 'write' stuff
Dear Editor: As millions of students return to school, it's important to stress that while computer technology is an important part of the learning process in the classroom, it is not the only one....
Sep 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 80 80 recommendations | email to a friend
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Take the bus
Dear Editor: Tenants at Pomonok Houses in Flushing are griping about the conversion of their parking spaces from free to paid. Here's some advice: stop squawking or move out. Public housing project...
Sep 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 73 73 recommendations | email to a friend
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Subway, where 'R' you?
Dear Editor: GOP mayoral candidate Joe Lhota's promise about extending the R subway line to Staten Island misses the long-forgotten proposed tunnel between 68th Street in Bay Ridge and St. George. ...
Sep 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 71 71 recommendations | email to a friend
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Can't 'stand' it!
Dear Editor: Three fruit and vegetable stands ten feet long have opened up on one block on 82nd Street from 37th to Roosevelt avenues in Jackson Heights this summer. We feel 82nd Street is our Fift...
Sep 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 64 64 recommendations | email to a friend
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R.I.P. Gus Dear Editor: M
y husband and I have been to the Central Park Zoo many times, but the highlight was always seeing Gus the polar bear do his thing. So it was really sad to read he has passed on. And yet if there is...
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Nine lives
Dear Editor: The two little kittens that wandered on to the tracks of the subway line must truly have nine lives. If it were not for the care and concern of people who worked in the subway system, ...
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Alan Alda's science contest asks: What is color?

FILE - In this April 26, 2013 file photo, actor and sometimes science professor Alan Alda addresses a Communicating Science class on the campus of Stony Brook University, on New York's Long Island. Alan Alda is now posing the question "How do you explain color to an 11-year-old?," to scientists around the world. It’s part of a contest he started three years ago called the “Flame Challenge,” to encourage scientists to find better ways of clearly explaining how science works to the general public. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Alan Alda, the actor-turned-part-time professor, has a new question for scientists to consider: How do you explain color to an 11-year-old?


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Crane collapses onto supermarket near Frankfurt
BERLIN (AP) — Police say a crane has collapsed into a supermarket in western Germany and several people have been reported injured.
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Damien Hirst artworks stolen from London gallery

FILE - This Monday Sept. 8, 2008 file photo shows British artist Damien Hirst at an auction house in London. Two Damien Hirst artworks together valued at 33,000 pounds ($54,000) have been stolen from a London art gallery, police said Wednesday Dec. 11, 2013. The Metropolitan Police said the two signed prints were taken from the Exhibitionist Gallery in west London in the early hours of Monday. The works are among Hirst’s series of “spot” paintings, covered in multicolored dots. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)LONDON (AP) — Two Damien Hirst artworks together valued at 33,000 pounds ($54,000) have been stolen from a London art gallery, police said Wednesday.


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