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This Month in Queens Real Estate: April 2014
Apr 10, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 76 76 recommendations | email to a friend
April 2014 Queens NY Market Update  The pace of home sales remained sluggish in March according to the most recent data released by the Long Island Board of Realtors. A combination of higher prices...
A meetup that gets results, NOT just motivates then deflates
Apr 08, 2014 | 1 1 comments | 93 93 recommendations | email to a friend
Join Networking For Prosperity & Adventure , a different kind of meetup that shows you the HOW to, not just the fluff of getting you excited in order to set you up for failure. Let's face it, in th...
The Tenor, A Novel by Peter Danish, revisits Maria Callas wartime years
Apr 06, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 105 105 recommendations | email to a friend
     THE TENOR A novel by Peter Danish Based partially on a true episode of Maria Callas’ life, The Tenor is the riveting story of a young Italian man with   a spectacular knack for music and a voi...
Networking for Prosperity & Adventure Meetup in NYC April 9 7PM till 10PM
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Networking for Prosperity & Adventure Meetup in NYC April 9 7PM till 10PM
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Shirley who is a part time employed, motivated leader who is working on a few business ventures in order to be a full time entrepreneur. In spite of many obstacles she is currently working on many ...
What is a retaliation claim and why are they so popular?
Mar 27, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 171 171 recommendations | email to a friend
According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), in 2012, 38 percent of all EEOC claims were for retaliation. The reason retaliation claims have become so popular in recent yea...
Glendale Kiwanis Annual Pancake Breakfast
Mar 24, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
At St. Pancras School Pheiffer Hall on Myrtle Avenue and 68th Street 68-20 Myrtle Avenue, Glendale NY 11385 DATE: Sunday, March 30th, 2014   Doors open at 7AM till 12:30PM Admission: $5.00 Menu: Pa...
Breakfast with the Easter Bunny!
Mar 24, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 189 189 recommendations | email to a friend
St. Stan's Mothers' Club is proud to announce our first BREAKFAST WITH THE EASTER BUNNY! Sunday, April 6th  9AM-12PM $10.00 Per Child 61-17 Grand Avenue, Maspeth
*GRAND OPENING RICO'S CHICKEN RESTAURANT*
Mar 24, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
When: 11:45 AM - 8:45 PM Monday, March 24 - Saturday, March 29 Where: RICO'S CHICKEN , 74-27 METROPOLITAN AVENUE , MIDDLE VILLAGE , NY 11379   MENU-IS SPECTACULAR  Description: Inside this new Rest...
National Labor Relations Board finds employee’s Facebook posts not protected
Mar 19, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 226 226 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Stephen D. Hans In recent years, thousands of companies have felt the impact of a slumped economy, increased costs and regulations.  These conditions have forced employers to cut costs, red...

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Ted Renz speaks out in opposition to the land use committee reccomendation
CB5 supports rezoning application for Ridgewood development
Proposal to retain manufacturing at site shot down
Apr 17, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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New deli officially opens its doors in Glendale
Pols vow to do something about the parking situation
Apr 16, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pastors Josh and Andrea Jagessar emphasized their focus on young people in the church.
Life Church begins services in Glendale
Passionate singing and emphatic shouts of agreement defined the first service of Life Church, which held its first service this past Sunday in Regal Cinemas at the Shops at Atlas Park. Life Church ...
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104th Precinct Police Blotter (4/7/14-4/13/14)
Monday, Apr. 7 Sonia Rojas was arrested at the intersection of Borden and Maurice avenues for driving while intoxicated by Officer Toor. Rosa Ochoa was arrested at 59-93 Fresh Pond Road for endange...
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Site for proposed homeless shelter on Cooper Avenue
Elected officials push for public discourse on shelter
Letter calls for proactive steps during environmental impact study
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Vietnam vets organize blood drive for Toro
Former group president suffering from war-related cancer
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Outdated freight trains loaded with trash traveling through Glendale (Image provided by CURES)
Funding secured to overhaul a second LIRR train
State approves $3 million for emissions reduction initiative
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104th Precinct Police Blotter (3/31/14-4/6/14)
Monday, Mar. 31 Curtis Porter was arrested at the intersection of 68th Avenue and 64th Street for robbery by Officer Rogers. Francisco Laurenno was arrested at the intersection of 68th Avenue and 6...
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Mayor Bill de Blasio with Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña and Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito
State secures full-day pre-k classes for NYC students
Mayor Bill de Blasio announces first wave of seats
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Queens Borough President Melinda Katz
Queens World’s Fair anniversary preparations
In anticipation of two World’s Fair anniversaries, Borough President Melinda Katz and Assemblywoman Margaret Markey hosted a press conference at the Queens Museum last Friday to announce the full, ...
Apr 02, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bill guarantees state contracts to veteran-owned companies
Under the Jobs for Heroes Act, a bill approved by the Assembly and State Senate early last week, companies owned by veterans with service-connected disabilities will be guaranteed at least 6 percen...
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104th Precinct Police Blotter (3/24/14-3/30/14)
Monday, Mar. 24 Roberto Cortes was arrested at 608 Seneca Ave. for driving while intoxicated by Officer Taveras. Alba Carrasco was arrested at 2127 Himrod St. for third-degree assault by Officer De...
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Fresh Pond Pet Shop
Fresh Pond Pet Shop cleared of all animals
As of Tuesday, March 11, an officer with the 104th Precinct confirmed that all animals had been removed from the Fresh Pond Pet Shop at 60-77 Fresh Pond Road in Maspeth. “I wanted to go there mysel...
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Mayor Bill de Blasio with Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito answering questions.
Paid Sick Time Act signed into law
In his first official bill signing as Mayor, Bill de Blasio authorized the Paid Sick Time Act into law last week at a ceremony at 630 Flushing Ave., home to Steve’s Ice Cream and dozens of other ma...
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104th Precinct Police blotter (3/17/14-3/23/14)
Monday, Mar. 17 Mohamed Tarmoul was arrested at 65-64 Myrtle Ave. for criminal contempt by Officer Pofanti. Maria Capella was arrested at Harmon St. and Seneca Ave. for driving while intoxicated by...
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Malaysia asks world to pray for missing plane clue

Malaysian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Hamzah Zainudin, left, listens as Malaysia's acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein answers a question from a journalist during a press conference on the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, April 19, 2014. An underwater robotic submarine is expected to finish searching a narrowed down area of the Indian Ocean seabed for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane within the next week, after completing six missions and so far coming up empty, the search coordination center said Saturday. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)PERTH, Australia (AP) — A Malaysian official on Saturday asked the world to "pray hard" for a clue to help find Flight 370, while authorities said a robotic submarine was expected to finish searching a patch of the Indian Ocean seabed within a week after so far coming up empty.


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13th body pulled from snow in Everest avalanche

Mother of Nepalese mountaineer Ang Kaji Sherpa, killed in an avalanche on Mount Everest, cries while she waits for his body at Sherpa Monastery in Katmandu, Nepal, Saturday, April 19, 2014. Rescuers were searching through piles of snow and ice on the slopes of Mount Everest on Saturday for four Sherpa guides who were buried by an avalanche that killed 12 other Nepalese guides in the deadliest disaster on the world's highest peak. The Sherpa people are one of the main ethnic groups in Nepal's alpine region, and many make their living as climbing guides on Everest and other Himalayan peaks. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Search teams recovered a 13th body Saturday from the snow and ice covering a dangerous climbing pass on Mount Everest, where an avalanche a day earlier swept over a group of Sherpa guides in the deadliest disaster on the world's highest peak.


2014-04-19 05:10:46 -0400
France denies veto threat looms over Western Sahara negotiations

French ambassador to the United Nations Araud speaks to the media after voting on a resolution approving U.N. peacekeepers for Central African Republic, at the U.N. headquarters in New YorkBy Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - France's U.N. envoy on Friday vehemently denied threatening to use its Security Council veto power to block any proposals to have U.N. peacekeepers in Western Sahara monitor the human rights situation in the disputed North African territory. The denial from French Ambassador Gerard Araud came after the United States circulated a draft resolution that would renew the U.N. mission in the disputed territory of Western Sahara, but without asking for sustained U.N. human rights monitoring as demanded by rights advocates.


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