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Remember When Part 2.... Real Estate
Sep 21, 2016 | 1 1 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
One Family $65,000 in 1980 Two Family $85,000 in 1980 Many thousands of clients said then it is to much money. Now it is September 2016 and 75% of clients today still say to much money. The trend i...
8 Things you May not Know About Selling a Coop in Queens
Sep 19, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 49 49 recommendations | email to a friend
by George Herrera , Realtor and Listing Specialist with the Queens Home Team at Keller Williams Realty . We sell a lot of properties here in Queens, and being that we’re in New York City, a lot of ...
More About Women’s Rights in the News — the ERA
Sep 16, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 74 74 recommendations | email to a friend
As an employment defense litigation lawyer, I pay attention to civil rights issues, and lately women’s rights issues have gained attention from the media. Actress Patricia Arquette has actively wor...
Multiple Listing Service
Sep 14, 2016 | 1 1 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Great tool when your office hasn't many listings. Great source to find many listings. When abused by sales agents, then their credibility to other agents and Realtors are shot. Sometimes an owner i...
Can Car Accidents Cause PTSD?
Sep 12, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 103 103 recommendations | email to a friend
Author:Steven Palermo: The Suffolk Personal Injury Lawyer You hear about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that military service members experience from active duty. However, studies now show t...
APARTMENTS FOR RENT-BEST SOURCE TO FIND ONE
Sep 09, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Interview with Adele Scalfani of 'Diverse Real Estate' who services Ridgewood, Maspeth, Middle Village, and Glendale areas. When a Broker is in business for 37 years he does get plenty of repeat bu...
Protecting Your Right as a Spouse in a New York Estate
Sep 08, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 128 128 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Bonnie Lawston A Spouse’s Right of Inheritance in New York Under New York law, when a married person dies, the surviving spouse has a “right of election,” a statutory right to receive eithe...
Are gender identity and religious freedom at odds in America?
Sep 08, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 134 134 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Leeds Brown Law A recent ruling against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has inspired mixed reactions. The case (EEOC v. R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc., E.D. Mich....
This Month in Queens Real Estate: August 2016
Aug 26, 2016 | 1 1 comments | 200 200 recommendations | email to a friend
by George Herrera , Realtor & Listing Specialist with the Queens Home Team at Keller Williams Realty . August 2016 Market Update Home sales in July dropped again for the fifth consecutive month. De...
What to do When Your Designated Driver Plan Fails
Aug 25, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 227 227 recommendations | email to a friend
There’s no question that designating a driver reduces drunken driving accidents and saves lives. Designated Driver Statistics As time goes along, more and more people have gotten on board with the ...

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Lysa Scully and Richard Smyth update the Queens Borough Board on the reconstruction efforts.
Port Authority updates Borough Board on LGA progress
Discusses solutions to mitigate area traffic issues
Sep 20, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley speaks at the meeting.
MTA prepares commuters for L, M train shutdowns
For many Ridgewood and Bushwick residents, the daily commute is already difficult. It likely requires more than one train, even a bus or two depending on where you live. But thanks to dire infrastr...
Sep 20, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Glendale resident Dawn Scala spoke in opposition to the shelter plan.
CB5 votes against Maspeth homeless shelter plan
Community Board 5 overwhelmingly opposed the city’s plan to convert a Holiday Inn Express on 59-40 55th Road in Maspeth into a homeless shelter for adults at its monthly meeting on Wednesday. In a ...
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104th Precinct Police Blotter (9/5/16-9/11/16)
Monday, Sept. 5 Powel Grajewski was arrested at 60-53 60th Drive for third-degree assault by Officer Arlotta. Diamond Mendez was arrested at 59-02 Myrtle Avenue for third-degree assault by Office M...
Sep 14, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Glendale pays tribute to fallen heroes of September 11
The communities of Glendale, Middle Village, Ridgewood and Woodhaven made a promise 14 years ago to never forget the 42 loved ones and neighbors who died 15 years ago on September 11. On Saturday a...
Sep 13, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Borough President Melinda Katz honors Queens Olympians in special homecoming ceremony.
Ceremony honors 2016 Olympians with Queens roots
Olympians with roots in Queens were saluted with thunderous cheers at a Monday afternoon ceremony at Borough Hall. Borough President Melinda Katz praised the athletes for representing the borough a...
Sep 13, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Shorter Fresh Pond festival returns to Ridgewood this weekend
A truncated Fresh Pond Road Festival is returning to Ridgewood for just two days this weekend. The festival’s organizer Lucy Dolce from Federazione Italo-Americana di Brooklyn and Queens, was caref...
Sep 06, 2016 | 1 1 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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The new Chick-Fil-A at Queens Center Mall.
Chick-fil-A opens its first location in Queens
Offers 52 free meals to first 100 customers
Sep 06, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Firefighters battle the Myrtle Avenue blaze. (Photo courtesy NYPD 104th Precinct)
Fires break out in Glendale, Middle Village hour apart
Residential blazes in Glendale and Middle Village on August 25 sent five firefighters to the hospital. According to a spokesperson from the FDNY, the two-alarm fire first broke out at around 7:46 p...
Aug 30, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pol renews call for Glendale zip code
Since Glendale and Ridgewood split from their original Brooklyn zip code in 1979, the two neighborhoods have shared the zip code 11385. But Glendale residents say this shared identity with Ridgewoo...
Aug 30, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Annie Cotton-Morris from Woodside Houses, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, Queens Library CEO Dennis Walcott, Councilman Andy King, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and Councilman Costa Constantinides share a laugh at the announcement.
Officials celebrate funding for six-day library service
Standing in the same children’s room where he learned how to read more than 40 years ago, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer and his fellow City Council colleagues announced last Wednesday that the city b...
Aug 23, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Borough President Melinda Katz listens to the Yeshiva's case for additional dorms.
Katz hosts public hearing on Glendale Yeshiva
Lawyer says changing Brooklyn causing need for dorms
Aug 23, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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104th Precinct Police Blotter (8/15/16-8/21/16)
Monday, Aug. 15 Roberto Figueroa was arrested at Saint Nicholas And Myrtle avenues for aggravated unlicensed operator by Office Szpak. David Williams was arrested at Fresh Pond Road and Metropolita...
Aug 22, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
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AARP members and seniors came out to oppose the gas hike at the public hearing.
State considers National Grid’s proposed gas rate hike
Residents, advocates urge commission to reject plan at hearings
Aug 16, 2016 | 2 2 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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State senators Toby Ann Stavisky and Jose Peralta renew their push to pass the DREAM Act.
State lawmakers renew push to pass DREAM Act
After failing to pass a bill that would allow undocumented immigrants to receive financial aid for college, State Senate Democrats are once again calling for the DREAM Act to be made law. State sen...
Aug 16, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Cook gets rolling, has 267 yards in win over South Florida

Florida State running back Dalvin Cook (4) is hit by South Florida linebacker Nigel Harris (57) on a run during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Those questions about whether Dalvin Cook can recover from a slow start? He just answered them.


2016-09-24 18:19:02 -0400
The Latest: About 100 homes in Palo, Iowa, evacuated

The Cedar River flows over the dam through downtown Waverly, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016. Authorities in several Iowa cities were mobilizing resources Friday to handle flooding from a rain-swollen river that has forced evacuations in several communities upstream (Brian Powers/The Des Moines Register via AP )CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — The Latest on flooding along rain-swollen rivers in Iowa (all times local):


2016-09-24 18:17:42 -0400
Black history finds home on National Mall with new museum

Black history finds home on National Mall with new museumBlack history officially has a new, prominent place in America's story. With hugs, tears and the ringing of church bells, the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture opened ...


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