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Monday Jun 10 | DNAInfo.com

Rego Park Deli Names New Dish After Spelling Bee Champ

You don't have to know how to spell "knaidel" before ordering the dish named in honor of the newly-minted National Spelling Bee Champion .

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Mon May 13, 2013

CBS Local

Fire Department Rescues Cop Who Was Trying To Rescue Cat From Tree

An NYPD officer who went up a tree to rescue a cat ended up getting stuck himself Monday, and needed to call in the Fire Department to help him get back down.

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New York Post

Cop tries to save cat from tree, FDNY saves cop

A cop who tried to save a cat that was stranded in a tree in Oakland Gardens got stuck himself - and had to be rescued by the FDNY, official sources told the Post.

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Thu Apr 25, 2013

New York Daily News

Queens residents weigh in on $3 million in neighborhood capital projects

Plans to renovate the historic Poppenhusen Institute in College Point grabbed the most votes in District 19 in the recent participatory budgeting initiative.

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Tue Apr 16, 2013

Patch.com

New York Cares to Spruce Up 11 Queens Parks on April 20

New York Cares is seeking 4,000 volunteers to take part in a day of sprucing up 11 borough parks, including several in northeast Queens, on April 20.

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