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Serial bank robber says flares are bombs
From the Queens Courier : In only six days, three northeast Queens banks have been robbed by someone claiming to be carrying a bomb.
Retired Correction Officer Wounds 2 in Queens Shooting
A retired New York City correction captain working security at a Queens bowling alley shot and wounded two men during a violent confrontation early Saturday morning outside the alley, the authorities said.
Lawyer's arguments fail to win judge over
Assigned Counsel lawyer Eugene Young raised eyebrows in City Court recently when he claimed the young woman standing by his side facing an arson charge had a perfectly legal right to set fire to her own car.
"As a young Democrat , I am disgusted at this joke called the Queens County Young Democrats , which marches in lockstep with Crowley-backed incumbents.
Find it Make it Grow it Eat it: Garden Planning Time - by Larissa Phillips
Today is Groundhog Day, and although I don't put much stock into the predictions of small burrowing animals, I am thrilled by the real meaning of this day: the little, tiny, teensy, barely palpable flicker of optimism that winter will in fact end, and that spring will come.
Heather Nicoletti & Joseph Pierse
Oyster Bay , L.I. For Heather, 31, meeting Joseph, 34, was the icing on the cake at a party celebrating her graduation from SUNY Old Westbury .
The Recalibration Of Tony Avella: State Senate Candidate, Conciliator
Voters in Queens are used to Tony Avella the rebel, the rabblerouser, the gleeful, swiping, sniping firebrand.
Legionnaires Log: January 22, 2010
On Wednesday, Jan. 27, the New York State Veterans Home at Stony Brook University is hosting its Vaccines for Veterans Day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Veterans and their family members are invited to receive their seasonal flu shot or the H1N1 flu vaccine.
Bloomberg Gives Queens GOP Rebel a Token of His Esteem
For a guy who dropped his Republican registration three years ago and insists he's above petty partisan politics, Mike Bloomberg seems to have staked an awfully large claim in the battle over leadership of the city's largest GOP organization.
Talk about the 2010 gubernatorial race
Rick Lazio, whose fund-raising committees have included some of the titans of Wall Street, has raised $1.1 million and has $637,000 in the bank.
Barrett: Eric Schneiderman Riding Hiram Monserrate's Misdemeanor to the Ballot
They don't teach this in journalism school. But yesterday, I discovered the perfect lede .
Queens Man Pleads Guilty to Duping L.I. Immigrants
A Queens man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to scamming more than 100 immigrants - primarily from the Ecuadorian community, some of them from Long Island - out of more than $50,000 by promising to help them expedite immigration matters, Queens prosecutors said.
Last year one of the safest for Queens residents
District Attorney Richard Brown, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly at a gun buyback in Queens.
Cops: Principal Solicited Oral Sex From Male Students
A report released Wednesday by the Special Commissioner of Investigation found that a principal of a Queens high school solicited sex from many of his male students.
Judy Garland Sings Again at the Massapequa Library
On Saturday, Dec. 19 at 2 p.m., the Massapequa Park Library at 40 Harbor Lane will have the Massapequa Park Movie Man John Carpenter present as his last Classic Film Program until March another one of his rare screen gems from out of his 3,000-plus film collection.
Unhappy Holidays May Await Flyers Who Put Valuable Items in Checked Bags
If you're thinking about putting jewelry or a laptop computer in a checked bag when taking a holiday flight, you might want to think again.
Sex offenders purged from Facebook and MySpace
More than 3,500 registered New York sex offenders have been purged from the social-networking sites Facebook and MySpace, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday at a news conference at Brighton High School.
Mayor Cadwallader D. Colden: Would grandpa be proud?
In office: 1818-1821 The most remarkable thing about New York City having a mayor named Cadwallader Colden is the fact that he was not even the most famous New Yorker named Cadwallader Colden.
No pooper-scooper law enforcement equals a big mess
There doesn' seem to be a peaceful end to the pooh versus shoe battle. People sick of arching their backs and contorting their legs so they can sniff the bottom of their sneaker are chanting 'No Poop Left Behind!' Now I've joined them.
Meet Your New Membersa "Jimmy Van Bramer
On the evening of Nov. 2, Jimmy Van Bramer made one last trip to an apartment building in Sunnyside that he had canvassed frequently during his Council campaign.
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