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Wednesday, June 8, 2005

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The municipal Tower of Babel?

Gioia concedes that there are at least 160 languages spoken in the five boroughs. Nevertheless, he has settled on six languages. He notes that the city of Philadelphia translates its Web site into 12 languages. At least six other cities offer translations
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Stop this senseless loss of lives

Antonio was a little earth angel. As a parent of a good friend of his, Christopher, I saw him often through their years in school together. He couldn’t wait to get our attention to give us a big smile and ask us when he and Christopher could get tog
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Issues important in Bayside HS matter

In a story covering an appearance by the Bayside High principal, the paper reported that she spoke “candidly” about the behavioral problems at the school. What I pointed out was that there was an arrest there that very day, which we would all
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Car owners showed little respect for parade

Signs were posted by the NYPD stating there was to be no parking that Sunday from 1:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. all along the parade route. As the parade marched along College Point Boulevard at 2:30 p.m., from my vantage point I counted eight cars parked.
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Reflecting on Memorial Day

Is an expression people always say,

If we all took a moment to look around,

We’d see it’s happening today.

Our war only began three years ago,

It has created pain and sorrow.

The valiant soldiers who are fig
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The affordable housing two-step

And so it goes for the opponents of the Olympic stadium that the mayor wants to build over the top of the rail yards on Manhattan’s West Side. On the face of it, how silly is their argument? What sense does it make to build “affordable housing
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Silver must go

The blame for this fiasco lies squarely on the shoulders of state Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno and Silver. Silver’s decision will cost the city thousands of jobs. At the same time it will deny New York the opportunity to demonstrate that it i
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Heroes

On Sunday McDonald was on Rockaway Beach when he saw three teenage boys being swept away by the current. Without a thought for his own safety, McDonald jumped into the water and attempted to rescue the boys. This incredible act of bravery would cost him h
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Bayside Red Devils win tourney

In five games, the team gave up only seven runs with dominant pitching by Joey Pravata, Jordan Colflesh, J.P. Koulotouros, Ryan Magee, and Thomas Karcinski. The staff was anchored by the superb catching of Anthony Scianna.

The team played unbeliev
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Bayside Little League: Body Pro faces Bayside Salumeria

The team was glad to see Tyler Siamas back from his hand injury and he quickly put that hand to good use, making several great plays in the field. Christopher Betancourt and Patrick McArdle also made several key stops. Tahir Murray showed that he was in m

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