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Thursday, February 1, 2007

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Queens cops’ killer given federal death sentence

Ronell Wilson, 24, was convicted last month of the murders of Detectives Rodney Andrews, 34, and James Nemorin, 36 on March 10, 2003.

Andrews, who moved to Middle Village a year before he was killed, and Nemorin, of South Ozone Park, were each shot
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Woman uses stolen card to discover Queens: DA

Melene Alvarado, of Cypress Hills, used a Discover card between Oct. 23 and Oct. 31 to make several purchases in borough stores totaling more than $1,000, a criminal complaint said.

She was arraigned last Thursday and charged with grand larceny and
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Is Brooklyn under siege?

Panic-stricken civilians jam the streets while being evacuated by cops as production of Will Smith’s “I Am Legend” gets underway at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge. The sci-fi action drama exposes the torment of the last uninfected man left
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Your neighborhood meetings

The following is a list of local community organizations that are meeting in the near future in your area. If you have any information that can update this listing, or any comments pertaining to organizations not yet covered, call this newspaper at 718-61
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The politician as muse

Our congresswoman:

Some events in our lifetime, we never forget.

The day you graduated from college is one of them I’ll bet.

Our congresswoman claimed she was a college graduate, but she must have been confused.

Some o
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Happy Hanukkah, DOT!

It worked…almost worked!

In this column, a few weeks back, we complained about so many street lights unlit in their corner lamp posts; chiefly the three-corner bulbs on Neptune Avenue and East 12th Street.

A few scant nights later, w
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Shall I compare thee…

On the front page of your 1/11 edition, you mentioned revisions to make your newspaper a more desirable and attractive one.

One suggestion I have in mind is to have a poetry contest for readers, offering $50 for the first prize, $25 as a second p
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Clarify special permits

I write in response to the December 28, 2006 article, entitled, “Support for Special Permits Shows Signs of Faltering.”

I believe it is appropriate to correct some of the misstatements regarding the New York City Board of Standards and A
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Papa don’t preach

The November 20 edition of your popular paper had a letter headed, “Practice What You Preach,” directed to your columnist, Mr. Stanley Gershbein (“It’s Only My Opinion”), by disgruntled writer David N. Stern of Park Slope, whom I

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