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Thursday, February 22, 2007

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‘Supreme’ justice

McGriff was convicted of ordering a pair of cold-blooded executions. The prosecutors say that at one point his organization was selling more than $200,000 worth of crack and other drugs per day in Queens. In his unbridled greed, he destroyed hundreds of l
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Clinton telling voters what they want to hear

Isn’t she saying what she thinks the people want to hear based on the current polls? That troubles me. First of all, she voted for the war and now says if she had been president in 2002 we would not have gone to war. This makes me think that this wo
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Sunnyside center offers food card help

Not surprisingly, western Queens, with its amazing diversity and large population of recent immigrants, has been identified as one of the two areas in the five boroughs with the lowest levels of participation.

So I would like to take this opportun
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When government comes, trust no one

It is the height of arrogance to mock the aggrieved parties who have mistakenly placed their trust in government to do the right thing. There is ample evidence the government has bungled many things many times in many ways and by virtue of its omnipotence
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Klein risked kids’ health in storm

They did this by forcing schools to stay open for the 37.5-minute session after the school day and keeping after-school programs open to those who did not want to jeopardize their attendance record.

Reportedly the teachers’ union president Ra
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Will Brad Pitt star in movie version?

For those of us who speak English or some other easily understood language, this refers to the testing conducted on Fort Totten to determine the levels of mercury and other toxic contaminants.

The document on the CD contains 725 pages of tables, gr
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Today’s students misled by school curriculum

First, allow me to share the honor roll of African-American achievers who grew up within a five-block area of our home in Hollis. I refer to them as our “Hollis Achievers.” One young man is a gynecologist who teams up with NASA and corrects de
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Snow: Nature’s way of slowing us down

“Would a mother send her son out on a night like this?”

Queens residents have a long history of being snow wimps. To them (and me), major snowfalls are perceived as personal affronts and evoke feelings of dread and fear, rather than we
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Council keeping eye on cell phone issues

There are approximately 80 cell phone stores in the south Queens vicinity and with more than 100 million cellular phone users in the United States, stores and rooftop cell antennae are on the rise. International and national studies have indicated possibl
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Not politics as usual for boro Republicans

On Feb. 1, state Sen. Serf Maltese (R-Glendale) and the Queens County Republican representatives had a meeting in their headquarters on Metropolitan Avenue. At that time, Maltese informed everyone present that he regrettably found it necessary to step dow
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Boro parks volunteers honored with awards

The Queens Coalition for Parks was founded a few years ago in response to the cuts being made in the Parks Department budget. It now has 400 member groups all over Queens and holds periodic meetings at the Parks Department. The Coalition works with simila
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Energy fair displays ways to save boro cash

The Energy Smart Home Fair was sponsored by IDT Energy Inc., Friends of Gateway, Dave Lutz, Toby Berandp, Mike Steffens, Lenore Schhlosfberg; U.S. National Park Service, Phil Melphi and John Daskalskis. The organizers were the New York State Energy Resear
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Douglaston once home to Thomas Merton

-Thomas Merton, “New Seeds of Contemplation”

Several years ago a visiting cleric reminded me that Thomas Merton, the noted Trappist monk, mystic, poet, and writer, spent many years of his early manhood in and about our area and living i
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Save Flushing Meadows

Early this month the TimesLedger reported that between Nov. 20 and Dec. 25, there were at least 12 violent incidents in the park. These incidents included the murder of Carlos Flores, 40, of Ridgewood, and the brutal beating of Jae-Woo Park, 33.
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There he goes again

Sharpton presumed that the large number of minority men being stopped and searched can only be an indication of institutional racism. A more temperate leader might have called for a dialogue between the police commissioner and black community leaders.
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Northeast Queens Community Calendar

Classes

& Lectures

Kew Gardens Community Center

80-02 Kew Gardens Rd., Suite 202

¥ Politics And World Affairs – Fall course led by well-known leader Arthur Winstone.

When: Thursdays, 1 p.m.

Contact: 718-

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