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JCCC's Unity Festival: Respect Bridges The Gap
      The weather couldn't have been better last Sunday in Starrett City - and the ambience was the same - as the Jewish Community Council of Canarsie presented its free Unity Festival.
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$17,000 Reward Offered In Correction Officer Killing
By Charles Rogers
     The city’s Correction Officers union has joined with the NYPD and Crime Stoppers to build up the reward offered for information leading to the capture of the person responsible for the murder of Correction Officer Kenny Duncan, who was gunned down in his driveway in Remsen Village on April 22.
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Cops Seek Shooter Of A Local Teenager
     Police from the 69th Precinct are looking for whoever might be responsible for the shooting of a 17-year-old last Tuesday evening in the rear driveway area behind East 80th Street, be-tween avenues J and K.
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An Unwelcome Visitor
     After avoiding a car that reportedly went through a Stop sign at Avenue K and Remsen Avenue, the driver of this black four-door Ford hit a 2002 Nissan Suburban parked outside the owner’s home on Remsen,
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Monday Collision At Flatlands/East 105
     Two people were injured when the car they were in collided with another vehicle Monday evening at the intersection of Flatlands Avenue and East 105th Street. Emergency personnel,
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Hurricane Season Prompts Emergency Preparedness Discussion
By Dara Mormile
      The best defense against disaster is emergency preparedness and education. Father Edward Kane of Holy Family, a member of Community Board 18's CERT (Community Emer-gency Response Team), offered a pre-sentation on the citywide program during last month's 69th Precinct Community Council meeti...
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Senior Health Partners Cuts The Ribbon For New Office
      In an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, May 1, health care officials and elected representatives from near and far came together to celebrate the opening of the new Brooklyn office of Senior Health Partners.
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Marine Park Resident Seeks Kidney Donor
      Lifelong Marine Park resident Frank Guariglia is in need of a kidney donor. As a result of a degenerative kidney disease, this once energetic 41-year-old New York City schoolteacher is in dire need of a kidney for transplant.
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New Law Beefs Up Penalty For Assaults On Elderly
      Assemblyman Alan Maisel (D-59th AD) this week announced that Governor David Paterson signed into law a measure that makes assaulting a senior citizen a class D violent felony, helping curb predatory attacks by those who target the elderly.
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Precinct Cops Take Guns Off Streets
      Police officers (left to right) Kethly Jean, Jamie Blanderburgo and Deborah Thompson were honored by Deputy Inspector Ralph Monteforte (2nd from left), outgoing commanding officer of the 69th Precinct during April's Community Council meeting for taking guns off the street. Following a 911 cal...
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St. Jude School Students Take The Cake
      Donuts and cupcakes and brownies - oh my! Eighth graders at St. Jude's School hosted a bake sale last Sunday afternoon and raised enough money for their senior trip to The Rocking Horse Ranch upstate New York. While they didn't have a set goal, the students' hard work - along with a little...
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Out Of the Mouths of Babes
      Send us a photograph by E-mail or U.S. mail of your favorite baby (under one year) and it will appear in a future issue with a cute caption like the one above. Photos may be altered for space and only one family per week. All submissions must include sender's name, address and telepho...
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Priceless Art
      Best wishes to you on Mother's Day. In tribute, I offer you the following poem. Thank you for your devotion and love that have made our children's world a better place.
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