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Civic Meeting Results In Job
Applications For Gateway Center

By Charles Rogers
     Employment applications for jobs in the new Gateway Center shopping mall are now available. In answer to the frustrations of some Canarsiens as to the availability of job opportunities for stores and other establishments in the mall, located just to the east of Canarsie, officials of the project hel...
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A Touching Stamp Of Approval
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, center, and Brooklyn Postmaster Joseph Lubrano, right, unveiled the Heroes of 2001 Stamp at a ceremony last week at Borough Hall. The stamp symbolizes "a people united and undeterred in the face of evil to
     Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, center, and Brooklyn Postmaster Joseph Lubrano, right, unveiled the Heroes of 2001 Stamp at a ceremony last week at Borough Hall. The stamp symbolizes "a people united and undeterred in the face of evil to persist and go forward with determined resolv...
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Something For The Kids
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, second from right, is shown accepting a $2,500 donation on Tuesday from Brooklyn Terminal Market Merchants Association President Vincent Piccone for Camp Brooklyn, an initiative established by the association to
     Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, second from right, is shown accepting a $2,500 donation on Tuesday from Brooklyn Terminal Market Merchants Association President Vincent Piccone for Camp Brooklyn, an initiative established by the association to send Brooklyn youngsters between the ages of...
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Pol Hails Court Order That Restores Real Estate "Cease & Desist" Order
     Senator Carl Kruger is hailing a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals that restored the "cease and desist" non-solicitation order that prevented real estate brokers and salespeople from using heavy-handed tactics to convince people to sell their homes.
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The New York City Department for the Aging’s "A Complete Guide To Health Care Coverage For Older New Yorkers" 2002 edition, is now available. Developed by the Department’s Health Insurance Information Counseling and Assistance Program (HIICAP),
     "Proper health care coverage is important for everyone — especially seniors. As health care options continue to change, choosing a plan that works is often complicated and leaves you thinking that you need to take a college course or two to get it right," said the Department’s Commissioner...
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Civil Service Exam Applications
Now Available On NYC Website

     Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) Commissioner Martha K. Hirst recently launched a new website that allows applicants to apply for civil service exams through the Internet. Applications are accessible online at www.nyc.gov/applyforexams, which became o...
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Volunteering To Keep City Parks
Clean Can Be Great Experience

     Volunteering certainly works! And, Brooklyn’s Prospect Park is one of the city’s premier green spaces where volunteers have made a difference.
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Don’t Become A Victim Of Predatory Lending Scams
and Jeffrey Lichtman
By Leo V. Boyle
     If you’re a homeowner, you may get calls or letters from lenders offering you loans based on the equity you have in your house. They promise easy money to remodel your kitchen, pay off credit cards and medical bills, or even take a dream vacation.
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Traffic Stop Tips: What You Should-And Shouldn’t Say
©Car&Travel Monthly
By Joseph D. Younger
     Gail Atwater had had a run-in with Officer Bart Turek before-but nothing quite like this. On this particular sunny day, she was driving slowly-only about 15 mph-through a quiet residential neighborhood near her home in Lago Vista, a small community just northwest of Austin, Texas. Her 5-year-old dau...
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News Of Local Residents Serving
In the United States Armed Forces

     •Navy Airman Abdul A. Romero Green, a 1998 graduate of South Shore High School, recently returned from a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific and Arabian Gulf while assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard, homeported in San Diego.
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