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Time Warner Cable is seeking entries for its 2000-2001 National Teacher Awards competition, a corporate program that recognizes innovative teachers who use cable television programming in their classrooms to help students learn. Nationwide, 20 individual teachers, or teacher teams, will be chosen from entries submitted by teachers in areas served by Time Warner Cable. Winners receive a $1,000 cash prize, a Crystal Apple Award, and a trip to Washington, D.C. for a gala awards celebration. And, in New York City, Time Warner Cable will donate $1,000 of video and/or computer equipment to schools with winning teachers. More ... According to 69th Pct. Executive Officer Captain Brian White, the above traffic direction on the street at the corner of Rockaway Parkway and Flatlands Avenue will not be the only indicator to help smooth the traffic flow in the near future. He says a left-turn traffic light at the well-traveled intersection will soon direct north-bound traffic from Rockaway Parkway. Capt. White also noted there will be more local traffic improvements around the community this year. Charles Rogers More ... More than 150 law enforcement officers across the nation were killed in the line of duty during 2000. This represents more than a ten percent rise in police fatalities over the previous year. More ... First, at the time of the great blizzard of 1888 on Rockaway Parkway at Flatlands Ave., there was a bakery shop opened and managed by Joseph Gross Sr. on the second day of the blizzard. The first cash sale he made eight days later. But when the weather cleared and business grew he had two well-known Canarsiens drive horses and wagons go around town and sell and deliver his nice baked crullers and rolls, etc., Honus Wagner and John Walker, who worked for him for many years. More ... |
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