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Police from the 69th Precinct try to restrain resident of house on East 82nd Street as she came home Friday to find her home (background) in flames. Firefighters from Engine Co. 257 and Ladder Co. 170, as well as others, responded to the blaze at about 3:30 p.m. on October 19th, and said it was a one-alarm fire. Neither firefighters nor residents were injured. Firefighters did say, however, that a dog was killed. Officials are still investigating the cause of the fire but said it did not look suspicious. Charles Rogers More ... Police from the 69th Precinct are looking for a man who shot two customers of the Higher and Higher Club at 922 Remsen Avenue early last Friday just as the club was closing. More ... Hundreds of children and adults got the wits scared out of them as they trod the scary path of Marine Park More ... Concerned parents can help to prevent accidents and injuries on Halloween by teaching their children safe trick-or-treat habits and by making their own homes safe for visiting trick-or-treaters. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advises that roughly four times as many children aged 5 to 14 are killed while walking on Halloween evening, compared to other evenings. Falls are a leading cause of child injuries that night. More ... Brown bats - like the one above - tarantulas, black cats and other cool creatures at the Prospect Park Zoo and the Bronx and Queens Zoos, will be seen this weekend as the Wildlife Conservation Society presents "Boo at the Zoo!" Enjoy magic shows, music and spooky stories, holiday crafts and more at this Halloween weekend celebration. For information call (718)367-1010. Wildlife Conservation Society More ... As October 31st approaches, scores of Canarsie residents, like the ones who placed this witch outside their East 92nd Street (between Ave. J & Flatlands Ave.) home, have been busily putting the finishing touches for Halloween on their homes and property with ghosts, goblins, jack-o-lanterns and other assorted ghoulish sights. Neil S. Friedman More ... With each passing day since the vicious and unprovoked attacks of September 11th, Americans have developed a clearer understanding of the fact that we now face an enemy unlike any other that we have faced in the past. We confront an elusive enemy whose methods are based upon undermining our freedoms through fear. More ... With the country reeling from the sudden appearance of the anthrax virus, State Senator Carl Kruger is calling upon federal authorities to begin protecting the nation against another, "potentially far more deadly", biochemical weapon More ... |
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