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Breukelen Houses Tenants Leader Believes There’s Hope For Tomorrow
     Imagine Canarsie as a place filled with mentors and coaches. Imagine a community where kids build houses, ride on scooters, and are taken to basketball games by generous neighborhood police.
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City Will Resume Glass Recycling & Weekly Collections Next Month
     Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Department of Sanitation (DSNY) Commissioner John J. Doherty last week announced that starting April 1, New York City will resume recycling glass and return to weekly recycling collections.
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Human Head May Belong
To Body Found Last Week
     A human head was discovered last week lying among the weeds and twigs in the Paerdegats only a few yards from the area where a torso and other body parts were found the previous day.
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Fidler Aide Misquoted On Park $
     City Councilman Lew Fidler, whose district covers the Canarsie Beach Park area, wrote us to clarify remarks by his Chief of Staff, Bryan Lee, in our February 19 issue regarding funding for refurbishment of the park.
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Answers From The Teacher
Darra Wheeler Happ
     Is it okay to contact my son
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Settlement Ends With City Returning Seized Cars To Owners
     NEW YORK (AP) Since January, the city has returned about 1,200 cars seized from suspected drunken drivers, according to a published report.
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Eye On C’Bean Community
Maxine Hamilton
Alexander
It Takes Neighborliness To Make A Community
     Be Neighborly.
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At Wellington Carpets, The Customer Is The Focus
     Wellington Carpets and Rugs, located at 5000 Kings Highway in Brooklyn, offers the best and latest in floor coverings to fit your needs. For the past 19 years, Wayne Brown, owner of the carpet outlet, has successfully cultivated and retained an ever-growing clientele.
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City’s Vendor Law Protects Disabled Veterans
     Govemor George Pataki recently signed legislation that will help keep New York City sidewalks free from vendor congestion and enable disabled veteran vendors to continue to operate.
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Social Security
Steve Beck
Benefits For Early Disability Retirement Turned Down
     Q: I expect that I will have to take an early disability retirement from my company by this summer. Can I apply for Social Security disability benefits now?
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Proposed Legislation Mandates NY Schools Promote Culture Awareness
     Brooklyn State Senator Carl Kruger recently introduced legislation in Al-bany requiring schools throughout the state to design and implement curricula to"promote understanding, awareness and appreciation" of the contributions of people with diverse backgrounds and of harmonious relations in a diverse society.
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Free Trees Given By Arbor Group
     Ten free white flowering dogwood trees will be given to each person who joins The National Arbor Day Foundation during March 2004.
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Save Those Fish - Aquarium Care
     (NAPSI)-Life can go swimmingly for your pet fish if you know a few simple steps to keep them safe. Not enough fish families do.
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Is It The Flu-Or Fido?
     (NAPSI)-Starting to sniffle and sneeze now that you are indoors trying to keep warm? The problem may not be the flu but the family pet.
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Boro Pres Opens Free Tax Center
     Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz attended the official opening of a free tax preparation center for Brooklynites who are eligible to claim the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).
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Parks & Recreation Steps Up Summer Lifeguard Recruitment
     Now that the city is beginning to thaw, the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation has stepped up its efforts to recruit qualified swimmers to become New York City Lifeguards at one of the city
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Lady Vikings’ Fairy Tale Season Ends In Heartbreaking Loss
     The South Shore Lady Vikings varsity girls basketball season had all the makings of a classic Cinderella story. They were a small, young, inexperienced team, not expected to win many games or make much of difference in the PSAL B Division.
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Courier Reporter Honored For Grid Coverage
     Canarsie Courier reporter Eric Goodman holds the plaque he received from Canarsie High School head football coach Mike Camardese for his coverage of the Chiefs
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Minor Manager Meets
     New Brooklyn Cyclones manager Leon Lee (left) and new New York Mets shortstop Kaz Matsui took part in a recent free community clinic in Port St. Lucie, Florida, the Mets
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