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Seniors Go Hog Wild As Bikers Lift Holiday Spirits
     Residents and others from Four Seasons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center look forward every year to a holiday visit from motorcycle clubs around the city and they weren
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Fire Guts 6th Floor Spring Creek Towers Apartment
     It took slightly under a half hour for firefighters to douse a smoky fire last Monday in one of the high-rise apartments in Starrett City/Spring Creek Towers, Fire Department officials said.
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Two South Shore H.S. Students Diagnosed With Tuberculosis
     Last week the city
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Cops Nab Man Stealing From Mail Boxes
     While patrolling through the community last Tuesday at about 2:20 p.m. in an unmarked car, two members of the 69th Precinct Burglary Apprehension Unit saw a man going from house to house apparently snatching items out of local mail-boxes.
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Local Pythians To Aid Diabetes Research
     Members of the Knights of Pythias
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Breukelen Group Raises Funds For Youth Outings
     By Dara Mormile Thanks to hundreds of donations to the Youth Plus Millions More Association of Breukelen Houses, children in the community will soon enjoy outings to a variety of events. Last Saturday, the organization held a fundraiser in order to purchase tickets to take youths to a basketba
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“General Issues” Discussed As Pct. Commander Meets With Clergy
     Captain Ralph Monteforte, commanding officer of the 69th Precinct, last week called a meeting of the many members of the clergy in the precinct area to discuss his strategies in crime fighting and enforcement measures in the community.
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Pataki Directs State Unit To Expand DNA Databank
     Governor George Pataki recently directed the Division of Criminal Justice Services to, for the first time ever, gather DNA from the broadest range of convicted criminals permitted under current law. This will result in the addition of as many as 40,000 profiles to the State
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Seniors Go Hog Wild
     Dozens of bikers from around the city made their annual holiday visit to residents at the Four Seasons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center last Sunday. One senior couldn
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Glenwood Seniors Get A Jump On Holidays With Winter Bash
     Seniors from the Glenwood Houses Development are shown taking part in giant holiday party last Sunday. Sponsors of the event included the Housing Authority
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Chance Meeting On E. 80th Street
     Witnesses reported there appeared to be minor injuries in the above crash on East 80th Street and Avenue J at about noon last Sunday. According to a report from the 69th Precinct, the Nissan SUV was traveling north on East 80th and the GEO sedan was traveling south when it made a left turn at Avenue
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Plants At Salt Marsh Are The Focus Of Latest Nature Hike At Marine Park
     The second in a series of programs about the ecology of the Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park, an urban park ranger examined many of the unique plants that make up the flora of the marsh last Saturday.
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The Active Consumer
     This holiday season, there
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Holiday Jobs May Affect Your Benefits
Social Security
     The arrival of holiday decorations in shopping malls and stores also signals the arrival of job opportunities. The winter holiday season is a time when some merchants increase their staffs and many people take seasonal jobs.
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Singing Duo Brightens Up Residents’ Lives In All Seasons
     Residents at the Four Seasons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Rockaway Parkway know it
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Pet Of The Week
     Photo by Amy Bolger
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Seniors Urged To Volunteer For Prejudice Reduction Program
     Are you 55 and over? Do you believe that we should all respect each other
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Guest Column
     New Yorkers are getting used to bad news at the pump: as the result of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, as well as a slew of other factors, gas prices are on a rise throughout the country, and city drivers have been particularly hard hit. Soon they won
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Canarsie Girls Roll Over Sheepshead And Madison
     The Canarsie High School girls basketball team improved to 3-0 in the PSAL girls basketball Brooklyn A-1 division as they easily defeated the inexperienced Sheepshead Bay High School Lady Sharks, 44-19, at home last Thursday.
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