Families Create Storybooks At P.S. 279 Weekend Workshops
     By Summie Hazlewood Some 20 students and their parents recently gathered in the library of P.S. 279 for the fourth in a series of workshops where they work together on various projects. Developed by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the Center for Arts Edu-cation, the program i
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Some Public Housing Tenants Ordered To Perform Community Service
By Dara Mormile
     A federal law that has been on the books since 1998, but only recently enforced, is dictating that some out-of-work tenants in public housing developments now have to perform community service in order to continue living there.
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Mill Basin Professor Helps Homeland Security Clear The Air
     In the event of an accident or attack involving toxic chemicals or radiological contaminants, the ability to track the resulting dispersal of the pollutants through the air in the metropolitan New York area will be a top priority for local and national emergency management officials.
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