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As the hottest temperatures of the summer, ranging in the mid-90s, heated the pavement surrounding Canarsie Park, shoes transformed into ovens and baked the feet inside. More ... Police have issued the above sketch of suspect sought for a rape that occurred on July 7 at 11:45 p.m. in the vicinity of Avenue L and Kings Highway in the Flatlands section. More ... After four-year-old Emanuel Papa-dopoulos was injured Sunday by a van that struck him on East 52nd Street near Avenue T in Mill Basin, residents of that street decided to take matters into their own hands. The next day, they blocked off the street to thru traffic. More ... Police from the 69th Precinct last week arrested six people on a burglary charge after they were discovered inside a house at 706 East 81st Street. More ... Four Canarsie youths were ar-rested on gun charges last week when, while showing off a handgun, one of them was shot in the leg, police said. More ... Q: My husband and I are getting a divorce. I've read a lot about how tough this can be for children. What can we do to help our daughter through this process? More ... By Melissa Prince Brooklynites should watch out for a local star on the rise and Sheepshead Bay residents may even recognize him. More ... Due to high heat and humidity this week, and 24 hours before the National Weather Service issued its first heat advisory of the season for New Yorkers, the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) announced the opening of cooling centers in all five boroughs, including five in the Canarsie area (see lis More ... As the city baked in the heat wave for a third straight day, with temperatures in the mid-90s Tuesday afternoon, several youngsters - and one warm adult - cool off in the water spray near Canarsie Pier. More ... Despite the usual problems connected to living in the big city potholes, litter, parking, etc. it's refreshing to see how those city workers about whom we so often complain actually have big hearts and will go out of their way to see that someone else's day turns out pretty nice, even in the face of More ... Although Canarsie's inveterate photo-and-autograph collector usually dotes on political dignitaries, there are a few special others who spark his interest. Such was the case last week when Lou Schlamowitz (above) called us to say he'd had "some correspondence" with the late comedian Red Buttons, who More ... Firefighters from Engine 323 tend to a smoky fire that erupted on a telephone pole on Avenue N near East 64th Street in Mill Basin Monday after a delivery truck sheared part of a live wire on the pole. The truck driver said he was parking to make a delivery and accidentally scraped the wire. Power More ... Brooklyn residents think life in the big city is getting better, according to a new survey of neighborhood and community leaders. At a news conference today on the steps of City Hall Peter H. Kostmayer, president of Citizens for NYC, a 30 year-old nonprofit agency, released the results of its fourt More ... Meet Taz (A664182), he's a wildly affectionate tiger cat. You won't find a bigger sweetheart! He's been neutered and declawed by his previous owner and now he's waiting for a new family to love. If you are interested in adopting this or any other cat or dog, please visit our Web site at www.nycacc. More ... HOT! HOT! HOT! That's all we've got to say about the past couple weeks and we know you need some relief! If that old hunk of junk hanging in your window just ain't doing it anymore, get on over to More ... Brooklyn Cyclones baseball fans, Dave Kerpen, 29, of Brooklyn, married Caroline Fisher, 29 of Queens, in a unique "Our Field of Dreams"-sponsored sports promotion on July 8th, in front of 500 friends, family members and 7,500 fans at Key Span Park in Coney Island. More ... |
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