Lease Terminated After Marine Park Links Linked To The Mob
By Neil S. Friedman
      A little less than a year after the city Department of Parks leased the Marine Park Golf Course to East Coast Golf, the agency decided to revoke the license to operate the municipal facility due to the firm's alleged ties to organized crime.
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One Dead, Three Wounded In E. Flatbush Shootout
By Charles Rogers
      Four men were shot - one fatally - in a barrage of bullets last Sunday at about 6 a.m. as they exited a birthday party at a club on Glenwood Road and East 55th Street in East Flatbush,police said.
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Lone Bandit Robs Parkway Restaurant At Gunpoint
By Charles Rogers
      A lone bandit escaped with more than $5,000 cash after holding up the Subway restaurant on Rock-away Parkway Sunday evening, police said. According to officials from the 69th Precinct Detective Squad, the gunman entered the shop at 1376 Rockaway Parkway shortly after 9 p.m. on January...
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COUNSELING CORNER
Helping Prepare Your Kids To Say "No" To Drugs
      It's never easy, but it is essential that parents talk to their children about drugs. Despite widespread anti-drug education programs, what influences children most are their peers. And with drug usage becoming common among even young children, it's important for you to help your child to b...
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Borough President's Letter To Residents Of Spring Creek Towers
      Prior to next Monday's auction for the sale of Spring Creek Towers, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz sent the following letter to residents of the 5,881-unit housing complex, pledging his support to maintain reasonable rents.
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This Week In Canarsie...1991
Compiled by Dara Mormile
      ...Sixteen years ago, the first Gulf War hit home in many ways. We covered various stories about how Desert Storm impacted the community. One story we were proud to cover was about Canarsien Robert Cuccurullo, who volunteered to go to Saudi Arabia. The Canarsie High School grad, who organiz...
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