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Meager Turn Out For Local Memorial Day Parade
      The annual local Memorial Day parade seems to attract fewer participants each year and Monday's appeared to be the smallest turnout in recent memory. Nevertheless, the few dozen who attended paid a sincere tribute to those who sacrificed their lives in the nation's wars. There was also ...
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Stray Shot Hits E. Flatbush Girl; Just Like Her Sister 4 Years Ago
      When a stray bullet struck a 12-year-old girl as she was entering a bodega at the corner of East 56th Street and Avenue H in East Flatbush Friday, it was ironic that her 18-year-old sister had been shot in the forehead with a pellet four years ago. According to reports, the younger sibling ma...
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Burglar Hits All Three Apts. In House On East 82nd Street
      A burglar who broke into the middle apartment of a two story house on East 82nd Street last Thursday, apparently became overwhelmed and his greed took over when he decided to break into the apartments below and above it.
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Overcrowded L Trains Could Continue Until 2010
      By Neil S. Friedman Reduced waiting time for rush hour commuters on the L subway line may be delayed a few more years before more subway cars are added. That setback also means crowded conditions along the 14-mile route will continue to frustrate L line riders for a few more years.
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COUNSELING CORNER
Helping Your Teenagers Date Responsibly
      Summer is coming and with it increased opportunities for teen dating and parental worrying. While we all realize that it's natural for teenagers to be attracted to one another, and that dating is the socially-accepted outcome of such attraction, most parents agonize over the whole dating e...
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Students Stick It To Principal
      To help defray travel and other expenses for P.S. 115's team that went to Michigan last weekend to compete in the Odyssey of the Mind world finals, the school recently held a "Tape Your Principal to the Wall Day.
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20th Annual Fleet Week Welcomed Sailors And Marines
      Mayor Michael Bloomberg welcomed members of the US Navy, US Marine Corps and US Coast Guard to New York City's 20th Annual Fleet Week Celebration in a ceremony at Gracie Mansion last Thursday. Fleet Week this year ran though yesterday, May 30th.
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Victim Of Robbery Shot In Ankle; But Bullet Lodges In His Wallet
      A 19-year-old resident of Union-dale, Long Island who was walking to the Rockaway Parkway subway station Saturday at about 7:45 a.m. was accosted at the corner of East 101st Street and Avenue J by a lone bandit who tried to rob him at gunpoint and shot him in the ankle when he ran. Police are...
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Canarsie H.S. Grad Finishes Basic Training
      Army Reserve Pvt. Solomon L. Long has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Colum-bia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic comba...
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Cops Release Sketch Of Suspect In Killing Of Marine Park Man
By Charles Rogers
      Brooklyn Homicide Squad detectives have released a sketch of a man they say allegedly robbed and assaulted a Marine Park resident on May 1.
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Coeds Earn CHS Class Of 2007's Top Honors
      By Brittni Kanhai Principal David Harris recently announced that Stephanie Melo and Samira Kassim, were, respectively named the valedictorian and salutatorian of the Canarsie High School Class of 2007. Melo, daughter of Margarita Baez and Vicente Melo, is a Brooklyn native wi...
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Fire Hits Day Care Center
      Multiple fire companies responded yesterday morning to a fire in the day care center at the corner of East 89th Street and Glenwood Road. According to FDNY officials, a small blaze erupted in the kitchen of the facility, which was evacuated without incident.
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