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Victim Arrested After Con Ed Fakers Invade Home
By Charles Rogers
      Two men posing as Con Ed workers who forced their way into an apartment in a private house on East 99th Street last Friday afternoon "either knew what they were doing - or had no idea what they were getting into," police said.
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Group Of Youths Attack, Rob Teen
      Police from the 69th Precinct said a 19-year-old man , who was on his cell phone, was attacked by a group of about seven or eight youths as he crossed the intersection of Rockaway Parkway and Seaview Avenue last Friday afternoon. A police source said they knocked him to the ground and t...
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Man Shoots Girlfriend Then Commits Suicide
      Detectives from the office of NYPD's Deputy Commissioner of Public Information Paul Browne said this week that a resident of the northern section of East 92nd Street took his own life late Christmas night after shooting his girlfriend, apparently in a murder-suicide attempt.
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Courier Office Closed New Year's Day
The office of the Canarsie Courier will be closed New Year's Day, next Tuesday, January 1, 2008. Though we will re-open on Wednesday, January 2 at 9 a.m., we suggest all classified ads and editorial copy are submitted no later than 3 p.m. on Monday, Dece
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Students Get In Mood With Holiday Spectacular
By Dara Mormile
      Young, vibrant student voices filled the P.S. 276 auditorium last Thursday during the presentation of the school's "Holiday Around the World" musical extravaganza. Performances took place throughout the day at the East 83rd street elementary school as students and teachers dressed up...
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Local Toy Drive Sets Donation Record For SEVENTH Straight Year
By Neil S. Friedman
      It's now SEVEN straight years that the 41st A.D. Democratic Club in Marine Park has collected a record number of donations for its annual Toys for Tots holiday drive. This year's total of 3,730, which was piloted again by Bryan Lee surpassed 2006's total by almost a thousand contribu...
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Avenue L Merchants Throw A Party For The Kids
      The giant Holiday Party thrown for children of the community by members of the Avenue L Merchants Association has become an annual event that keeps getting better and better and bigger and bigger every year.
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State Campaign Offers Details About Dangerous Video Games
      As part of Governor Eliot Spitzer's agenda to improve the lives of New York's children, the New York State Division of Criminal Justices Services (DCJS) recently unveiled a presentation entitled "Video Games and Children: Virtual Playground vs. Danger Zone.
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New Legislation Would Improve Access To Fresh Fruits & Vegetables
      Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Speaker Christine Quinn last week proposed legislation to increase the number of food carts that sell fresh fruits and vegetables only in neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs where access to fresh fruit and vegetables is limited.
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Pet Of The Week
      "Smart puppy!" said a volunteer who taught Angie to sit in five minutes. Angie is not a rabbit despite her ears. She is a 6-month-old Belgium Malinois mix. To adopt Angie (A741776), please visit Animal Care & Control in Brooklyn at 2336 Linden Blvd, where you can see and adopt other loving p...
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