Changes Set For Three Local High Schools
By Neil S. Friedman
      When the New York City Department of Education (DOE) last week announced The High School for Innovation in Advertising and Media (I.A.M. High School) was slated to open next September on the Canarsie High School campus, it completed plans for restructuring the three area high schools that h...
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Cops Seek Person Who Took Potshots At Pit Bull
      There are those who love dogs; those who tolerate dogs; and those who, by their actions, if nothing else, hate dogs. Police from the 69th Precinct were confronted with a case of the last of those three choices Thursday when they answered a call of "shots fired" to find a trail of spen...
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Information Session Offers Details About New Area High Schools
By Skye Holly
      "Good things continue to grow in District 18," boasted Beverly Wilkins, Superintendent for School District 18. Referring to the new high schools in the neighborhood, Wilkins hosted a New Small High Schools Information Session Monday evening at Bildersee Intermediate School 68.
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Home Owners Call For Renewal Of Cease & Desist Zone
By Skye Holly
      Homeowners and community leaders concerned about the upcoming expiration of a state-issued Cease and Desist order gathered at Canarsie High School last week for a hearing hosted by the New York Department of State.
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Branching Out- On A Limb
      With spring just five weeks away- on the calendar, the Forestry Division of the city's Parks Department was in Canarsie last week to trim a tree right around the corner from the community's best newspaper.
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One & All Invited To Black History Month Celebration At P.S. 279
      Public School 279 has extended an open invitation to the Canarsie community to attend its "Black History Month" celebration at the school on Thursday, February 28 at 6 p.m. The event will present dances, a recital and songs, in the school auditorium at 1070 East 104th street.
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Courier Closed Presidents Day
      The office of the Canarsie Courier will be closed Monday, February 18 for Presidents Day. It will reopen at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, February 19. All advertising and editorial copy should be submitted as early as possible for proper insertion in the February 21 issue.
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Parkway Pileup
      Although there were no major injuries, there was plenty of aggravation Tuesday afternoon when an eight-car pile-up caused congestion on the Belt Parkway near the Rockaway Parkway entrance. Then we got a tiny taste of real winter weather, with snow squalls wreaking havoc on every highway.
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Canarsie's Genesis Pythian Lodge Installs Legislator
      New Pythian member Martin Levin, left, and State Assemblyman Alan Maisel, right, flank Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny, who recently became a member of Genesis Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 64, which meets at Temple Emanu-El of Canarsie at 1880 Rockaway Parkway. Genesis Lodge is one of the large...
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BP Makes Note Of New Canarsie School In State Of Boro Address
      On February 7, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz was joined by Deputy Borough President Yvonne Graham, Governor Eliot Spitzer, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and hundreds of special guests for the 2008 State of the Borough Address at the Brooklyn Cruise Ship Terminal.
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Teens' Project Sends Used Cell Phones To GIs Overseas
      Cell Phones for Soldiers hopes to turn old cell phones into millions of minutes of prepaid calling cards for U.S. troops stationed overseas in 2008. To do so, Cell Phones for Soldiers expects to collect 15,000 cell phones each month through a network of more than 3,000 collection sites across...
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IRS Warns Of New E-Mail And Telephone Tax Scams
      With tax season upon us, the Internal Revenue Service last week warned taxpayers to beware of several current e-mail and telephone scams that use the IRS name as a lure. The IRS expects such scams to continue through the end of tax return filing season and beyond.
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A Bird In The Bush
      Before the weather returned to seasonal form this week, freelance photographer Theodore Parisienne snapped a picture of this Yellow-breasted Chat in a densely-wooded area of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens.
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Pet Of The Week
      Cookie is rather plump, but that makes her all the more delightful to pet. This gentle 3-year-old Domestic Shorthair mix will fill your lap with pure, purring softness. To adopt Cookie (A747242), please visit Animal Care & Control in Brooklyn at 2336 Linden Blvd, where you can see and adopt o...
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