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8 Things you May not Know About Selling a Coop in Queens
Sep 19, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 98 98 recommendations | email to a friend
by George Herrera , Realtor and Listing Specialist with the Queens Home Team at Keller Williams Realty . We sell a lot of properties here in Queens, and being that we’re in New York City, a lot of ...
More About Women’s Rights in the News — the ERA
Sep 16, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 118 118 recommendations | email to a friend
As an employment defense litigation lawyer, I pay attention to civil rights issues, and lately women’s rights issues have gained attention from the media. Actress Patricia Arquette has actively wor...
Can Car Accidents Cause PTSD?
Sep 12, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 146 146 recommendations | email to a friend
Author:Steven Palermo: The Suffolk Personal Injury Lawyer You hear about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that military service members experience from active duty. However, studies now show t...
Protecting Your Right as a Spouse in a New York Estate
Sep 08, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 173 173 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Bonnie Lawston A Spouse’s Right of Inheritance in New York Under New York law, when a married person dies, the surviving spouse has a “right of election,” a statutory right to receive eithe...
Are gender identity and religious freedom at odds in America?
Sep 08, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 179 179 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Leeds Brown Law A recent ruling against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has inspired mixed reactions. The case (EEOC v. R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc., E.D. Mich....
This Month in Queens Real Estate: August 2016
Aug 26, 2016 | 1 1 comments | 245 245 recommendations | email to a friend
by George Herrera , Realtor & Listing Specialist with the Queens Home Team at Keller Williams Realty . August 2016 Market Update Home sales in July dropped again for the fifth consecutive month. De...
What to do When Your Designated Driver Plan Fails
Aug 25, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 271 271 recommendations | email to a friend
There’s no question that designating a driver reduces drunken driving accidents and saves lives. Designated Driver Statistics As time goes along, more and more people have gotten on board with the ...
If I Return to Work Making Less Money, Am I Still Entitled to Workers’ Compensation Benefits?
Aug 25, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 263 263 recommendations | email to a friend
New York City | Queens | Brooklyn | Bronx Workers’ Compensation Lawyers So you’ve been hurt at work and you can’t perform your old job. What happens if you go back to work at a different position, ...
The Difference that Jurisdiction Could Make in a High Profile Divorce Case
Aug 25, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 240 240 recommendations | email to a friend
by Chris Palermo   Different states and different countries have laws that can significantly affect the outcome of a divorce. A prime example is a high profile case reported in the New York Post . ...
Equal Pay for Women Issues
Aug 25, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 248 248 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Stephen Hans Long Island City, Queens & NYC Employment Defense Attorney From an employer’s standpoint, if you are following similar pay practices to other businesses, it may seem like safet...

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Some of the great employees at HealthMax Pharmacy, Woodhaven's business of the year.
WRBA to honor pharmacy at annual event
When you go into HealthMax Pharmacy on 80th Street and Jamaica Avenue, you’ll be reminded of the way all stores used to operate here in Woodhaven. There’s a friendly vibe between the clerks and the...
Sep 27, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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The Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation held its 9/11 Memorial and Candidates Night Meeting earlier this month. Pictured from left to right are Marvin Jeffcoat, Michael Conigliaro, GWDC director Paul Rudolph Jr., Sam Mantilla, Joseph Maldonado, Public Advocate Letitia James, Sergeant Joseph DeMarco, GWDC executive director Maria Thomson, Assemblyman Michael Miller and Officer Scott Adelman. (Photo: Megan Arfmann)
More on the GWDC's annual meeting
The Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation's Annual Meeting for the last 13 years is also our September 11 "Evening of Remembrance." The ceremony began with the presentation of the Colors by the...
Sep 27, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Joseph A. Ferrara, flanked on both sides by his sons, speak about hospice care at the ceremony.
Jamaica Hospital begins renovations to new hospice care unit
Will be named after family of longtime board member
Sep 27, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli presents York College with a check for nearly $7,000 due to unclaimed state funds. He urged residents of Jamaica to look on his office's website to see if they also are due unclaimed funds.
New state report details expansive growth of Jamaica
But elected officials highlight foreclosures, transit issues
Sep 27, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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The old Woolworth's in Woodhaven.
A rare glimpse into Woodhaven's past
It’s sad when a store goes out of business. The “Everything Must Go' signs spark an interest in those looking for bargains, but such closings can sometime mean heartbreak for the owner whose busine...
Sep 20, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Community outraged at proposed homeless drop-in
he Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation met on September 20 in the St. Thomas the Apostle School Cafe. The agenda for the evening included of the annual September 11, 2001 "Evening of Remembra...
Sep 20, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pictured from left to right are Martin Siroka, Stacey Pfeffer-Amato, Kathryn Haslanger, Councilman Donovan Richards and Donald Manning.
Rockaway senior housing renovated
Elected officials and community leaders gathered in Far Rockaway last week to celebrate the newly renovated JASA senior housing. The 1,200-unit complex in Far Rockaway, first built in 1966, has rec...
Sep 20, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Map of participating residences.
WRBA hosts annual Woodhaven yard sale
The annual Great Woodhaven Yard Sale returns on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., when residents set out their wares and shoppers scour the neighborhood for bargains and one-of-a-kind treasures. "Res...
Sep 20, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Richard Kaiser, Woodhaven's man of the year.
Kaiser named WRBA Man of the Year
The Woodhaven Residents' Block Association will celebrate another successful and eventful year at Roma View Fine Catering on Friday, October 21, for the organization's 45th annual fundraiser. This ...
Sep 13, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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A 9/11 Evening of Remembrance
This is the type of weather that you just want to lock up in a vault and keep, through the fall and winter until summer returns. The month of September is a very unpredictable month. Sometimes it’s...
Sep 13, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Chancellor Carmen Fariña joins school officials, Assemblyman Mike Miller and Councilman Eric Ulrich on the first day of school at Richmond Hill's PS 254.
Kids learn computer science in Queens on first day
Fariña visits third-grade class in Richmond Hill
Sep 13, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Some members of the Class of 2016 receiving their certificates this past June at Monsignor Mulz Hall.
Change someone's life in Woodhaven
Today you have the opportunity to help change someone’s life, and it won’t cost you a penny. All you need to do is tell someone you know about the School Sisters of Notre Dame Educational Center fo...
Sep 06, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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One of the many clowns at the recent WBID-Sponsored Back to School Promotion makes a balloon sword for a young shoppers.
Our thoughts turn to September 11th
Now that summer is coming to an end (maybe), in spite of Hermine there has been no rain, so please water your street trees. Now that we are into the month of September our meetings start again. We ...
Sep 06, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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The sketch police released of the man they believe could help with the case.
Police looking for man who may have info on Vetrano murder
Individual is not a murder suspect at this time
Aug 31, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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A walk down Jamaica Avenue in 1976. In the background from left to right is Brown's Jewelers, Woodhaven Records, Woodhaven Bake Shop, Karl Ehmer, Geller's and Schenkein's Carpets.
Woodhaven's past on one block of Jamaica Avenue
The Woodhaven Cultural & Historical Society will be taking residents on a 100-year virtual tour of Jamaica Avenue, detailing the rich and interesting history of one block of our famed shopping stri...
Aug 30, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Family of slain black man wants police to release full video

Pamela Benge, center, spoke of her son, Alfred Olango, at a press conference on Thursday Sept. 29, 2016, in San Diego, Calif., to address the killing of Olango, a Ugandan refugee shot by an El Cajon police officer on Tuesday. In an emotional appearance before reporters, Benge said her son Alfred was joyful and loving and was not mentally ill. (AP Photo/Don Boomer)EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — An unarmed black man fatally shot by an officer in a San Diego suburb was unjustly killed and the police department and chief prosecutor are trying to sway public opinion by only releasing a single, favorable frame from video of the shooting, representatives of the man's family said Thursday in demanding the full video be shown.


2016-09-29 21:23:10 -0400
The Latest: Trump denies doing business in Cuba

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, in Bedford, N.H. (AP Photo/John Locher)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (all times EDT):


2016-09-29 21:21:18 -0400
Defense secretary: US will sharpen 'military edge' in Asia

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter speaks to sailors on the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016 at Naval Air Station, North Island in Coronado, Calif. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Thursday said the U.S. will "sharpen our military edge" in Asia and the Pacific in order to remain a dominant power in a region feeling the effects of China's rising military might. Carter made the pledge in a speech aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in port in San Diego. (Nelvin C. Cepeda/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)SAN DIEGO (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Thursday the U.S. will "sharpen our military edge" in Asia and the Pacific in order to remain a dominant power in a region feeling the effects of China's rising military might.


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