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A grave being dug at a cemetery in New Jersey. (Photo: Ahmed Ali, used with permission)SUNSET PARK – A funeral home in Sunset Park has been raising money to purchase a refrigerated trailer because it claims “hospitals are running out of space, and are now taking their trailer-filled containers to
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Imam Ahmed Ali (center, standing) at a janazah at the Marlboro Muslim Memorial Cemetery in New Jersey. (Photo via Ali)BROOKLYN – Mohammad Qadeer, 55, loved to make everyone laugh. He loved being surrounded by the ones he adored the most. Last week, he tested positive for the coronavirus. A few
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Steven H. Pollard died in the line of duty on Monday, January 7, 2019. (Photo credit: FDNY)MARINE PARK — The 61st Precinct [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/61st-precinct.page] announced road closures ahead of funeral services for fallen FDNY Firefighter Steven H. Pollard. The funeral will
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A FedEx truck had its windows smashed after a road rage brawl between employees and mourners outside a funeral (Via Loudlabs NYC)SUNSET PARK – A brawl erupted in the streets of Sunset Park yesterday when a FedEx driver struck a congregant leaving a mosque after a funeral. The fight broke
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Mass of Christian Burial will take place Saturday at Holy Name of Jesus Church in Windsor Terrace (Photo via Holy Name of Jesus Church Restoration Project / Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/HNJ.Restoration/photos/a.391253067631769.90264.386426218114454/391253070965102/?type=3&theater] )The family of Daniel W. O’Keefe
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(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Community support is pouring in via a fundraiser [https://www.gofundme.com/anthonynazaire] to help cover funeral costs for Anthony Nazaire, a 19-year-old Flatbush resident who was stabbed to death on the Cornell University campus last week [/blog/crime/community-mourns-flatbush-teen-stabbed-death-cornell-university/]. Nazaire’s mother, Katia Toussaint,
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Jeannie Detore, Ang’s niece, comforts Ang’s sister Donna Raiola. Both appeared on “Mob Wives,” Photo by Bensonhurst BeanPeacemaker. Generous. She brought people together. These are some of the terms used by family members and fans alike as they recalled Angela “Big Ang” Raiola at a series of viewings
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Photo via Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office.The wake and funeral for Carey Gabay, the Clinton Hill resident and former lawyer/aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo, will be this Friday and Saturday, September 25-26 at the Emmanuel Baptist Church at 279 Lafayette Avenue, where he worshipped with his family. “Carey
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Courtesy of Assemblyman Peter Abbate’s OfficeAssemblyman Peter Abbate held a private ceremony with Detective Wenjian Liu’s widow and parents today to present a resolution in recognition of the slain detective’s sacrifice, courage, and service to the community. The resolution, which was passed on March 3rd and was
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Thomas Choi (Source: Handout)A funeral for the MTA Bridge and Tunnel officer who was who was stuck by a car on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge [/officer-critically-injured-after-being-struck-on-verrazano-bridge/] in 2013 will be held at a Dyker Heights funeral home this week. Officer Thomas Choi will be honored with a full, line of
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It might not be something you like to think about, but planning for your own death may actually give you some perspective to allow you to live more fully in the moment. That’s the idea behind an upcoming event at the Park Slope Food Coop [http://www.foodcoop.com/
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Hearts were heavy today as news spread across the neighborhood of the tragic death [/blog/crime/12-year-old-boy-hit-by-car-on-prospect-park-west] of MS 5 [http://www.ms51.org/]1 [http://www.ms51.org/] student Sammy Cohen-Eckstein, who was hit by a van on Prospect Park West Tuesday evening. Funeral services will be held at