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From left to right: Ann Marie Perrotto (founder of Christopher’s Reason, a substance abuse treatment center opening on Staten Island); NYS Assemblywoman Pamela Harris; Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle; and Donna Mae DePola, President & CEO of the Resource, Training & Counseling Center, during a visit to the Center
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Photo via Council Member Chaim Deutsch.Today, City Council member Chaim Deutsch partnered with the Parks Department Marina Operations, the Department of Sanitation, and the Department of Environmental Protection to remove an overturned boat that has been an eyesore in Sheepshead Bay since Superstorm Sandy. This is part of a
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Photo via Facebook/On Stage at Kingsborough. [https://www.facebook.com/OnStageAtKingsborough/photos/a.418807574833035.81980.204863736227421/1033311030049350/?type=3&theater] On Stage at Kingsborough is a performing arts center that brings world-class shows of all types, such as dance, theater, and music, to Kingsborough Community College. They just
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William E. Grady CTE High School. Photo via Facebook/James J. Obrien. [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=578321115541967&set=bc.AbrlBsgwtq12GQMIQxaXj9puL6_NthPHZ1X9Mmu5vgCyzX_L2iE9isMSsxR2VL0PyW9OzK1vPeZM3QMbDGdrkfbAG4Pk-ri6Lw2JFFrnbnxah5LMkJUV2uFijuAw4vcsRj3B2gloyh815nHwlNnzwaLwKNFj19t0ntOwzy02gq4xfw&type=1&opaqueCursor=AbppkOoawrh7PcIby7jxY3d5q-D5xQfEPag1SoerB8Rw1uoZlBepYnhs1mVNGi2xPR45Hp5ro9ypSiRRoEdklvKASARcNNHdYi4cV4z4Y09l1pRujtmjoeKuB24rA3SkSgiomjlCiy31JZQOWvjGCp34CIEzuiVOTAtRO32vR19
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Photo via Facebook/Gerritsen Beach Fire Department. [https://www.facebook.com/gerrittsenbeachfiredepartment/photos]The Gerritsen Beach Volunteer Fire Department, known as the “Vollies,” [/?s=gerrittsen+fire]will receive a portion of a $500,000 grant given to seven volunteer fire departments throughout the city by the Department of Homeland Security’
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(Courtesy: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/7488701704/in/photolist-cpKy7C-mXEwG9-fr7WZ-aFxKme-gVo4MU-dCaifZ-8hwxkh-kAoV6H-8svPsD-ftTdFM-7vkab8-f7znz-bkWF4r-9bKBwQ-6Hf8g7-8hwxeu-bDx9b2-pVZiby-4F7atP-8AzhB4-asdxZx-HbzHM-8hwxhd-6z2eiq-dwBx7C-asfWX5-8J3Zsq-DcLD7b-bDx9bg-asgaNY-9KWoJK-7zBkMv-83zxqq-aasdx84-frbku-xdX6u-asdmtR-asg9Yb-asdggR-dq1s4F-6Wzo2q-e9vUfD-zoFqD-5eAmgo-5evX1c-e9vUpR-XhqEQ-c2bF27-hw8xD-asdyh4] )Do you have what it takes to hav
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Courtesy of ShutterstockNYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island has an incredibly diverse population that makes culturally competent care for new mothers an essential. The hospital’s Breastfeeding Coordinator, Karen McGratty informs an estimated 100 new moms a month about the benefits of breastfeeding and why it’s the optimal choice for
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Photo via Councilmember Chaim Deutsch.Councilmember Chaim Deutsch’s Senior Scam Education bill [/deutsch-bill-would-protect-seniors-from-telephone-scams/] passed unanimously through City Council and was signed into law on August 31st. Last week, Deutsch received a phone call at his office from a 75 year-old man. Someone had called the man, and told him
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Photo via Google Maps.Permits have been filed for a new retail and medical building at 2311 West 7 St, according to Yimby. The location is currently an empty lot. Shun Wu is the property owner and Sugnam Chang’s Brooklyn-based Basic Groups Corp is the architect. The proposed project
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