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Memorial to fallen sand miners set in Port Washington
rhoda.amon@newsday.comMembers of Port Washington's Sandmining Monuments Inc. will break ground today for a monument to the thousands of immigrant workers who lived, worked and died in a sandmining operation that continued for 125 years. The West Shore Road project also...Tags: Family, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Tourism and Leisure, Empire State Building, Heavy Engineering
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Peaceful protests over Bell trigger 200-plus arrests, including Sharpton
andrew.strickler@newsday.comBitterness over the Sean Bell verdict spilled onto city streets Wednesday as peaceful protesters blocked bridges and tunnel traffic at a half dozen places around the city, triggering more than 200 arrests. Among hundreds or so chanting protesters who...Tags: Murder, Crimes, New York City, Police Arrests, Law Enforcement
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Sharpton to meet with Gov. Paterson after protest arrest
The Rev. Al Sharpton and relatives of an unarmed black man killed by undercover detectives in a 50-bullet barrage planned to meet privately with Gov. David Paterson on Thursday to talk about the case. The meeting comes a day after Sharpton and more...Tags: Police Arrests, Brooklyn Bridge, Al Sharpton, Police, Raymond W. Kelly
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Protests in NYC Over the Sean Bell Verdict
andrew.strickler@newsday.comIn the most widespread show of dissent since the acquittal of three police officers charged in the killing of Sean Bell, protesters gathered Wednesday in "pray ins" at six locations in New York City. At shortly after 4:30 p.m., seven or eight people were...Tags: Police Arrests, Imperial and Royal Matters, Brooklyn Bridge, Al Sharpton, Police
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City Living: Sutton Place
Special to amNewYorkThe swankiest digs this side of the Gold Coast, Sutton Place is one of the East Side's most coveted addresses. But as recently as the 20th century, this neighborhood wasn't all nannies and co-ops. Back in 1875, entrepreneur Effingham B. Sutton built...Tags: Murder, Crimes, Murray Hill (Manhattan, New York), Woody Allen, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company
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Taxicab confessions: Riding with a non-striking driver
jsilverman@am-ny.comamNewYork shadowed cab drivers Monday -- one who joined the strike and another who decided to go to work. Here are their stories: Jim Collura, 60, of College Point, Queens, has been driving a yellow cab since 1974, and Monday made the decision to go to...Tags: College Point, Manhattan (New York City), Long Island City, Sutton Place, Grand Central Terminal
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Put a store under I-4?
Sentinel Staff WriterFor more than 40 years, Interstate 4 has been a physical and psychological barrier between downtown Orlando and Parramore. While the business district has boomed with redevelopment, Parramore -- just a stone's throw to the west -- has lagged. Pedestrians...Tags: Interstate 4, Florida, Parramore, Government, Orlando Magic
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9/11 moved Bill McDermott to start World Day Run
Special to NewsdayOn a beautiful day in September, Bill McDermott jogged along the Rockaway Beach boardwalk. He gazed out at a cloudless sky and a tranquil sea; heard the soothing squawks of the seagulls, the gentle slapping of the waves. Stopping briefly to admire the...Tags: Learning Disability, Beach Vacations, Heavy Engineering, Charity, People
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Probe deepens into crash's cause
Newsday Staff WritersInvestigators Thursday said they recovered an intact parachute from the wreckage of the small plane that was carrying a Yankees pitcher and his flight instructor when it crashed into an Upper East Side building. The parachute, equipped with a small...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Cory Lidle, Statue of Liberty, Raymond W. Kelly, Health and Safety at School
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Pedicab commute may soon be outlawed
jsilverman@am-ny.comSome commutes are extremely long, others expensive, some even dangerous -- but it's a rare commute that is actually illegal. This week's amNewYork Extreme Commuter is facing the real possibility that his daily commute on his pedicab across the Queensboro...Tags: New York, Manhattan (New York City), Long Island City, Heavy Engineering, Michael Bloomberg
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'The Namesake'
Special to The TimesIndian-born, New York-based director Mira Nair has repeatedly enacted tales of culture clash in her films but never with quite as much warmth and thoughtfulness as she brings to "The Namesake." Coming off a botched literary adaptation — the...Tags: Family, New York, Manhattan (New York City), Movies, Mira Nair
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Elmhurst: A long road to prosperity
NEWSDAY STAFF WRITERFor Ceil O'Mara, the end of old-time Elmhurst arrived when the elms along Maurice Avenue began to disappear. One by one, the trees were leveled to make room for newer, younger ones, or sometimes none at all. And with that, some longtime neighbors also...Tags: F Scott Fitzgerald, Abraham Lincoln, Imperial and Royal Matters, Fires, Long Island City
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