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Peter Dougenis, former Sag Harbor trustee, dies
jesse.cozzetti@newsday.comPeter Dougenis, a former Sag Harbor trustee, World War II veteran and vice president of finance at a Queens electronic firm, has died of heart failure. Dougenis, who died Aug. 13, was 84. "He was a brilliant man," said Peter's wife, Miriam Dougenis....Tags: National Government, Long Island, New York University, Government, Death and Dying
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IN THE GARAGE
THE CAR AND ITS OWNER 1965 Cadillac DeVille convertible owned by Lenny and Judi Weissman WHAT MAKES IT INTERESTING "Every single thing in and about this car is original. Also, it is huge. It leaves only two inches of space once it is in our garage....Tags: Passenger Cars, Petroleum Industry, Automotive Equipment, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Long Island
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MASPETH: Man, 61, killed in accident on LIE
A 61-year-old man was killed in an early morning accident on the westbound Long Island Expressway in Queens yesterday. The crash, involving a car and a tractor-trailer, occurred at 2:55 a.m. in Maspeth, New York City Police said. Police have not...Tags: Long Island Expressway, Vehicles
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Mildred Donaldson, honored for longevity, dead at 100
bill.mason@newsday.comA very independent Mildred R. Donaldson always resisted family efforts to get her to use a cane for walking - even into her 90s, her son said. But she was very proud of one antique cane mounted on a wall of her home in 2007, because it proclaimed her...Tags: Baptist, Hospitals and Clinics, Nature, Long Island, Natural Resources
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All eyes on Queens Senate race
dfreedlander@am-ny.comThere's a pivotal election coming this fall, and it doesn't have anything to do with senators named Obama and McCain. Instead of a national stage, this one plays out in a little corner of Queens, and the candidates squabble over water rates, property...Tags: National Government, Executive Branch, Imperial and Royal Matters, Elections, Bay Ridge
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Commack road being re-named for 9/11 firefighter
michael.ebert@newsday.comThe Town of Huntington has announced plans to rename Ramita Lane in Commack after Dennis Scauso, a firefighter who grew up on the quarter-mile-long road in the 1960s and died during the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001....Tags: Melville, Elections, Fire Department of New York, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Roman Catholic
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LI lawyer to pay $60G to settle pension issue
robert.kessler@newsday.comA Long Island attorney has agreed to pay $60,000 to settle claims he improperly received health and pension benefits by being listed as an employee of two Nassau school districts, State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday. The attorney,...Tags: Legal Services, Legal Service, Lawyers, Long Island, Justice System
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MTA will outline efforts to be more 'green'
msweeney@am-ny.comHarnessing wind power and growing grass on bus depot rooftops are just some of the proposals the MTA is considering to make public transportation more energy efficient and environmentally conscious, said officials familiar with the authority's "green"...Tags: Grand Central Terminal, Renewable Energy, Transportation, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Alternative Energy
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Brother asked for money as Gotti was being entombed
tony.destefano@newsday.comEven as the late mob boss John Gotti's coffin was being entombed in a vault at a Middle Village cemetery, the Dapper Don's family was already bickering over money, an old confidante said in secret recordings. In recounting what he said was a case of...Tags: Middle Village, Federal Bureau of Investigation, John Gotti, Ozone Park, Death and Dying
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John Gotti's 'adopted son' may turn stoolie
John Gotti must be turning over in his grave. Lewis Kasman, Gotti's self-proclaimed "adopted son," has surfaced as a key government witness in an attempt by prosecutors to oust a controversial lawyer from representing members of the big Gambino crime...Tags: Crimes, Organized Crime, Hospitals and Clinics, Lawyers, Justice System
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Coby Electronics expands from Queens to Lake Success
james.bernstein@newsday.comCoby Electronics Corp., a manufacturer of consumer electronics products, has moved its headquarters to Lake Success, from Maspeth, where it had been since the early 1990s. The company moved into 20,000-square foot offices at 1991 Marcus Blvd., in the...Tags: National Government, Electronics, Queens (New York City), Government, California
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Rising prices hit city pockets hard
Special to amNewYorkAs if New York prices weren't high enough, prepare to get nickel and dimed throughout the day on everything from your morning bagel to a beer after work. Restaurants, bagel shops, pizza joints say that they have swallowed the rising costs on everything...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Park Slope, Minnesota, Macy's, Prices
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