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NY bridges-tunnels agency spends $4M on new signs
The agency that oversees New York City's bridges and tunnels is replacing and upgrading the banner-like electronic signs it uses to advise and direct motorists. The new high-tech signs being installed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's...Tags: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Throgs Neck, Henry Hudson
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Phylis Bebrauskis, Lois Heinlein, Julia Scaglione and Grace Stona
Published Feb. 9, 2008 Phylis Bebrauskis of East Northport, on February 7, 2008 at the age of 84. Beloved wife of the late Steve. Loving mother of Pat Leone, Chris Kvietkus, Fran Zilli and Steve Bebrauskis. Cherished grandmother of seven and great-...Tags: Northport, Death and Dying, Huntington Station, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Williamsburg
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Edgardo Alfonzo lowers price of Little Neck home
valerie.kellogg@newsday.comThe former Mets All-Star infielder and current Long Island Duck Edgardo Alfonzo has lowered the price of his Little Neck house -- complete with basement batting cage -- to $6.1 million. The 14,000-square-foot, five-bedroom, 5½-bath mansion has deluxe...Tags: Long Island, Little Neck, Long Island Ducks, Rosedale (Queens, New York), Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated
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City Living: Whitestone
patrick.verel@am-ny.comFor waterfront access, there's no better city neighborhood than Whitestone, the sleepy residential area between the Throgs Neck and the Bronx Whitestone bridges in Queens. The modest single-family houses that form the backbone of the housing stock are...Tags: Music, Throgs Neck, Theft, Francis Lewis, Astoria
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College Point
Special to amNewYorkTo live in College Point, Queens, you've got to deal with some pretty noisy neighbors. There's the Pepsi plant, the Con Edison facility, the NYPD impound lot, the Sanitation Department depot and The New York Times printing plant. And, oh yes, busy La...Tags: Imperial and Royal Matters, Road Transportation, Theft, Transportation, Country Music
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Vivi, now leader of the pack?
Newsday Staff WriterRemember Vivi? A handful of diehard searchers do. Tuesday marks the six-month anniversary of the wandering whippet's escape from her crate at Kennedy Airport after she competed at the Westminster dog show. Though Vivi's owners eventually returned home to...Tags: Ojai, Glen Oaks, Imperial and Royal Matters, Douglaston, Society
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Whitestone
Beginnings: One of the oldest settlements on Long Island, Whitestone was purchased in the early 1640s from Chief Tachapousha, sachem of Matinecock. In colonial days the settlement was part of the Town of Flushing. The Names: Legend has it that the name...Tags: Long Island, History, Heavy Engineering, Long Island Sound, Throgs Neck
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Fran Drescher
Staff Writer`Everyone's coming out of the closet now,'' cackles Fran Drescher in her trademark Queens accent. ``Before `The Nanny,' no one would admit they were from Queens.'' During the last five seasons on her hit CBS sitcom, Flushing-born Drescher has mined her...Tags: Forest Hills, High Schools, CBS Corp., Imperial and Royal Matters, New York
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Fireplaces, Stoves and Energy
IF YOU'RE thinking about using your fireplace to help heat your home and lower your fuel bills this winter, there are some good reasons to think again. Using your fireplace more often actually could increase the cost of heating your home. And with the...Tags: Natural Resources, Regional Authority, Natural Gas, Kerosene, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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On the Trail with Mayoral Candidates
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSTUESDAY MIKE BLOOMBERG 12 a.m. — Visits Bellevue Hospital emergency room; 462 First Ave. 1 a.m. — Visits Neptune Diner; 31-05 Astoria Blvd., Queens. 2 a.m. — Visits the 114th Precinct; 34-16 Astoria Blvd., Queens. 3 a.m. — Bowls at Whitestone...Tags: Political Candidates, David Letterman, Subway Transportation, Imperial and Royal Matters, Coney Island
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Planes Crash into World Trade Center, Pentagon
This story was reported by Amanda Barrett, Sylvia Adcock, Merle English, Katia Hetter, Kathleen Kerr, and Mae Cheng, and was written by Cheng. In a horrific act of apparent terrorism, two planes crashed into the upper levels of the World Trade Center...Tags: Air Transportation, United Nations, Chicago Skyline, Manhattan (New York City), Transportation
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Planes Crash Into World Trade Center
Staff WritersThis story was reported by Amanda Barrett, Sylvia Adcock, Merle English, Diane Goldie, S. Mitra Kalita, Katia Hetter, Kathleen Kerr, Jim Rupert, Newsday Business Desk and Mae Cheng, and was written by Cheng. In a horrific act of apparent terrorism,...Tags: Air Transportation, Fires, Imperial and Royal Matters, Chicago Skyline, Manhattan (New York City)
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