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Astoria Characters: The Man Out To Heal the World
Jan 14, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling Dave is working on his master’s degree. Text and Photos by Nancy A. Ruhling At the present moment, Dave Santander is sitting on a bench outside a café sipping herbal tea. ...
Astoria Characters: The Woman Living a Mindful Life
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Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling Manaslu is from Nepal. Text and Photos by Nancy A. Ruhling As the morning sunlight streams in through the windows, Manaslu Gurung places a plump pillow in the center of th...
Astoria Characters: The Poet Who Lets Her Work Speak for Her
Dec 31, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 74 74 recommendations | email to a friend
Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling Olena is the founder of Poets of Queens. Text and Photos by Nancy A. Ruhling Poets are known for their skillful economy of words, so it’s not surprising that Olena Jenning...
Astoria Characters: The Mobile-Meditation Maven
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Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling Kristin is the founder of Calm City. Text and Photos by Nancy A. Ruhling Kristin Westbrook is sipping a cup of coffee and smiling, letting the morning light run its warm f...
Astoria Characters: The Bard of Baseball
Dec 17, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 121 121 recommendations | email to a friend
Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling Porky is a lifelong baseball fan. Text and photos by Nancy A. Ruhling Porky McDonald has told the story of the disposing of Roy Riegel’s ashes dozens of times. They were d...
Astoria Characters: The Comeback Kid
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Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling Greg behind the wheel. Text and Photos by Nancy A. Ruhling Greg Kritikos is pedaling his bicycle on 30 th Avenue near 42 nd Street. This is the place he grew up in, and ev...
Astoria Characters: The Driver of the Bright Blue Bus
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Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling Annalisa is the founder of The Blue Bus Project. Text and Photos by Nancy A. Ruhling The bright blue school bus lumbers down Ditmars Boulevard like an old elephant, treadi...
DIVERSE REAL ESTATE IS JUST THAT*DIVERSE*
Dec 01, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 162 162 recommendations | email to a friend
Interview with 40 year experienced Broker, Mr. Jim Turano of DIVERSE REAL ESTATE. 73-12 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, NY. REPUTATION AND SELECTIONS TO ACCOMMODATE EVERY BUYER. DIVERSE REAL E...
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Secure church
Dear Editor, There was an attempted break in at the parish of the Holy Child Jesus church in Richmond Hill, where Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros is pastor, on August 10. The suspect tried breaki...
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Diploma disaster
Dear Editor, As a CUNY alum, I'm disturbed by the decision of CUNY Chancellor Felix Matos Rodriguez to abandon testing new students to determine if they require remedial education courses in order ...
Aug 21, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 316 316 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ban e-cigs
Dear Editor, The e-cigarette was invented in 2003 by a Chinese pharmacist, and subsequently developed into the third generation of customizable, refillable e-liquids, such as JUUL. The JUUL pod is ...
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Prevent #20
Dear Editor, While the overall traffic safety in New York City remains relatively good, the death count among bicyclists is rising. In 2018, only ten bicyclists died on the streets of New York City...
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Fredo flap
Dear Editor, CNN commentator Chris Cuomo is too thin-skinned about being called Fredo. Brother Andrew has been far more successful than Chris, having served as secretary for Housing and Urban Devel...
Aug 21, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 287 287 recommendations | email to a friend
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Don’t overreact
Dear Editor, In the wake of the recent mass shootings, President Donald Trump has quite reasonably called for a bipartisan response focusing on measures that can be expected to reduce the probabili...
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Rose wrong
Dear Editor, Last week’s article about elected officials blaming South Brooklyn’s transit issues on the federal government revealed that rookie Congressman Max Rose has a lot to learn about how fed...
Aug 14, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 309 309 recommendations | email to a friend
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Unbiased education
Dear Editor, I am currently a rising senior at a school in an affluent part of the community, meaning that it is made up of a good number of white students and teachers. I have seen firsthand why m...
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Keep co-ops
Dear Editor, Joseph Manago, in his letter calling for an end to cooperative housing, feels co-op’s depletes affordable rental inventory. I live in a cooperative in Glen Oaks Village. My wife and I ...
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Rising drug prices
Dear Editor, I am very troubled over the rise of drug prices. More than 3,400 drugs have boosted prices in the first six months of 2019. The average price hike is 10 percent, which is five times th...
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Abolish co-ops
Dear Editor, In Manhattan, 75 percent of the apartment inventory is housing cooperatives, which serve to deplete the affordable rental inventory, as well as promote other social disharmony. I think...
Aug 07, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 316 316 recommendations | email to a friend
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Vote Lasak
Dear Editor, Borough President Melinda Katz's narrow victory is no cause for celebration. She's a career politician and Democratic Party machine marionette who ran for district attorney to remain i...
Aug 07, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 214 214 recommendations | email to a friend
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NICE to know
Dear Editor, Something was missing from recent news releases from Governor Andrew Cuomo concerning the Islanders Arena at Belmont. Will the cost of LIRR tickets at the new station be priced at Zone...
Aug 07, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 229 229 recommendations | email to a friend
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Terror within
Dear Editor, A 21-year-old man killed at least 20 and on Sunday a gunman killed nine. Dozens more were inured. Some people are full of hate, anger and prejudice, and white supremacist groups are us...
Aug 07, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 224 224 recommendations | email to a friend
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And/or
Dear Editor, Two more mass shootings with at least 29 people killed in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. Democrats are once again in an uproar, but don't they realize now is not the time to talk ab...
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