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Astoria Characters: The Thanks-Giving Guy
Nov 20, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling Chick-N-Soup is at 30-12 Astoria Blvd. Text and Photos by Nancy A. Ruhling When Lou Romano Trujillo looks out over the tables at Chick-N-Soup, all he can think of is his g...
Have You Suffered from a Catastrophic Injury?
Nov 16, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 55 55 recommendations | email to a friend
Why Is Legal Help Vital for Catastrophic Injuries? People who suffer from catastrophic injuries are typically saddled with exorbitant medical costs, lost income and other financial hardships. Howev...
Bronx Hit and Run Accidents Result in Serious Injury and Death
Nov 16, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 81 81 recommendations | email to a friend
Hit and run Accidents Are Common in the Bronx In September of 2018, major media networks reported three fatal hit-and-run accidents in the Bronx: September 3.   A car near the intersection of the C...
Recent Hit and Run Accidents that Occurred in Queens, New York
Nov 16, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 47 47 recommendations | email to a friend
Why Hit and Run Accidents Can Be So Devastating A hit and run accident leaves the injured victim abandoned at the scene of the accident. While any serious car accident is a traumatic experience, be...
Proving That Your Injury Was Work-Related
Nov 16, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 77 77 recommendations | email to a friend
New York City |   Bronx   | Brooklyn |   Queens   Workers’ Compensation Lawyers In the aftermath of a work-related injury, one of the first things you’ll likely do is file a workers’ compensation c...
Employment Ad Discrimination: Where to Draw the Lines
Nov 16, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 87 87 recommendations | email to a friend
Facebook Faces Allegations of Job Ads that Discriminate Against Women When an employer creates an ad that excludes a protected class, grounds often exist for a discrimination lawsuit. For example, ...
Astoria Characters: The Print Promoter
Nov 13, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling K.Y. is from Hong Kong. Text and Photos by Nancy A. Ruhling The first thing you notice about K.Y. Chow is his apron. It’s green, the color of a forest in deep shade. He po...
The Million Women March on Washington: Another Moment in History
Nov 09, 2018 | 12 12 comments | 529 529 recommendations | email to a friend
Author:US Coachways   Bus Rental   The Million Women March on Washington: Another Moment in History Million Women March Gets the Nation’s Attention Is the Million Women March on Washington going to...
Hurricane Irma | How Vital Buses Are Before and After Hurricanes
Nov 09, 2018 | 7 7 comments | 527 527 recommendations | email to a friend
Hurricane Irma | How Vital Buses Are Before and After Hurricanes September 6, 2017 Bus Rental ,     Florida Governor Rick Scott issued an executive order declaring a state of emergency in all 67 co...
Astoria Characters: The Acting Cafe Owner
Nov 06, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 39 39 recommendations | email to a friend
Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling Sonbobs is at 34-15 28th Ave. Text and Photos by Nancy A. Ruhling After she takes a tray of pineapple coconut muffins out of the oven, Sonnie Brown concentrates on the fro...

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Timber talk
Dear Editor, In Fresh Meadows there are many problems with our street trees, and while the Queens Forestry Division is working very hard to take care of this mammoth task, there are major problems....
Jul 18, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 164 164 recommendations | email to a friend
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It's the lanes
Dear Editor, It amazes me how people can think they have the credibility to give reasons on how and why a business suffers. I have read and heard comments for the last year about how the loss of pa...
Jul 01, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 146 146 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kibosh on Pot
Dear Editor, I wish to commend Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio for his episcopal letter, “Marijuana Is Very Dangerous,” published in The Tablet earlier this month. As both a bishop and social worker, DiMa...
Jul 01, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 149 149 recommendations | email to a friend
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Database dolts
Dear Editor, City Council members and community activists condemned the NYPD's Criminal Group Database at a June 13th hearing. These critics endanger our safety. Cops need this data to track and ta...
Jul 01, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 162 162 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rockaway out
Dear Editor, Why didn't introduction of the Long Island Rail Road's "Atlantic Ticket" discount not include Rockaway residents who can access the Far Rockaway LIRR Station? Reduced fares will be ava...
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Medicare disappearing
Dear Editor, Social Security can still make full payments until 2034, and Medicare's reserve are will out by 2026. This I find quite troubling. I'm 69 years old and my wife is 65, we both collect S...
Jul 01, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 166 166 recommendations | email to a friend
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Alphabet soup
Dear Editor, Mayor Bill de Blasio is pushing a bill allowing New Yorkers to pick “X” as their gender on city birth certificates This is certifiably insane and gender-neutral nonsense. What's next? ...
Jul 01, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 158 158 recommendations | email to a friend
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One-way is best
Dear Editor, The Department Of Transportation's plan to convert some Maspeth two-way streets to one way is long over due. So many streets in the neighborhood are too narrow for two-way traffic. The...
Jul 01, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 163 163 recommendations | email to a friend
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One closing
Dear Editor, Capitol One is going to close yet another one of its branches in Fresh Meadows at the end of September. There are many senior citizens and others who depend on the Parsons Boulevard br...
Jul 01, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 130 130 recommendations | email to a friend
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Respect is earned
Dear Editor, I remember a little know Amendment, the first one, that gives people the freedom of speech. Mr. Robert DeNiro may have offended the delicate ears of both Mr. John Amato and Mr. Frederi...
Jun 25, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 148 148 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lone star
Dear Editor Mayor de Blasio showed up in Texas to visit the children separated from their parents. He did it strictly for a photo op and had nothing at all to to with solving the problem. I would h...
Jun 25, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 149 149 recommendations | email to a friend
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Double standard
Dear Editor, In the last three weeks, Roseanne Barr, Samantha Bee and Robert De Niro all uttered statements ranging from improper to racist to vulgar. Yet there was a disparate difference in the tr...
Jun 25, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 134 134 recommendations | email to a friend
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Trump's policy
Dear Editor, Let me address some republican "opinions" with with something foreign to Trump supporters- FACTS! 1-Obama may have had a "verbal war"(called out their lies) with Fox News(Trump's offic...
Jun 25, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 189 189 recommendations | email to a friend
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Meet the 'Mess'
Dear Editor, Just like last season, the Mets started out on a roll, but then began a downward spiral. What is going on with the Amazins'? With the All-Star break just a few weeks away, manager Mick...
Jun 25, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 151 151 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bad policy
Dear Editor, President Donald Trump's immigration policy separating parents from their children was wrong and does not solve the problem. ICE is going after those who are here illegally but are not...
Jun 25, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 182 182 recommendations | email to a friend
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