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Bucks County Veterinary Hospital
Jan 14, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 228 228 recommendations | email to a friend
Are you looking for a veterinary hospital that treats your pet like a furry family member? Are you seeking answers to questions or assistance with concerns about your pet’s health? At World of Anim...
Bucks County Veterinary Hospital
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Are you looking for a veterinary hospital that treats your pet like a furry family member? Are you seeking answers to questions or assistance with concerns about your pet’s health? At World of Anim...
Dentist Northeast Philadelphia
Jan 08, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
Here at Smile Maker, we are proud of our commitment to providing quality patient care and state-of-the-art dental services to the community of Philadelphia, PA, and the surrounding tri-state area. ...
Dentist Northeast Philadelphia
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Here at Smile Maker, we are proud of our commitment to providing quality patient care and state-of-the-art dental services to the community of Philadelphia, PA, and the surrounding tri-state area. ...
Dentist Philadelphia
Jan 08, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 281 281 recommendations | email to a friend
Here at the Philadelphia Dental Office of Dr. Renee Yurovsky, our doctor and her staff strive to provide the highest quality of service and best dental care possible for every one of our patients. ...
Dentist Philadelphia
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Here at the Philadelphia Dental Office of Dr. Renee Yurovsky, our doctor and her staff strive to provide the highest quality of service and best dental care possible for every one of our patients. ...
Immigration Lawyer Philadelphia
Jan 04, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 57 57 recommendations | email to a friend
The Philadelphia Immigration Lawyers at the Law Offices of Dizengoff and Yost help our clients to get lawful permanent resident status, and we also help our clients to get green cards for their fam...
Astoria Characters: The Vintage Queen
Jan 02, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 38 38 recommendations | email to a friend
Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling Jade is the owner of Vintage Queens NYC. Text and photos by Nancy A. Ruhling Waitress. Seamstress. Photographer. Bartender. Screenwriter. Costumer. Carpenter. Actress. Int...
Astoria Characters: The Woman Who Brings History to Life
Dec 26, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 37 37 recommendations | email to a friend
Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling Lynda works for the Intrepid museum. Text and photos by Nancy A. Ruhling Hal bursts into the back yard like a flying bullet, grabs a knit cap from the bag on the chair and...
“My Heritage Is Everything To Me.” An Exclusive Interview With Historian Stephanie Longo.
Dec 22, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 392 392 recommendations | email to a friend
  Interview by Tiziano Thomas Dossena Italian-American historian Stephanie Longo has dedicated her life to celebrating and focusing on her family’s heritage. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA, sh...

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Frank Wu, Court Square Civic Association
The Court Square Civic Association was founded in 2015 to advocate for its residents, artists and businesses. As the newly elected president, Frank Wu hopes to improve the Long Island City neighbor...
Jan 22, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 1388 1388 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sereida Rodriguez, PS 84 Principal
Williamsburg native Sereida Rodriguez was the first in her family to graduate from college. But the road to get there was not easy. She recalled that she didn’t even think about college until she w...
Jan 16, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 1364 1364 recommendations | email to a friend
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Wesner Pierre, CAMBA
As a nonprofit organization based in Brownsville, CAMBA provides comprehensive services to more than 45,000 families annually. As part of their work, the organization operates a Cure Violence, anti...
Jan 09, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 1416 1416 recommendations | email to a friend
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Julius Michel, NYPD Explorer
When Clinton Hill native Julius Michel joined the NYPD’s Law Enforcement Explorer program two years ago, he was initially reluctant. “I didn’t want to sign up at first,” he said. “I was kind of res...
Jan 02, 2019 | 0 0 comments | 1394 1394 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jake Lamonda, Uniformed Fire Officers Association
As president of the Uniformed Fire Officers Association, Jake Lamonda and his union represent lieutenants, captains, battalion chiefs, supervising fire marshals and more. But in Lamonda’s eyes, the...
Dec 26, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 1447 1447 recommendations | email to a friend
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James Mituzas, Landscape Architect
For James Mituzas, working in Queens means he gets to reminisce about the borough where he was born and raised. As the director of Landscape Architecture for the Parks Department in Queens, Mituzas...
Dec 18, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 1415 1415 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ayyad Algabyali, Yemeni-American Merchants Association
Though he is still a student at City College of New York, Ayyad Algabyali has already become a community leader in his own right. As director of advocacy for the Yemeni-American Merchants Associati...
Dec 12, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 1469 1469 recommendations | email to a friend
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Manfred Edenhofer, VVA Chapter 32
Manfred Edenhofer, current president of the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 32, didn’t even want to initially join the organization. The Astoria native served as a first lieutenant of port secu...
Dec 05, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 1485 1485 recommendations | email to a friend
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Angel Rosario, Affinity Health Plan
Growing up in Bay Ridge, Angel Rosario knew what it was like to rely on government benefits. His single mother raised four children with the help of food stamps. “Having that opportunity to apply a...
Nov 27, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 1522 1522 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dr. Joseph Salvo, Department of City Planning
As the director of the population division at the Department of City Planning, Dr. Joseph Salvo leads the group that provides the demographic know-how behind decisions in New York City. “We provide...
Nov 20, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 1472 1472 recommendations | email to a friend
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Shakira Smalls, Langston Hughes Library
Many librarians prefer to have peace and quiet in their libraries, but not Shakira Smalls. She prefers the noise. Two months into her new job as executive director of the Langston Hughes Community ...
Nov 13, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 1479 1479 recommendations | email to a friend
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Concetta Anne Bencivenga, New York Transit Museum
Concetta Anne Bencivenga, New York Transit Museum
For Concetta Anne Bencivenga, one fact rings true: New Yorkers live the way they live because of proximity to mass transit. “Most folks just don’t know it,” she said. Bencivenga is the director of ...
Nov 06, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 1485 1485 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jeffrey Merced, MS 582 Principal
From student to teacher to principal, Jeffrey Merced has spent nearly his whole life in District 14 schools. The Williamsburg native is the new principal at MS 582 in East Williamsburg. His first d...
Oct 31, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 1294 1294 recommendations | email to a friend
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Monifa Bandele, MomsRising
For seven years, the coalition group Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) has fought to change unlawful and harmful police practices. The organization successfully filed a lawsuit to end unco...
Oct 24, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 1549 1549 recommendations | email to a friend
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Joselyn De Leon, North Brooklyn Coalition
The North Brooklyn Coalition Against Family Violence formed in 1998 as a support group for victims of domestic violence in Bushwick. It was created by six community-based organizations, including L...
Oct 17, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 1554 1554 recommendations | email to a friend
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