Kings Courier
By Thomas Tracy
A firefighter from Ladder 157 takes a quick breather as he and his team put out a near-fatal fire on East 15th Street near Avenue K in Midwood.
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Flatbush
Kings County Hospital Center, a member facility of NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), has responded with urgency to the January 12 earthquake in Haiti. HHC President Alan Aviles appointed Antonio D. Martin, senior vice president of the Central Brooklyn Family Health Network, to be coordinator for HHC’s corporate-wide initiative. This network includes Kings County Hospital Center, lead facility, located at 648 Albany Avenue in the heart of NYC’s Haitian Diaspora in East Flatbush.
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Flatbush
By Stephen Witt
At first thought, there isn’t a lot in common between boxing and an essay writing contest, but both are being used to help youth stay on the straight and narrow in East Flatbush.
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Flatbush
By Thomas Tracy
Blood has little meaning to Jermaine Ruiz, unless it’s his own blood.
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Flatbush
By Stephen Witt
Making a felony car stop is one of a police officer’s more dangerous jobs,but it also earned one of the 67th Precinct’s finest his first “Cop of the Month” certificate.
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Flatbush
By Stephen Witt
The streets of East Flatbush are still rough and tough, but crime plummeted in 2009, according to unofficial year-end statistics.
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Kings Courier
By Helen Klein
The 70th Precinct ended 2009 on a high note, with another significant drop in overall crime.
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Kings Courier
In response to Chancellor Klein’s Community Service Initiative, students from Public School 255 have taken on the responsibility of providing essential items to a local homeless shelter.
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Kings Courier
Rallyers Paul and Linda Grebanier turn holiday carolers in front of Rep. Yvette Clarke’s district office, 123 Linden Boulevard, as they sing their support for the “public option” clause in the Senate health care reform bill.
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Kings Courier
An authentic C-54 Skymaster touches down on the tarmac of historic Floyd Bennett Field where it will remain on display at Hangar B through the winter and spring months.
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Kings Courier
After a school trip in Manhattan, Public School 255 fourth graders in Ashley Venturino’s class got an unexpected lesson in civics when, upon leaving the building, Venturino spotted former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.
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Kings Courier
By Thomas Tracy
None of the 250 NYPD rookies who threw up their gloves in celebration at their graduation late last month will be showing up for work at the 63rd Precinct anytime soon, this paper has learned.
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Flatbush
By Helen Klein
Flatbush residents appear to have a major appetite for good food these days.
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Flatbush
By Helen Klein
The 70th Precinct ended 2009 on a high note, with another significant drop in overall crime.
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Flatbush
By Stephen Witt
The streets of East Flatbush are still rough and tough, but crime plummeted in 2009, according to unofficial year-end statistics.
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