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What to look for when buying a home. Key important items.
Oct 23, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 45 45 recommendations | email to a friend
There is a reason for everything. Low price is nice, but does the area have top rated schools? What about shopping, drive up and down the area for a mile. No supermarkets, a big inconvenience. No n...
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Oct 23, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 70 70 recommendations | email to a friend
Still to Receive American Horticultural Society's Honor June 10 COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Steven Still was "green" before green was cool. Nearly four decades ago, Still earned his doctorate at the Universi...
Important info on closing costs when selling a home. Jim Turano
Sep 20, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 840 840 recommendations | email to a friend
So besides hearing from a sales agent how much commission, or length of time for them to get the exclusive from you, do they explain your closing costs to you? From 42 years ago until today, I alwa...
Hire the most experienced hands on Broker- Jim Turano
Sep 16, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 828 828 recommendations | email to a friend
Now celebrating his 42 year in the Real Estate Business. Over 4,000 written appraisals to date completed. Appeared in New York State Supreme Court as an expert witness in appraising. During Pandemi...
From the earliest I can remember, I’ve always loved music. Exclusive interview with songwriter, singer and entertainer Paul Loren
Sep 08, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 1290 1290 recommendations | email to a friend
Interview by Tiziano Thomas Dossena Paul Loren is a singer, songwriter, producer, and consummate entertainer. A native New Yorker, Paul was raised on the rich legacy of soul, classic pop, and the G...
Best Neurosurgeon in Bangalore
Sep 06, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 2001 2001 recommendations | email to a friend
Neuro Doctors are a cohesive group of Top Neurosurgeons , Neurologists, Intervention Neuroradiologist, pain management specialists who work together to provide comprehensive neurosciences care to o...
The Origins Of Marriage
Aug 29, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 476 476 recommendations | email to a friend
legal marriage contract they may use, such because the community of property or an ante-nuptial contract. Some different essential agreements would come with whether or to not have children togethe...
Blood Memory, prose Poems: Reading these poems is an adventure of sorts in the emotional world
Aug 22, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 495 495 recommendations | email to a friend
R eview by Tiziano Thomas Dossena In this outstanding collection of poems in prose, or prose poems as they may be defined,  Michelle Reale  evaluates and presents the doubts, soul’s contortions, an...
42 Years in Business this September
Aug 21, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 446 446 recommendations | email to a friend
Jim Turano celebrates his 42 year in business this September. Broker of Diverse Real Estate of Middle Village. Residential, Mixed Use and Commercial Sales. Completed over 4,000 written appraisals t...
“I’ve wondered if even my most pessimistic books aren’t pessimistic enough…” Exclusive interview with award-winning author Paolo Bacigalupi.
Aug 02, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 557 557 recommendations | email to a friend
Interview by Tiziano Thomas Dossena Paolo Bacigalupi  is a successful science fiction and fantasy writer. He has won the  Hugo ,  Nebula ,  John. W. Campbell ,  Compton Crook ,  Theodore Sturgeon ,...

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Council hosts cultural affairs hearing at Brooklyn Museum
Groups testified about impact of art on social change
May 05, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 56 56 recommendations | email to a friend
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Middle school students rally on the steps of Brooklyn Borough Hall.
Advocates call on city to restore funds for summer programs
Say budget cuts will impact 31,000 middle school students
May 03, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 57 57 recommendations | email to a friend
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$3.5M in heroin seized in Red Hook
Authorities say roughly 121 pounds of heroin and eight pounds of cocaine were hiding inside a Red Hook shipping container. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), police discovered t...
May 03, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 56 56 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pictured from left to right are Millicent Wright, Stephen Wilson, LJ Faison, Wendy Cole, Helen Kogan, Borough President Eric Adams, Janet Torres, Kathryn Harriman, Tara Penny and Malika Guillaume.
For one day, everyone can 'give back'
Borough President Eric Adams hosted New York City-based nonprofit organizations on Monday to celebrate the Give Local NYC campaign ahead of their Tuesday donation drive. Representatives of six orga...
May 03, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 54 54 recommendations | email to a friend
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City announces East New York capital improvements
As part of the East New York rezoning, the city last week announced $267 million in the city budget has been set aside for community projects. “From day one I made it clear that we need more than j...
May 03, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 49 49 recommendations | email to a friend
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Postal services unveils pilot program to assist residents
Makes it easier to assist New Yorkers in distress
Apr 26, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 133 133 recommendations | email to a friend
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Students spend Earth Day planting, composting along Gowanus
Students from Brooklyn's Poly Prep and MS 447 spent Earth Day getting a hands-on lesson about the ecosystem of Brooklyn while beautifying their communities with the Gowanus Canal Conservancy. Andre...
Apr 26, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 54 54 recommendations | email to a friend
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City Council votes to rezone East New York
The City Council voted to rezone portions of East New York last week by a vote of 45-1 margin. Councilwoman Inez Barron was the lone dissenting vote. Prior to the vote, Councilman Rafael Espinal sa...
Apr 26, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 52 52 recommendations | email to a friend
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Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, left, with Tia Powell Harris, center, and Councilman Robert Cornegy, right.
Cornegy leads Van Bramer on cultural tour of district
Learn specifically about historical significance of Weeksville
Apr 21, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 126 126 recommendations | email to a friend
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Hundreds of protesters demanded jail time for Peter Liang last Thursday in front of the Brooklyn Supreme Court.
Judge sentences Peter Liang to probation, community service
Protesters rally as ex-cop will serve no jail time
Apr 20, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 55 55 recommendations | email to a friend
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Left to right, President of Prospect Park Alliance Sue Donoghue, YC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, Tokyo’s Governor Yoichi Masuzoe and Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Kevin Jeffrey water the newly planted cherry tree in Prospect Park.
Cherry Blossom festival celebrating 35th year
Sakura Matsuri will feature over 60 events at BBG
Apr 19, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 128 128 recommendations | email to a friend
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Borough Hall to host free legal clinics
Borough Hall will now host free legal clinics where residents can access veterans, foreclosure prevention, domestic violence and family law services, as well as get advice in housing matters, trust...
Apr 19, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 58 58 recommendations | email to a friend
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Protesters marched from the Brooklyn Supreme Court to 620 Fulton Street, in front of a McDonald's, to fight for a nationwide $15 an hour minimum wage and union rights.
After victories, Fight for 15 continues with protests
The fight isn’t over yet. After a series of legislative victories in New York and California, the Fight for 15 movement is moving forward with strikes and protests, demanding a nationwide $15 minim...
Apr 19, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 57 57 recommendations | email to a friend
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City Council committee approves ENY rezoning plan
Ten arrested protesting the plan outside pol's office
Apr 19, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 55 55 recommendations | email to a friend
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An example of a “Kinko” style house. (Photo: New York Public Library)
Pols want historic designation for Crown Heights North
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Congresswoman Yvette Clarke are urging the National Park Service to add a larger portion of Crown Heights to the National Register of Historic Places An expanded area...
Apr 12, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 58 58 recommendations | email to a friend
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