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How to Clean a Diamond Ring the Right Way
Jun 19, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 45 45 recommendations | email to a friend
If you have been struggling to sell diamonds for top price, the chances are that you’ve been cleaning your ring incorrectly. Remember nothing can sell diamonds quite like that shiny sparkle and lus...
Texting and Driving FAQs
Jun 14, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 114 114 recommendations | email to a friend
Texting and Driving Is the Most Alarming Form of Distracted Driving Texting and driving includes reading text messages, emails or online material or writing or composing messages on a mobile device...
Misclassifying Workers as Independent Contractors
Jun 12, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 152 152 recommendations | email to a friend
How Would Your Small Business Fare with the IRS for Worker Status? Did you know that misclassifying workers is one of the top problems that small business owners face? Many small businesses hire in...
Do Your Work Policies Discriminate Between Men and Women?
May 16, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 607 607 recommendations | email to a friend
One Set of Rules for Men and a Different Set of Rules for Women Having company policies that discriminate between men and women can be lethal for an employer in today’s work environment. If you hav...
Social Media: Should You Use Social Media in an Internal Investigation?
May 16, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 685 685 recommendations | email to a friend
Investigating Employees Through Their Social Media Accounts Social media can provide a lot of information about people’s lives. Why would an employer want to know what an employee is doing through ...
Adolph Caso, a voice for Italian Americans, decries the attacks on Columbus
May 14, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 508 508 recommendations | email to a friend
Interview by Tiziano Thomas Dossena I met Adolph Caso the first time at the International Book Show in New York City and he struck me as a person who loves books more than anything in the world. On...
Defensive Driving Can Prevent Accidents and Injuries and Also Save Lives
May 09, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 677 677 recommendations | email to a friend
Do you know how to drive defensively? Everyone has heard about defensive driving, but what does it mean to drive defensively? It certainly behooves drivers to find out because knowing and following...
Real Personal Injury Law Cases in NY: $73k Payout
Apr 30, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 1059 1059 recommendations | email to a friend
A story told by car accident victim in the NY Area: When I was 11 years old, I was in a car with my father, having some bonding moments while driving to fill up gas in the New York area. We were ha...
Dr. Mary Rorro, The “Violin Doc,” An Exclusive Interview
Apr 29, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 998 998 recommendations | email to a friend
An interview by Tiziano Thomas Dossena She was nicknamed “The Violin Doc” in a book by Lisa Wong entitled “Scales to Scalpels, Doctors Who Practice the Healing Arts of Music and Medicine;”  a talen...
BOYCOTT FOX NEWS ON MEMORIAL DAY, MAY 28,2018
Apr 27, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 182 182 recommendations | email to a friend
Attention all current and former Military Veterans April 26, 2018-Please join me in a show of support on Memorial Day, May 28, 2018 to Boycott Fox News network. Their continued support, and one sid...

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Emily Engstler (left) of St. Francis Prep at the Jordan Brand Classic All-American game at the Barclay Center over the weekend. (Photo: Jeffrey Armstrong/BQE Media)
Engstler aims to push women in sports to the forefront
The first play to draw “oohs” from the Barclays Center crowd was fittingly facilitated by St. Francis Prep’s Emily Engstler, the lone New York native to compete on that Sunday in the first of two J...
Apr 11, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 76 76 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mickey's magic touch has Mets off to a hot start
I know, I know, it’s only two weeks into the baseball season. That said, it must be very hard to contain your excitement around the start of the 2018 Mets season. After what transpired a season ago...
Apr 11, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 88 88 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fighter stays confident after second straight defeat
Inside of a reserved room in Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steak House on 6th Avenue, Joanna Jedrzejczyk is unapologetically brazen. It’s like she’s the World Champion except, of course, she’s not anym...
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Thurston leaving St. Francis
St. Francis College women’s basketball head coach John Thurston is retiring after six years leading the Division I team to new heights. “Coach Thurston has been a tremendous leader for our women’s ...
Apr 11, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 75 75 recommendations | email to a friend
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Cinderella, Divine Intervention & Dominance: A Tournament That Had It All
It’s always bittersweet to watch the final moments of the National Championship game knowing that “One Shining Moment” is on the horizon. In case you are unaware, One Shining Moment is a three-plus...
Apr 03, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 99 99 recommendations | email to a friend
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R.J. Barrett, a Duke recruit and one of the top basketball players in the country, led Montverde Academy to a title at the GEICO Nationals. (Photos: Jeffrey Armstrong)
Montverde, Central Valley victorious at GEICO Nationals
By Bryan Fonseca bfonseca@queensledger.com Like last year, RJ Barrett was the most dominant performer at the annual season-ending National Tournament at Christ the King High School. But unlike last...
Apr 03, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 86 86 recommendations | email to a friend
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Penn State’s Tony Carr could go in the first round if he chooses to enter the NBA draft.
In victory & defeat, NIT finalists revel in Garden dance
By Bryan Fonseca bfonseca@queensledger.com Even though it isn’t the NCAA Tournament, there’s just something about New York City that brings out the best of those fortunate to be playing meaningful ...
Apr 03, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 83 83 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mother Nature interrupts a 2-1 start to 2018 for the Mets
A freak April snowstorm caused a brief interruption in the 2018 campaign for the New York Mets, who kicked off their season in Flushing last Thursday afternoon with a win over the visiting St. Loui...
Apr 02, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 134 134 recommendations | email to a friend
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CHRIST THE KING
Local city champs fall short at State Championships
By Bryan Fonseca bfonseca@queensledger.com The Brooklyn-Queens area produced five teams that won their respective leagues and qualified for Federation State Championships this past week. In the fou...
Mar 27, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 116 116 recommendations | email to a friend
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2018 narratives flipped for Yanks, Mets
Even though the weather in the tristate area would probably tell us otherwise, it is time to kick off the 2018 baseball season. Hallelujah folks, we’ve made it! The offseason and spring training us...
Mar 27, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 161 161 recommendations | email to a friend
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Local basketball stars testing NBA waters
Two local basketball standouts have announced their intentions to test the upcoming 2018 NBA Draft. Queens-native Justin Wright-Foreman of Hofstra and Brooklyn-bred Shamorie Ponds of St. John’s wil...
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GEICO Nationals set to takeover Queens this weekend
For the fifth consecutive season, New York City will host the GEICO National Tournament, which hosts 12 of the elite boys and girls high school teams across the country.
Mar 27, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 94 94 recommendations | email to a friend
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South Shore makes history in PSAL ‘AA’ championships
First to take boys & girls titles in the same year
Mar 20, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 82 82 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jets trading up in draft a no-brainer
In the middle of the best four days of the NCAA Tournament I can ever remember, the New York Jets made a trade that may alter the direction of their franchise for years to come. It may not sound li...
Mar 20, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 139 139 recommendations | email to a friend
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Christopher “Pitufo” Diaz
Door open for Diaz to become NYC's favorite Puerto Rican pugilist
Historically, a Puerto Rican fighter’s starting point for success in the sports begins in New York City. When Miguel Cotto retired in December at Madison Square Garden, a void for the island’s next...
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