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How to Clean a Diamond Ring the Right Way
Jun 19, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 118 118 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 | 152 152 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 | 165 165 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 | 610 610 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 | 691 691 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 | 502 502 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 | 678 678 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 | 1061 1061 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 | 417 417 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 | 197 197 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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Borough President Eric Adams announces that June is Caribbean-American Heritage Month.
BP Adams announces Caribbean-American Heritage Month
Plans to open museum honoring borough’s Caribbean history
Jun 11, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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New joint proposal to purchase Long Island College Hospital
SUNY Downstate has repeatedly denied bids to take over Brooklyn’s Long Island College Hospital (LICH), the Peebles Corporation being the most recent to be turned down, but the latest reports sugges...
Jun 04, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
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Atlantic Ave. celebrates summer with street festival
Includes live music, bar crawl and World Cup party
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The Brooklyn Historical Society joins Brooklyn Bridge Park and Councilman Stephen Levin to unveil the first of the historical signs.
History marked in Brooklyn Bridge Park
New signs, website provide a look into the waterfront’s past
Jun 04, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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EMS workers reunited with survivors they saved
Second Chance Brunch honors dedication of EMS
May 28, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bay Ridge hosts 147th annual Memorial Day Parade
Tradition continues with oldest continuous parade in the nation
May 28, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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Director of Library Services Richard Hasenyager and Bergen Beach student Juliana Scotti with her award.
Children win awards for written and illustrated books
Ezra Jack Keats Foundation honors students’ creativity
May 23, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
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The plaque commemorating 100 years of service from Engine 282 and Ladder 148.
Brooklyn firehouse celebrates 100-year anniversary
Hundreds of uniformed firefighters filled the quarters of Engine 282 and Ladder 148 last Thursday to celebrate 100 years of service to the community. Firefighters past and present of EC 282 and Lad...
May 23, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fire ravages Park Slope handmade jewelry store
Local favorite Cog & Pearl may be gone for good
May 21, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
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Councilman Jumaane Williams stands with co-homeowner Tonya Wheelock, Senator Charles Schumer and Congresswoman Yvette Clarke in front of Jackie Robinson’s home.
Advocates seek preservation of baseball legend’s home
City rejected application to landmark Jackie Robinson’s house
May 21, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mayor Bill de Blasio walks past mounds of gravel at the Hamilton Avenue Asphalt Plant.
Mayor announces cheaper, greener road repairs
New technology increases asphalt production
May 21, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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Food vendors of all kinds had mouths watering at the Fabulous Fifth Avenue Fair in Park Slope.
Park Slope plays host to the Fabulous Fifth Avenue Fair
Thousands filled Fifth Avenue in Park Slope from Sterling Place to 12th Street for the annual Fabulous Fifth Avenue Fair. Delicious smells from food vendors of all kinds filled the air as people wa...
May 20, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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Brooklyn chamber launches new tourism website
The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce recently launched ExploreBK.com , the borough’s first official tourism website. The website, designed by Brooklyn-based technology team BlankSlate, will include inf...
May 14, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
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Amanda Brooklyn, who will play Emily, and Cory Asinofsky, who will play George. (Photo: Hunter Canning)
Green-Wood Cemetery announces summer play
Director adapts Our Town with a Brooklyn twist
May 14, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
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Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams with one-year-old Isabella Rendon, her mother Evelyn Rendon, DOHMH Assistant Commissioner Dr. Aletha Maybank and Joe Shamie, president of Delta Children.
Adams proclaims May “Safe Sleep Month”
BP distributes 400 free cribs to families
May 14, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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