Category Archives: Location

Are You Safe In Your Own Neighborhood?

Posted on May 14, 2007 by

The federal prison is owned and controlled by the GEO group Inc., a privately run correctional and detention management company. GEO is one of the largest for-profit prison corporations in the world. According to an online source, Geo represents 63 … Continue reading →

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Freedom

Posted on May 14, 2007 by

“I did not know that there was a jail on 150th Avenue,” said Kathleen Richars, a resident of Springfield Garden who has lived there for the past 15 years. “Oh my God, a prison! This is unbelievable.” With plans in … Continue reading →

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SHUT IT DOWN

Posted on May 14, 2007 by

The residents of Springfield Garden continue to protest regarding the federal prison in their neighborhood. Councilman James Sander, encourages the residents to rally and march around the windowless prison. The building was owned by the Wackenhut Immigration Detention center in … Continue reading →

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Starbucks baristas plea for better working conditions

Posted on May 13, 2007 by

         Credit: marynewton.typepad.com and carryonamerica.com Starbucks coffee shop is a popular establishment which serves as a meeting place, hangout spot, office space, reading room and other uses. In the high traffic Starbucks in areas like Union Square, the store serves about … Continue reading →

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Chaos in Springfield Garden Part one

Posted on May 11, 2007 by

Springfield Garden residents have noticed a nondescript building for more than three years located at 150th Ave and 82nd St. No one seemed to know what it was. Residents have recently learned that it is a federal prison awaiting prisoners … Continue reading →

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Westchester’s Got Talent!

Posted on May 9, 2007 by

Just recently Mount Vernon native Asia Nitollano, was added as the newest member to worldwide hit girl group, the PussyCat Dolls. In a contest broadcast by CW11 ‘s hit reality show the PussyCat Dolls Search for the Next Doll, Nitollano … Continue reading →

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A Debate Over Change

Posted on May 9, 2007 by

In a time where the “it” places to live change faster than fashion trends, communites all over New York are seeing drastic changes. But how does one know when the changes have gone too far? Where can the line be … Continue reading →

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The Unempty Nest Syndrome

Posted on May 8, 2007 by

            Young adults are finding it harder and harder to leave the nest. Not only is it scary to try to make it on your own, without the comfort of mom and dad to support and bail you out, the … Continue reading →

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Saving St. Saviours.

Posted on May 7, 2007 by

(I took this photo!) The Juniper Park Civic Association (JPCA) has made it their responsibility to save St. Saviour’s Church in Maspeth from demolition. Instead, the JPCA has suggested that the city convert the space into a park and give … Continue reading →

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Professional and Personal “Separate but Equal”

Posted on May 6, 2007 by

The article referred, The New Nanny Dairies Online, is two years old, but provides a good example of the conflict between a nanny’s personal life and her job. The nanny in the article may not be showing good judgment in … Continue reading →

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Illegal Dumping

Posted on May 6, 2007 by

Over the last two years and even up to today, there have been incidents of illegal garbage dumping at the Lt. Petrosino Park in Bensonhurst. The garbage is not the ordinary soda bottles, paper, tissue kind of litter as seen … Continue reading →

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The Noisy Heights

Posted on May 4, 2007 by

Image avaliable at vivrlatino.com With the summer approaching many residents of Washington Heights are looking forward to the sunnier days, fireworks, and the ice-cream man. A growing number of residents however, are dreading the the season for it brings more … Continue reading →

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PETA’s plight to stop elephants’ cruelty in circuses

Posted on April 30, 2007 by

    Credit: circuses.com This is a picture of the elephant sculpture that PETA wanted to install in Union Square Park Circuses are seen as wonderful attractions – trapezes, clowns, jugglers, lions and elephants coming together to do amazing tricks … Continue reading →

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Have Brooklyn neighborhoods reached a church saturation point?

Posted on April 29, 2007 by

Brooklyn neighborhoods like Brownsville and Flatbush are saturated with all church denominations. Some churches are separated by just a wall while others are less than a mile apart. With so many options, congregants must have different reasons for choosing a … Continue reading →

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“Cushy”: A nanny’s job

Posted on April 29, 2007 by

An acquaintance once, in a moment of amusement, told me that I had a cushy job. My first reaction was to laugh the statement away, but in retrospect she made me think about what other members of my community might … Continue reading →

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Corners

Posted on April 26, 2007 by

Like the leaves that fall off the trees at autumn and slowly reappear at springtime, so it is with the guys who stand on the corner. During the harsh winter months they vanish only to return with the sunlight of … Continue reading →

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Looking for fugitives

Posted on April 26, 2007 by

3 policemen  stopped all passengers and cars crossing the street in the area of Fresh Meadows yesterday night.  It was rigth after I saw many “wanted” posters on the street near the subway station.  The policemen made each driver in the … Continue reading →

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Fall of The Great “Empire”

Posted on April 25, 2007 by

Picture taken from NY Times Website. April 23, 2007. The lime green walls that surround the maple floors of Empire Roller Skating Rink in Crown Heights, Brooklyn lovingly known as “Empire” to residents, will officially be home to a storage … Continue reading →

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Mary Immaculate Hospital aka “The Death Hospital”

Posted on April 24, 2007 by

“The hospital killed her,” says Camille Carby, who lost her grandmother in January 2006. “She went in to get her blood pressure checked, ended up being hospitalized, suffered a stroke and died within ten days.” This is the common belief … Continue reading →

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We are Not One, but Individuals

Posted on April 23, 2007 by

Over the past week there have been many news stories on the Virginia Tech. shooting. This has affected many people–the victims, their families, friends, staff and students on that campus and other campuses. I read on-line that Korean students and … Continue reading →

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