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Bt Anthony Capote
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7/21/16
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Simchat Torah should have been a day of joyous celebration, dancing and singing, but it was instead filled with grief, shock and mourning over the hundreds killed in Hamas’ strikes on Israel just a day prior.
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By ERIC HARVEY
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10/13/23
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Three students from greater Riverdale were marked with outstanding academic achievements from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, as first and second honors.
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By STACY DRIKS
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10/13/23
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(This is in response to Danielle Herbert Guggenheim’s point of view on the National Society of Colonial Dames of New York’s stewardship of the Van Cortlandt House.)
On behalf of the NSCDNY (National Society of Colonial Dames of New York), I appreciate Mrs. Guggenheim’s candor and welcome the dialogue that we hope will follow. While I do not agree with every point that she makes in her letter, I firmly agree with her sentiment that America is not defined by one type of person or perspective. The Dames’ mission is one of preservation, education, and patriotic Service for ALL Americans, and I hope that comes across in the work that the Dames do.
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By MARGUERITE MORRISON
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2/2/24
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As I often say, we live in a city of 8.3 million people — and 35 million opinions. But one thing all New Yorkers can agree on is that people come to our city to make it.
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3/15/24
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1959
Crime time
The 50th Precinct was kept busy throughout 1959, with multiple car accidents, burglaries, robberies and even a dramatic rescue. In October 1959, then 2-and-a-half-year-old …
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12/13/01
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Rosalyn …
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12/13/01
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To the editor:
I mourn the passing of 102-year-old Mad magazine cartoonist Al Jaffe.
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5/7/23
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It was only weeks ago that municipal retirees won a battle against the city in a plan to kick a quarter-million of them off their long standing Medicare insurance and on to the Aetna Medicare Advantage plan. But one win doesn’t guarantee they won’t be at risk of losing it again, especially with the city appealing.
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By ERIC HARVEY
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9/3/23
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1. Duo robs teen
Police said two men robbed a 19-year-old male on Oct. 15 between 6 and 6:40 p.m. on the corner of Irwin Avenue and West 238th Street.
They stole the …
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By Anthony Capote
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10/22/15
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