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100 Precinct detectives are looking for Michael Steakin, 24, who has been missing since April 24. Michael is a white male, 6 feet two inches tall, chubby build with dirty blond hair and blue eyes. He also has a barcode tattoo on his left forearm with the word IRA420 underneath the barcode. Anyone with information please contact the 100 Precinct at 718-318-4200. More ... Excavation work at the National Grid owned former manufactured gas plant site in Rockaway Park has been temporarily suspended for failing to obtain the proper trucking permits to cross the Marine Parkway Bridge, according to officials. More ... A Belle Harbor man fought off a deranged attacker who was trying to snatch his son from in front of the Kings Plaza shopping center in Brooklyn, police say. More ... A female pedestrian was struck and injured in Arverne last Friday when a car backed up while she was crossing the street. At approximately 7:45 a.m. More ... Newly constructed ramps to and from the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge in Rockaway will reopen to motorists on May 22, just in time for Memorial Day weekend and the kickoff of the beach season. More ... The State Senate Elections Committee has approved legislation that would allow voters to request an absentee ballot by fax, substantially reducing the time it takes those voters to receive their ballots and making it easier for voters who are out of town or abroad to return the ballots in time for them to be counted. More ... Firefighters and Parks workers came together last weekend to spruce up Tribute Park in advance of summer. The volunteers cleaned and painted the Beach 116 Street park, a memorial to those locals who died in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Pictured, from left, Bernie Warnock, the president of Friends of Tribute Park along with FDNY Battalion Chiefs Bob Endall and Mike McGrath. More ... The New York Solar Energy Industries Association (NYSEIA) has announced that the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) is the recipient of its 2009 Energy Policy Leadership Award. Winners were selected based upon their efforts to advance solar power in New York State. LIPA President and CEO Kevin S. More ... Assemblywoman Audrey I. Pheffer (D-Queens) announced today that the New York Secretary of State will be conducting the only Queens based hearing related to the continuation of the cease and desist program on Thursday, May 28 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at P.S. 63 located at 90-15 Sutter Avenue in Ozone Park. More ... |
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