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Feature Stories May 10, 2012  RSS feed
Spring Walkathon At St. Pancras School
      The students of St. Pancras School held their spring walkathon around their Glendale campus last week to raise money for their programs.
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Qns. Museum Sponsors A Ridgewood Art Crawl Sat.
Showcases Up And Coming Local Artists
     In an effort to highlight what it calls “Queens’ newest art community,” The Queens Museum of Art (QMA) presents the Ridgewood Historic Art Crawl on Saturday, May 12 as part of its “Queens International 2012: Three Points Make a Triangle” biennial showcase of Queens artists.
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Qns. Priests Named As Auxiliary Bishops
Will Be Ordained At July 11 Mass
     Pope Benedict XVI has appointed two priests of the Diocese of Brooklyn—Msgr. Raymond Chappetto, 66, and Msgr. Paul Sanchez, 65—as auxiliary bishops of Brooklyn, the diocese announced last Wednesday, May 2.
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Celebrate Spring At Wdhvn. Dance
Community Contributors To Be Honored
     The Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation (GWDC) will hold its 33rd annual “Everlasting Spring” dinner/dance on Friday night, June 1, in Woodhaven, it was announced.
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Elmhurst Triangle Set For Makeover
Aims To Rejuvenate Shopping Area
     Queens Borough President Helen Marshall, Small Business Services Commissioner Robert Walsh, Queens Parks Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski, City Council Members Julissa Ferreras and Daniel Dromm, and Seth Taylor of the 82nd Street Business Improvement District announced a $200,000 renovation of Dunningham Triangle in Jackson Heights.
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Inside Political Uproar Over Student Loan Interest Rates
Debtors Brace For Potential Increase
     (AP) Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agree: It would be a mistake to let interest rates on student loans double in July. Especially if they’re going to be blamed for it in an election year.
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AG Finds Racehorse Charity Put Ponies’ Lives In Danger
Mismanagement Drove Group Into Ruin
     Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman sued the directors of the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF), one of the nation’s largest nonprofit organizations devoted to retired thoroughbred racehorses, for driving the group into insolvency and failing to provide the funding needed to care for the 1,100 horses in its herd.
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Rails- To- Trails Movement Grows Across The Country
Letting People Walk On Uused Track
     (AP) On a route once traversed by
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