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Queens-bound Throgs Neck reopened as fire
keith.herbert@newsday.comThe Queens-bound lanes of the Throgs Neck Bridge have been reopened to traffic, but Bronx-bound lanes remain closed as firefighters continue to battle a scaffolding fire that closed the bridge completely during the Friday morning rush. Southbound traffic...Tags: Fires, Transportation, Throgs Neck, New York, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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Seeing more than the typical sites in NYC
Anyone who has ever tried to get any work done with young kids underfoot can only imagine what Harris Levine must have gone through — every day of his life.
The Polish immigrant tailor lived with his wife and three young children in three tiny...Tags: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rentals, New York Mets, Libraries and Museums, Baseball
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Wife of FDNY marshal sentenced to 25 to life
The widow of a New York City fire marshal has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for fatally shooting him while he slept. Janet Redmond-Mercereau (mer-ser-OH'), who's 40, got the maximum Thursday afternoon. A Staten Island jury convicted her...Tags: Crimes, Assault, Punishment
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Fumes kill 3 workers at Queens sewage plant
rocco.parascandola@newsday.comThree workers - including a father and son - were killed Monday afternoon when they were overcome by hydrogen sulfide fumes while trying to escape a deep, water-filled hole at a Queens waste transfer plant, authorities said. The final moments of the...Tags: Fires, Employees, Heavy Engineering, Ozone Park, Health and Safety at Work
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Wife of Murdered Fire Marshal Sentenced 25 Years to Life
wpix.comA judge has sentenced the wife of a New York City fire marshal to a 25-year prison term for fatally shooting her husband while he was asleep in the couple's Staten Island home more than two years ago. Janet Redmon Mercereau, 41, who was convicted by a...Tags: Fires, Crimes, WPIX-TV, Staten Island (New York City), Murder
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Wife of FDNY marshal to be sentenced
The widow of a New York City fire marshal faces sentencing for shooting him to death while he slept. Forty-year-old Janet Redmond-Mercereau (mer-ser-OH') could face 25 years to life in prison when she is sentenced on Thursday. A Staten Island jury...Tags: Crimes, Assault, Punishment
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FDNY disciplines 7 in fatal ground zero blaze
New York City's Fire Department has disciplined seven commanders over mistakes that led up to a deadly fire at a ground zero office tower in 2007. The blaze at the former Deutsche Bank building killed two firefighters and sparked years of finger-...Tags: Fires, Deutsche Bank AG
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Scout leads Hempstead firefighters' memorial cleanup
Special to NewsdayBehind every 17-year-old high school senior trying to balance friends, church, school, homework and plotting his Eagle Scout badge project is a grandmother. Edward Morant began planning his project - the revitalization of a neglected memorial to...Tags: Montrose, Christianity, Metal and Mineral, Anglican, Children
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Suspicious Bronx Fire Injures 13, Including 4 Firefighters
An early morning suspicious fire has injured 13 people, including four firefighters in the Melrose section of The Bronx.
The all-hands fire occurred just before 12am at a six-floor apartment building located at 1132 Clay Avenue. "There were flames this...Tags: Fires, Symptoms, WPIX-TV, Melrose
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Authorities Discover Body After Battling Blaze At Queens Golf Course
wpix.comAs firefighters battled a blaze at a Queens golf course overnight, authorities made a gruesome discovery of a dead body - just yards away - hanging from a tree, PIX News has learned. According to FDNY officials, the flames broke out around 1:30 a.m. on...Tags: Fires, WPIX-TV, Kissena Park, Golf, Imperial and Royal Matters
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Finest football team honors slain cop with win
michael.amon@newsday.comWearing Omar Edwards' number and initials on their helmets, Football's Finest, the NYPD's football team, took the field with thoughts of their former teammate heavy on their minds. After grinding out a tough 18-9 victory Sunday over their city fire...Tags: Raymond W. Kelly, Police, Michael Bloomberg, Hofstra University, Football
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Firefighter describes rescue of cop at DWI trial
ann.givens@newsday.comNew York City firefighter Philip Scarfi veered into the breakdown lane of the Long Island Expressway in Plainview when he saw the cloud of debris left by a crash, grabbed his first-aid kit and bolted across eight lanes of traffic to the side of the...Tags: Trials, Lawyers, Mineola, Drunk Driving, Calendars, Days, and Months
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