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Battery Park is located at the southern tip of New York City. Named for the artillery battery that the Dutch and British put there to protect the harbor.
Battery Park is located at the southern tip of New York City. Named for the artillery battery that the Dutch and British put there to protect the harbor.
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Classic Feelies Lineup Touring Once Again
Special To The CourantYou may not have heard the Feelies directly, but if you've listened to an album by REM or Yo La Tengo, you've felt the influence of the New Jersey band, whose 1980 debut, "Crazy Rhythms" and its curt single, "Fa Ci-La," remain the stuff of indie rock...Tags: Florida, New York, Music, Pennsylvania, New Jersey
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Yachts to sail into New York for festival of races
A flotilla of yachts is sailing into New York Harbor for a week-long festival of races and regattas. The New York Classic Week was created last year as a Big Apple version of similar celebrations in venues like Monaco and the French Riviera. Most of...Tags: New York, Statue of Liberty, Battery Park City
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REALITY CHECK
WHO'S THE HOST? Malverne's favorite son, the actor and former middleweight fighter Tony Danza of "Taxi," "Who's the Boss?" et al., follows in Sugar Ray Leonard's boot-steps as the new host of the boxing reality show "The Contender." Season 4 of the series...Tags: Court Preliminary, Project Runway, Television, Tony Danza, ESPN
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Darling plays game of 'Turn Back the Clock'
neil.best@newsday.comRon Darling and Sid Fernandez both were born in Honolulu, and both pitched for the Mets, combining to go the first six innings in Game 7 of the 1986 World Series. But by early last year, Darling had one thing too many in common with El Sid. "I got a...Tags: XM Satellite Radio Holdings Incorporated, Greg Maddux, Radio Industry, New York Mets, Baseball
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Details on visiting New York
GETTING THERE Getting into Manhattan itself can be a bit of a challenge. All of the major airlines, as well as some of the discount operators, fly into metro New York many times a day. Go with whomever gives you the best price, and don't worry about which...Tags: New York, Statue of Liberty, Greenwich Village, Manhattan (New York City), New Jersey
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SHEA GOODBYE THE POPE: Prayers from Shea offered en masse
john.jeansonne@newsday.comA persistent morning-long rain drenched Shea Stadium on Oct. 3, 1979, until Pope John Paul II arrived in early afternoon for his final public appearance of a two-day visit to New York. Whereupon the sun broke through and 60,000 people folded up...Tags: Family, New York Times, New York Mets, Religious Leaders, Pope
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Community events
"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" will be shown from noon to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Smithfield Library, 255 James St. The movie will be shown on a new big screen. Popcorn and drinks will be served. Bring a lawn chair or mat. This is for "muggles"...Tags: Golf, Auction Service, Medicare, Government Health Care, American Legion
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Soldier From Bristol An Amputee
Joe Kapacziewski turned down an interview request for Thursday morning. He asked if he could do it right away Wednesday night. Now, what in the world could be so pressing that a home state kid would inconvenience the nation's oldest continuously published...Tags: Golf, National Football League, Defense, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Triathlon
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NYC firefighters save drowning woman
Three firefighters are credited with saving the life of a drowning pregnant woman in New York Harbor. People on land summoned Lt. Michael Finer and Firefighters Timothy Moynihan and Michael Lambert for the dramatic rescue around 11 p.m. Tuesday. The...Tags: New York, Fires
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Family remembers Officer Mark Ellis, killed on 9/11
Special to NewsdayFor the family of Mark Joseph Ellis, remembrance is as simple a thing as walking out the door of their South Huntington home. In the gray of early morning, Elaine and Joe Ellis left the house yesterday and drove along a street that now bears the name...Tags: Statue of Liberty, Transportation, Subway Transportation, Long Island, Christmas
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High-ranking NYPD officials already have security cameras
rocco.parascandola@newsday.comAmong the hundreds of New York City police security cameras installed throughout the city are three in front of the Brooklyn home of Chief of Department Joseph Esposito, according to police sources. Esposito, the highest-ranking uniformed member of the...Tags: New York, Brooklyn (New York City), New York City Police Department, Astoria, Juvenile Delinquency
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Pausing to remember those lost on 9/11
It was written by Lefkowitz.SOME WEPT over loved ones' portraits at Ground Zero; others walked under gray skies on a beach. Bagpipes mourned, bells rang and speakers intoned the long list of names yesterday as Long Island, New York City and the nation paused for the nowfamiliar...Tags: William Murphy, Elections, Cindy McCain, Law Enforcement, Society
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