Ridgewood's St. Matthias Honors School Sisters Of Notre Dame
     As part of a continuing series of events to celebrate the Ridgewood parish's 100th anniversary, St. Matthias R.C. Church held a special mass of recognition to honor the School Sisters of Notre Dame last Sunday, Sept. 21. As noted, the order of nuns has staffed St. Matthias School on Catalpa Avenue since 1910. Among the sisters pictured outside the church, eight currently live/work at St. Matthias. Last Sunday's event, which included a luncheon following the mass, was sponsored by the St. Matthias Centennial Committee. Shown in photo: Sr. Luianne Spiess, Sr. Theresa Torsone, Sr. Mary Serafone, Sr. Bernadette Alfieri, Sr. Marie Anna Moltz, Sr. Joan Marie Backes, Sr. Margaret Marie O'Brien, Sr. Earl Mary Moores, Sr. Eileen Denny, Sr. Madeline Keller, Sr. Nancy Gilchriest, Sr. Margaret Forsyth, Sr. Janice Algie, St. Katherine Lawless, Sr. Maureen Ulatowski, Sr. Regine Marie Bruder, Sr. Mary Shawn Kavanaugh, Sr. Patricia Hammond and Sr. Carlann Buscemi. Not pictured: Sr. Claire Bonneau, Sr. Mary Vitoline Wolf and Sr. Ruth Stahl. (photo: Milady Lopez)
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CATCH HIM AT SCHOOL
Bust Phone Thief After He Threatened Teen With Knife
by Robert Pozarycki
      Class was dismissed for a Brooklyn teenager arrested by police at a Ridgewood school last Wednesday, Sept. 17 for allegedly holding up a youth at a local park two days earlier, it was reported. Law enforcement sources identified the suspect as 18-year-old Jovan Figueras of South 1st Street in Williamsburg.
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Seek Signal After Girl Is Hit By Car
Say Device Needed To Slow Traffic
by Robert Pozarycki
      Calls for the installation of a stoplight at a Myrtle Avenue intersection in Glendale have been raised by local residents and activists after a recent accident in which an 11-year-old girl was struck and injured by a car as she attempted to
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Woodside Trucker Dies In Crash
Rig Loses Control In N.J., Hits Trees
by Robert Pozarycki
      Hauling freight along a New Jersey highway was a deadly trip for a Woodside man who was killed after the truck he was operating lost control and crashed early on Sunday morning, Sept. 21, it was reported. The victim was identified by police as 46-year-old Fidel Sanchez of 47th Street.
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ALL CROSS WITH CARE
Traffic Accidents Involving Kids Drop Throughout 83rd Precinct
story and photo by Robert Pozarycki
      Summer was a generally safe season for young pedestrians in Bushwick as police reported at last Tuesday's 83rd Precinct Community Council meeting that no children were killed or seriously injured crossing local streets over the
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Find Man Shot To Death Near Woodside Projects
Cops Look For Clues, Gunman
by Robert Pozarycki
      Police are searching for the gunman who shot and killed a 40-year-old male in Woodside early on Tuesday morning, Sept. 23, it was reported. Law enforcement sources said the murder occurred just after midnight in front of a location on 31st Avenue near 51st Street.
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Say Tow Trucker Stole Cars, Sold For Scrap
Vehicles Crushed By Recycling Company
      A tow trucker operator has been charged with stealing 22 automobiles off the streets of Queens over a five-month period this year and selling them to a Brooklyn scrap dealer who then crushed the vehicles, it was announced.
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Tourist Trashed Trains With Tags
Led Cops On Pursuit Along 7 Line
by Robert Pozarycki
      Coming to New York to smear his tag onto public fixtures was a costly trip for a Dutch national recently indicted on charges that he allegedly vandalized subway cars in Willets Point and endangered a police officer's life while
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Child Critical After Being Struck On Oz. Pk. Street
Cops Seek Hit-And-Run Driver
by Robert Pozarycki
      The unidentified driver who struck and seriously injured an 11-year-old girl as she walked through an Ozone Park intersection in a hit-and-run accident last Wednesday morning, Sept. 17 remains at large, according to police.
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Prison Counselor Caught Bringing Drugs To Rikers
Charges Elevated After Probe
      A former substance abuse counselor at Rikers Island was recently arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle heroine and cocaine onto the corrections facility earlier this year, it was announced.
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Say Glendale Man Harassed Girl At Bklyn. Youth Center
Made Pass While Working At Facility
by Robert Pozarycki
      Following a probe by city investigators, a Glendale man has been charged with allegedly harassing a 15-year-old girl at the Brooklyn recreation center where he formerly worked, it was announced last Friday, Sept. 19.
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