Manhattan Columbo City Beat A Parade Of Oddities
The piece outlines a string of unlikely incidents in the Columbia Waterfront District and Red Hook areas. Norman Cox of the Columbia Waterfront District Association is briefly detained after alarming scenes with a Phoenix Beverage truck and a faulty carburetor. Police investigate missing tar at Beard Street, a bagel taint test at Fairway, and a host of minor crimes and curiosities reported March 18 to 27.
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Norman Cox
Columbia Waterfront District Neighborhood Association
76Th Precinct
Phoenix
Columbia Street
Cox
Captain Jack
Beard Street
Customs and Homeland Security
IKEA
Beard
MTA
Red Hook
Valentino Pier
Union Street
Obama to run for New York City mayor in 2013
Curtis Skinner reports President Obama announces he will leave the White House to seek the NYC mayoralty in 2013 seven months before the election. A rival Lettuce-Face pledges to mobilize the environment friendly Williamsburg vote as the race heats up.
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Obama
Oval Office
City Hall
New York City
Williamsburg
Editorial calls for Muscovy ducks in Red Hook area
A spoof piece laments absence of Muscovy ducks in Red Hook and suggests re introducing them as a local tourist draw. It ridicules rival birds lists and proposes a new Hook Hair fashion inspired by a Muscovy duck and cites provocative Wikipedia fact for humor.
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Red Hook
Pier 11
Manhattan
Greater
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NYPD
Fairway
van Brant Street
Department of Health
Cobble Hill
van Brunt Street
Court Street Grocers
Jack
VFW
Sal Meglio
Bait and Tackle
Craig
John McGettrick
Civic Association
PS 15
McGettrick
RHI
Sam's
U.S
Henry Street
Blue Pencil Idiots
Curtis Skinner
New York
Prospect Park
Audubon Society
Fort Defiance