CITY ISLAND BOAT FIRE

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The storm which tore through City Island today brought with it lots of lightning which struck a boat, causing a fire at the Morris Yacht and Beach Club on City Island this afternoon.

According to sources, FDNY crews responded after black smoke was sen coming from the boat.
Emergency crews responded in force, with multiple trucks, as well as police and fire boats.

No injuries have been reported, and fortunately that blaze did not spread as the boat was anchored offshore when the fire broke out.

FRESHDIRECT & BOEDC HOST JOB FAIR

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Today Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., together with FreshDirect and the Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation, hosted a job fair in the rotunda of the Bronx County Building, interviewing applicants for positions at FreshDirect’s current headquarters in Long Island City, Queens.

Prior to the job fair, the Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation prescreened more than 200 applicants for positions with FreshDirect. More than 70 individuals moved on to the second round of interviews with the company.

Outraged Power Consumers

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As a result of the lousy weather and Con Ed's labor issues, the utility company reports thousands of scattered power outages all over the northeast Bronx.

To contact them: 800-75-CONED(26633). These thunderstorms and lightning may have been a factor that knocked out power to many areas.

http://apps.coned.com/stormcenter_external/default.html

Among the businesses that Con Edison is responding to as a result of these power outages is The IGA Supermarket on City Island avenue. Power is expected to return by tonight.

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CITY ISLAND TOURS

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City Island Images is proud to announce walking tours of City Island and surrounding areas.

Our small tour groups will meet @ the last stop on the #6 SUBWAY, Pelham Bay Station. We will then take the #29 Bus to City Island, where we will begin our journey. Depending on the tour and dates, our stops will include Pelham Cemetery, City Island Historical Society/Museum, The Old Schoolhouse, PS 175, Yacht Clubs, Restaurants, Galleries, Shoppes, Orchard Beach, Pelham Bay Park, Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum. We will finish at the end of City Island Avenue and return to Pelham Bay Station #6 SUBWAY.

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7/18/12 News & Information Service 24/7

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SYRIAN CAPITAL UNDER SIEGE. Security Officials Killed In Damascus Danger Zone.
Suicide bombers attack Syria's National Security building killing several officials.

BIG BEN BERNANKE. One More Visit To Capitol Hill With Another Bang.
The Chairman of The Federal Reserve testifies before the House Financial Services Committee after predicting a poor picture of the U.S. economy.

PENN STATE OFFICIAL RESPONSE. Deciding On Their Football Program.
Penn State University will respond to the NCAA's demands for information within days.

UN CALLS FOR COUNCIL AGREEMENT

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Addressing the media in Moscow, the Joint Special Envoy for the United Nations and the League of Arab States for the Syrian Crisis, Kofi Annan, today voiced the hope that members of the Security Council will be able to reach agreement on a course of action to deal with the situation in the Middle Eastern country.

“I would hope that the Council will continue its discussions and hopefully find language that will pull everybody together for us to move forward on this critical issue,” Mr. Annan told reporters, following a meeting with the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin.

TODAY IN HER & HISTORY

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1453 France defeats England at Castillon, France, ending the Hundred Years' War.
1762 Peter III of Russia is murdered and his wife, Catherine II, takes the throne.
1785 France limits the importation of goods from Britain.
1791 National Guard troops open fire on a crowd of demonstrators in Paris.
1799 Ottoman forces, supported by the British, capture Egyptian city from the French.
1801 The U.S. fleet arrives in Tripoli.
1815 Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders to the British at Rochefort, France.
1821 Andrew Jackson becomes the governor of Florida.