PARKS PEOPLE

Adrian Benepe, Commissioner
Appointed January 25, 2002
Manhattan Borough Commissioner (1996-2001)
Tel: (212) 360-1305, Fax: (212) 360-1345

Liam Kavanagh, First Deputy Commissioner
Appointed February 13, 2002
Tel: (212) 360-1307

Larry Scott Blackmon, Deputy Commissioner, Community Outreach
Appointed February 16, 2010
Tel: (212) 360-3484

Therese Braddick, Deputy Commissioner, Capital Projects
Appointed July 18, 2008
Tel: (718) 760-6602

Robert L. Garafola, Deputy Commissioner, Management and Budget
Appointed February 14, 1986. Re-appointed March 14, 2002

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WEATHER WARNING

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The National Weather Service has issues a flash flood watch through late tonight. Severe storms for the NYC area. This storm could produce strong winds, hail and very heavy rain.

Today:Steamy. T-Storms. They could produce strong winds. Temperatures and humidity high: 85.

For more information visit: http://www.weather.gov/nyc

Hey, What's APP Ning?

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Friday, August 26, 2011
Summer Garden Festival
Bronx Community Organization and Partners Introduce Summer Film and Food Festival.

Thursday, September 01, 2011
Edible Garden
Mario Batali's Edible Garden commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Family Garden.

Thursday, September 01, 2011
Tenth Annual Farmers Market
ONLY ON WEDNESDAYS!! The New York Botanical Garden’s popular farmers market returns.

Thursday, September 01, 2011
Zoofari
Enjoy special Lego animal displays and activity stations as well as a Zoofari passport tour.

NYC FREE PUBLIC BROADBAND AND WI-FI

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Plans are underway to enhance cellular telephone reception in the subway system, and NYC Transit has reached an agreement with a contractor to install a wireless cellular telephone infrastructure in underground stations. This plan will provide service in stations and on platforms, but excludes subway tunnels. Above-ground stations generally already have wireless cellular service by virtue of coverage from service providers’ existing cellular sites.

This Week in History

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This Week Aug 21 - Aug 27

Aug 21, 1959
Hawaii becomes 50th state. President Eisenhower sing documents admitting it into the Union.
Aug 22, 1950
Althea Gibson becomes first African-American on U.S. tennis tour at Forest Hills, NY.
Aug 23, 1902
Fannie Farmer opens cooking school in Boston.She changed the way Americans prepare food.
Aug 24, 79
Vesuvius erupts in Italy, devastating Pompeii and Herculaneum and killing thousands.
Aug 25, 1835
The Great Moon Hoax articles announcing life on the moon appears in the New York Sun.
Aug 26, 1939

Headlines 8/21/11

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TRIPOLI TURNING POINT. LIBYA Lost to Rebels?

ISRAEL RETALIATES. Bombing Continues.

NFL SHOOTING. Fighting Brawls in Bleachers.

VP BIDEN TO CHINA. US is Your Best Bet.

POPE IN SPAIN. Visits Youth Festival.

A WOMAN AHEAD OF HER TIME

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"ANNE HUTCHINSON: A WOMAN AHEAD OF HER TIME" August 20th through October 2, 2011

She was an amazing inspiration and one of the first feminists in America. Anne Huychinson is the only woman to have a highway and a river named for her.

http://www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org

Underneath The News

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Libyan rebels capture coastal city of Zawiya after expelling government forces from the western city of Zawiya, which is a major victory for the opposition in their fight against Moammar Gadhafi's control of Tripoli.

An off-duty NYPD officer was arrested in mid-crime and charged with raping school teacher at gunpoint. The drunken is accused of cop forcing a 25-year-old teacher into the backyard of an upper Manhattan building and raping her.

Headlines 8/20/11

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BEGINNING OF THE END. Rebels Take Tripoli.

WASHINGTON POLITICAL GAMES. Must Stop Now.

SCHOOL TEACHER RAPED. NYPD Black and Blue.

BURGER KING DETHRONED. Mascot Too Creepy.

SEXTING - TWEETING? Look It Up in DictionarY

NYC Severe Weather Warning

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US National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for the NYC area tonight. This storm could produce strong winds, hail and heavy rain. For more information visit:

http://www.weather.gov/nyc.

212-639-9675

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