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☆ A New York Firefighter Left the City for the Long Island Suburbs. Which House Did He Choose?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Joyce Cohen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“It was a run-of-the-mill impoverished neighborhood, and I hated living in tight quarters,” said Mr. Shepherd, 36. “I always knew I wanted to own a home. Mr. Shepherd is currently stationed in Crown Heights. But Mr. Shepherd had a plan. I had a vision, and I knew that paying cheap rent would get me there.”His vision included a suburban house and yard, surrounded by nature.

Persons: Gregory Shepherd, ”, Shepherd, “, Danielle Jernigan, Keller Williams, ” Ms, Jernigan Organizations: Bowling Green State University, New York, Keller Williams NYC Locations: Flatbush, Crown, Brooklyn, Ohio, New York, New, New York City, Crown Heights, Jamaica, Queens, Westchester, Nassau County, Long, Nassau, Suffolk, ”, Hudson

☆ ‘A day that changed history': US marks 22 years since 9/11 attacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Jennifer Peltz | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Commemorations stretch from the attack sites — at New York's World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania — to Alaska and beyond. But a sense of connection is enshrined in a local memorial incorporating steel from the World Trade Center’s destroyed twin towers. As another way of marking the anniversary, many Americans do volunteer work on what Congress has designated both Patriot Day and a National Day of Service and Remembrance. First lady Jill Biden is due to lay a wreath at the 9/11 memorial at the Pentagon. Educators with a total of more than 10,000 students have registered for access to the free “National Day of Learning” program, which will be available through the fall, organizers say.

Persons: Joe Biden, Eddie Ferguson, Jessica Leigh Sachs, “ We’re, ”, Joe Maurath, Kamala Harris, James Giaccone, Joseph Giaccone, ” James Giaccone, Andrew Siff, “, ” Biden, Republican George W, Bush, Barack Obama, Obama, Jill Biden, Harris ’, Doug Emhoff, Katherine Hostetler Organizations: Trade Center, Pentagon, Washington , D.C, NBC New, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, Trade, Congress, of Service, Democrat, Republican, National Park Service Locations: firehouses, New, Shanksville, Pennsylvania —, Alaska, Anchorage, Washington ,, India, Vietnam, Virginia’s Goochland County, NBC New York, New York, Columbus , Indiana, Fenton , Missouri, St, Louis, Jersey's Monmouth, U.S, Fort Meade, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Stoystown

Commemorations stretch from the attack sites — at New York's World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania — to Alaska and beyond. But a sense of connection is enshrined in a local memorial incorporating steel from the World Trade Center’s destroyed twin towers. In Columbus, Indiana, 911 dispatchers broadcast a remembrance message to police, fire and EMS radios throughout the 50,000-person city, which also holds a public memorial ceremony. At ground zero, Vice President Kamala Harris is due to join the ceremony on the National Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum plaza. First lady Jill Biden is due to lay a wreath at the 9/11 memorial at the Pentagon.

Persons: Joe Biden, Eddie Ferguson, Jessica Leigh Sachs, “ We’re, ”, Joe Maurath, Kamala Harris, James Giaccone, Joseph Giaccone, ” James Giaccone, “, ” Biden, Republican George W, Bush, Barack Obama, Obama, Jill Biden, Harris ’, Doug Emhoff, Katherine Hostetler Organizations: Trade Center, Pentagon, Washington , D.C, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, Trade, Congress, of Service, Democrat, Republican, National Park Service Locations: firehouses, New, Shanksville, Pennsylvania —, Alaska, Anchorage, Washington ,, India, Vietnam, Virginia’s Goochland County, New York, Columbus , Indiana, Fenton , Missouri, St, Louis, Jersey's Monmouth, U.S, Fort Meade, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Stoystown

☆ ‘Splash Spots’ Reinvent the Hydrant Spray Cap and Save Water
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( James Barron | More About James Barron | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

He and an industrial designer named Colin Kelly came up with four prototypes called Splash Spots that have eye appeal. The Fire Department worries about low water pressure when hydrants are open, a potentially serious problem when a call comes in and fire trucks go out. Sprinkler caps, which firehouses can make available on request, cut the flow to 25 to 30 gallons a minute, by Kelly’s calculations. Splash Spots send out about half that, and unlike the Fire Department’s sprinkler caps, they can be turned on and off, saving even more when a sprinkler is not needed. “I was out for a run over the July 4 weekend, and I passed a street with a hydrant with a spray cap,” Gordon said.

Persons: Colin Kelly, ”, Jeffrey LeFrancois, Kelly, ” Gordon Organizations: Chelsea, Management Association, Fire Department Foundation, Department Locations: Meatpacking

☆ Florida's fight over Safe Haven 'baby boxes' are part of a larger culture war over abortion
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Safe Haven Baby Boxes let distressed moms safely and anonymously surrender unwanted newborns instead of dumping them in trash cans or worse. About 145 Safe Haven baby boxes were installed throughout nine states since 2016, and similar bills were recently approved or signed in four other states. About 145 boxes have been installed since the first in 2016, with 25 newborns surrendered through one, Safe Haven Baby Boxes says. Safe Haven Baby Boxes says the average response time is two minutes. A Safe Haven trains fire departments and hospitals on how to implement the current law.

Police officers involved in the deaths have become an intense focus of investigation, protest, and media coverage. Despite being at the heart of some of the most defining incidents in modern policing, most of the officers involved continue to live their lives under the radar. Insider's review of 72 cops involved in two dozen of the most notorious police killings of the past 30 years shows the many different paths officers have taken. There's no nationwide view into what happens to officers involved in egregious incidents of violence. In rare cases, cops involved in these killings have tried to publicly rehabilitate their image rather than seek out anonymity.

☆ I install Christmas lights in the Hamptons. People think of it as a summer haven, but to me, it comes alive during the holidays.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Claire Turrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Jim Frankenback is the founder of Southampton Christmas Lights in Southampton, New York. I bought boxes of Christmas lights from the local hardware store and put a sign up on the outside of my barn that just said "Christmas lights installation" along with a phone number. Now, we have two crews of three people who install lights all over the Hamptons, from as far away as Westhampton and Montauk. Courtesy of Jim FrankenbachOur biggest concern when it comes to Christmas lights is water. While the majority of our jobs are for Christmas lights, we have also created a nine-foot-tall menorah for Hanukkah.

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