Manhattan Beach Community Group

                        
Passed unanimously by the Board of Directors.
 
Traffic Committee…August 25, 2010
Priorities:
I.  Enforcement (short term)
            1.  Additional enforcement coordinated by the Precinct and Highway Patrol at those times when most of the speeding occurs. 
                        a.  in particular, this should be accomplished at the beginning of the school year and at the beginning of each KCC [...]

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City Limits

NYC’s
Fake Grass Gamble:
 
A $300M Mistake?
In 1998, New York City began installing synthetic turf fields in parks and playgrounds, saying the artificial material would be more durable than grass. But a City Limits investigation finds that many turf fields are falling apart, including this one at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.
By Patrick Arden

Tuesday, Aug 24, 2010

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Sadly, we must announce the untimely passing of Richard Drucker’s son.  Services are today, Sunday, August 29, at Parkside Memorial across from Kings Plaza on Flatbush Avenue at 2pm. Shiva will be held at the Drucker home at 262 West End Avenue.  Our heartfelt condolences go out to Richard and his entire family. 

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Dear Neighbor,
     Whether it’s dodging the Flu or just avoiding the common cold, staying healthy is important. To assist you in this effort, I have sponsored health screenings, talks and flu shots in my community office for the past ten years. With Fall around the corner, one of the best things you can do to [...]

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Hope you all have had a good summer. After a summer hiatus, the MBCG is holding its end of the summer meeting this Wednesday night, August 25th, 8 PM at PS 195.
Please make every effort to attend. We will be discussing the latest events.

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Below is a response to a meeting held one week ago by the other group (MBNA). The meeting was first reported by Sheepsheadbites.com and a video link of the meeting is also on that website. It’s been a practice of our community group (MBCG) since the creation of MBNA two years ago, to be positive and to work [...]

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Cream rises to the top they say. It seems that Louise Albenda’s idea of putting solar panels on the unused Bath House at Manhattan Beach is alive again. MBCG has been pushing this idea for two years. Our calculations are that 900 solar panels can provide 10% of the electricity needs of Manhattan Beach. Or the [...]

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The is a Public Service Announcement from the MBCG, serving the community for almost 70 years:
 
It has been brought to our attention that a resident of Manhattan Beach received a telephone call on Thursday, July 22, from a company informing the resident that there is drinking water contamination in the area and that this company [...]

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MBCG President Ira Zalcman was interviewed today on Channel 12. He discussed the fatality this past week on Shore Blvd, moving the Ocean/Shore Light to Exeter and Shore.  He also stated several hundreds of thousands of Brooklynites work, visit and go to school in Manhattan Beach and have a right to be safe crossing the [...]

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Newly paved Shore Blvd. has become faster and more dangerous at the curve of the road between Exeter and Dover Streets. Last spring a car lost control at this very spot and hit a tree, park bench and  2 cars. Two nights ago there was a fatality a block away.
The first thing we should do is [...]

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