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Entries from July 2012

The Poop on Less Stress

July 18th, 2012 · No Comments

Dogs are great. Mans best friend. But even dogs we know want a cleaner place to run and frolic. Here’s some psychological proof that gardens, parks and greenery lowers your stress levels and can make you feel better. Let’s turn the dog run into an oasis of green serenity and give the dogs the space [...]

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Is Your Roof Solar Compatible

July 7th, 2012 · No Comments

Four years ago the MBCG proposed the idea of solar panels on the defunct dilapidated Bath House near Hastings Street. At the time experts estimated it could provide 10% of the energy needs of Manhattan Beach. Since then solar has become cheaper and more efficient. While your heating bills are going up. While your gasoline [...]

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193 Non For Profit Corporations in 11235

July 4th, 2012 · No Comments

There are 193 non for profit corporations (501 C3s) in our zip code. They include us, the MBCG, Public School PA’s, Church, Islamic, Synagogue Groups, Charity Groups and  many more. They range in size from a few people to hundreds and a thousand and more like us. Their bank accounts range from no money to  millions [...]

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A Bit of MB History 1964-KCC Begins

July 2nd, 2012 · No Comments

Click on link below to read the NY TImes 1964 article about the beginning of Kingsborough Community College in Manhattan Beach
 http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F40910F93B5415738DDDAD0994DD405B848AF1D3

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Kaching Kaching Kaching…. NY Times 6-29-12

July 2nd, 2012 · No Comments

By MICHELLE HIGGINS
 

Published: June 29, 2012
 
FIFTEEN miles from Midtown Manhattan, at the end of a cul-de-sac in Brooklyn, a gate opens onto a resortlike compound with a two-and-a-half-story home that comes with an infinity pool, a hot tub, a bar and a 170-foot-wide stretch of private oceanfront. Who knew that South Brooklyn could feel so [...]

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