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I know where Brentwood is, but I'm not sure about Brooklyn.  Isn't it located someplace east of First Avenue in Manhattan??

https://billingsgazette.com/news/local/taken-to-hospital-after-house-fire-on-billings-west-end/article_423117df-3faa-54f6-bb0f-e6ed6c6c4e89.html#utm_source=billingsgazette.com&utm_campaign=%2Femail-updates%2Fbreaking&utm_medium=PostUp&utm_content=ea025050c86fdbbb5818f091e19fd70ec26eb76c Woman...

My father gave me several of his books and collected war-time newspaper columns.  Ernie Pyle was one of the most brilliant writers to ever touch a keyboard and had the God-given talent of making any topic and even the smallest detail sere itself into the reader's memory.  American literature and...

Chief, One thing I?d like to point out.  If I?ve missed it being said, please accept my apology. As I understand it, a number of the members on this site are active Firefighters. I?m sure that they take with them a lot more than ?war stories? after reading your memoirs.  What you contribute...

I'm in full agreement!

Bill, I can well understand why your Dad is your hero, and very deservedly so.  I also appreciate how you glide over your own heroism; it?s one very important point of the story and you haven?t given it enough ?punch?.  You didn?t just give a handout to Ed Martin and walk away, but you took...

I agree the Fire Museum, the Mand Library and the National Fire Heritage Center.  I'd also add the National Archives and the Smithsonian in WDC and the American Museum of Natural History, the Museum of the City of New York and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, all here in the city.  They each have...

HEAR, HEAR!! "Speaking for myself here, I sure enjoy tuning them in as the next chapter is played out."  Not speaking just for yourself, Willy; speaking for a great many of us and hitting the nail on the head as you usually do (unless, of course, you hit your thumb instead of the nail, but why...

https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2019/04/3-us-service-members-contractor-killed-in-taliban-bombing.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LongWarJournalSiteWide+%28FDD%27s+Long+War+Journal+Update%29 3 US service members killed in Taliban bombing 

I can?t recall the exact date or even the year, but in the (?late 1960?s, early 1970?s?) there was a very major gas explosion in (?Queens?) that destroyed several apparatus and many homes.  Does anyone, especially someone who responded, have detailed information?  I remember that the papers...

https://www.autoblog.com/2019/03/26/firefighters-dropped-smoldering-bmw-i8-water-tank/ Why firefighters dropped a smoldering BMW i8 into a water tank - Safety first 

https://www.silive.com/news/2019/04/guilty-verdict-in-throat-slash-murder-of-richard-doody-fdny-lt-from-staten-island.html?ath=027f6ea648be3a3f00c0984c45050a2c&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Newsletter:%20Advance%20First%20Glance&utm_campaign=Newsletter:%20Breaking%20News#cmpid=nsltr_stryheadli...

This entire site has to be edited into book format.  Remember -  you heard it here first! Outstanding professions, callings and story-telling, everybody! And special recognition to the Bendicks and our two unflagging moderators who never waver in their duties for all the work they do - Bravo...

https://www.silive.com/news/2019/04/possible-cuts-to-fdny-engine-staff-would-hit-two-si-companies.html?ath=027f6ea648be3a3f00c0984c45050a2c#cmpid=nsltr_stryheadline Possible cuts to FDNY engine staff would hit two S.I. companies 

"If fear is cultivated it will become stronger; if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery." - U.S. Naval Commander John Paul Jones On March 27, 1794, the United States Government established a permanent navy and authorized the building of six frigates.

Keep 'em coming, JohnnyGage!

WHOOPIE!!!  The city has solved the problem in the most cost-efficient way!  Now, does anyone wish to comment on the most EFFECTIVE way? How much money has Bloomberg, Inc. and its owners made from this disaster?

http://queenscrap.blogspot.com/2019/03/bill-passes-to-legalize-basement.html Bill passes to legalize basement apartments which might spur more gentrification

Nothing "odd" about it, STAjo - you're spot on.

Sorry to get blunt, but rename "DGEIS (Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement)" to "Pure BS".