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With all of the kids entering Seba Avenue Skate park as soon as the workers leave, someone has felt the need to put up these strangely worded No Trespassing signs. Although signs are a good step, as soon as any type of weather like morning dew these signs will be destroyed. If they were serious they would of opted for some metal signs.

Warning No Trespassing Violaters will be prosecuted under the provision of section forbidding criminal trespassing

Simple No Trespassing signs might have the same message and would last alot longer, instead of using paper in protective sheets.

A spell check might of helped them too.

Update: The reason for the signs? Unconfirmed reports might have to be due to some kids destroying a vehicle and construction property.

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A recently issued rule from the FDA would overhaul and expand the agency’s fight against the sun’s radiation. The proposed regulation would require sunscreen makers to test for effectiveness against UVA rays, which unlike UVB rays, do not burn the skin; UVA instead gives us an attractive bronze that can cause cancer.

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Psstt….. Just in case you didn’t know we live in a flood zone. Being prepared for a flood might be the the most important thing we have to worry about. Things like having a “go bag”, batteries, canned food, cash, medicine, but you should be also adding home flood insurance to your list.

Now we all know that Allstate and other agencies has been dropping area residents like we have the plague, but it is still possible to get flood insurance.

Check out this list of insurers from FloodSmart.gov. Make sure you also go through that site with a fine tooth comb. It has lots of very relevant information.

Here is the High Risk Coastal Premium Table for a Residential Coastal Area

• Insure the full value of your home.
• Remember to separately insure the contents of your home;
• When filing a claim, don’t sign any documents that you don’t understand.

Consider yourself lucky if you never need to use your insurance; or, as the Today Show put it: “Purchasing flood insurance can be a roll of the dice, but it may just be worth investigating.”

The Dept. of Sanitation has proposed doubling the fines for those who fail to pick up after their defecating dogs from $100 to $200. The Daily News reports that Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty said that since the introduction of the pooper scooper law in 1978, the city has been issuing about 1,000 fines annually.

Doherty explained that the problem of errant dog waste on city sidewalks, streets, and parks has grown in recent years. He’ll introduce the concept of doubled fines to the City Council in coming months. The state assembly passed a law in February allowing the New York City to raise fines on non-poop scoopers.

The announcement of stricter penalties for those who leave their dogs crap just lying where it is dropped comes on the heels of a move to crack down on those who dump residential trash in street trash receptacles. The City Council passed a bill yesterday to raise the fines for dumping anything other than common litter into street trash cans. Fines have been raised from $25 to $100, to $100 to $300 with a maximum penalty of $400 for repeat offenders.

Family Day at Marine park was organized and sponsored by State Senator Golden. It was a day to wrap up the summer, and the concert series at marine park.

Although it was a rainy overcast day, a good amount of people showed up to sing, dance, eat, play games, and ride the rides.

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The American Italian Caner Foundation and State Senator Martin Golden are going to be offering free Mammograms at the senators Marine Park office.

Its by appointment only, but thats a phone call away. Call to schedule your appointment 800-564-6868

• September 19, 2007 - Bay Ridge Office
• September 21, 2007 - Marine Park Office - 3610 Quentin Road (Quentin& East 36th)

Buyer Beware

Roll N Roaster is famous on our side of Brooklyn for its “not so fast fast food” but now it seems that they are outright stealing money from its customers.

Roll-n-Roaster sells novelty gift coins that are worth $5 each but wont give change if you spend under that $5 coin.

When you purchase gift certificates from anywhere be it a restaurant, a clothing store or even our local Victoria’s Pizza, you expect change or a voucher when you spend under the gift card/certificate amount.

Take this example from a letter to the Editor in the Brooklyn View:

Roll’ N Roaster has been a legendary fast-food restaurant located in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn for years. Its wide menu features several items that include savory roast beef sandwiches, over-sized burgers and refreshing homemade lemonade.

The food may be impressive but I recently had an experience that left a poor taste in my mouth. The incident involved the restaurant’s policy regarding gift certificates. During the last couple of years, I purchased the R&R $5.00 gift coin in $100.00 denominations.

I have been giving the coins to a friend of mine who has two teenage daughters that frequent the restaurant. I recently discovered the girls had a dinner order that cost $21.30. The older daughter presented the cashier with 5 coins worth $25.00 and was informed she wouldn’t be entitled to the $3.70 change.

On Saturday August 4, I confronted Roll’ N Roaster’s manager (Ayet) who verified the policy and felt I was out of line for questioning it. I mentioned the customer should either receive the change or get a credit towards a future visit. Once more, Ayet thought I was nuts and claimed that every store and restaurant shares the same policy. I didn’t know what the man was smoking, but it appeared obvious to me that Roll’ n Roaster is raking in big bucks with their current gift certificate scheme. It’s a shame the way the restaurant conducts business.

They also have a “slap in the face” .30 cent menu which consists of such specialty items as an empty cup, a cup of ice and a cup of NY filtered water….which translates into a cup of water directly from their sink. Is it humanly possible for a gold-mine establishment to be this cheap?

The bottom line is the food at Roll’ N Roaster is damn good, however, management’s appreciation towards their customers certainly leaves a lot to be desired!

Rick Lundberg, Brooklyn

Since the initial demolition of the Bay Club property in November 2006, the dumpsters were filled but never removed to make room for the Rivera Suites. They were recently removed on August 11th

Also the property has some recent complaints including

• Failure to put up demolition fence
• Excessive debris on property. (The dumpsters)

You know what came of those complains? Nothing! Why? becuase the Buildings Department as of August 10th cant find the address.

Gerritsen Avenue & Avenue U

What used to be Citgo has now been boarded up and heavy equipment has been removing what was inside.

We dont know whats coming yet, but when we find out, we will keep you posted.