WATER BACK TO NORMAL

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For the past month, the city’s Department of Environmental Protection has been taking water from the Croton water supply to perform maintenance on the Delaware Aqueduct in preparation for repairs. During that time, customers using water from the Croton supply had discolored water, which the agency said is harmless. On Dec. 15, parts of the
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HAILING A CAB FROM THE PHONE

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Wheelchair and scooter users can now hail a wheelchair-accessible cab by dialing 311 and asking for the Accessible Dispatch System, which then finds the nearest wheelchair-accessible taxi. The fare is the same rate as every yellow taxi. To accommodate these customers, the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission chose United Spinal Association to train taxi drivers
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BATHROOM GETAWAY

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A restaurant employee said she was going to the bathroom at 5 p.m. on Nov. 22 and hasn’t been seen since. The 23-year-old woman never returned to the diner where she worked, at 2567 Broadway between 96th and 97th streets. Police said that when the other employees counted register receipts that night, they discovered the
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TRE(E)MENDOUS CELEBRATION

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A huge crowd gathered at Rockefeller Center to celebrate the lighting of the Christmas tree last week. About 30,000 energy efficient LED lights are being used to illuminate this year’s 72-foot-tall tree, which is topped with a Swarovski star comprising 25,000 crystals and measuring nine-and-a-half feet in diameter. Photo By: Andrew Schwartz
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WESTSIDER GOES TO ELECTORAL COLLEGE

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Richard Fife has been in politics for more than 30 years. He has worked on gubernatorial campaigns from coast to coast and runs a public relations and political consulting business. Fife, 53, can now add Electoral College to his resume. He was selected as an elector to cast his vote for Barack Obama, officially electing
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RIVERSIDE SOUTH MEETINGS

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The proposed date for the Riverside South scoping meeting was pushed back to Jan. 8. The public is encouraged to attend the meeting, held by the City Planning Commission, and give input on what should be included in the scope of the environmental impact study. The scoping meeting will be held at the commission’s office
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ART, CLOSE TO HOME

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A real estate firm has teamed up with a local gallery to transform an Upper West Side apartment into a miniature art gallery. Last week, GINA Gallery installed several of its paintings in an apartment in on West 86th Street that is being marketed by Coldwell Banker Previews International Real Estate. Both GINA Gallery and
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