REFRESHING FRESH POND Nonprofit Providing Extra Cleanups; Dilapidated Corner Renovated The nonprofit maintenance group—which employs formerly homeless and imprisoned persons looking to turn their lives around— will reportedly pick up trash and maintain Fresh PondRoad between Myrtle and Metropolitan avenues three days a week (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays) through the end of the year. City Council Member Elizabeth Crowley secured their services through $68,000 in additional discretionary funding she received. Earlier this year, Crowley announced the Doe Fund would expand its services alongMyrtleAvenue in Glendale and Grand Avenue in Maspeth; it also operates along the Myrtle Avenue Business Improvement District in Ridgewood. by Robert Pozarycki The Fresh Pond Road shopping strip in Ridgewood is getting additional sanitation services courtesy of The Doe Fund. -SEE FRESH POND ON PG. 27- TIMES, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2014 • 6 Workers from The Doe Fund are pictured in the left photo cleaning up Fresh Pond Road last Thursday, Sept. 25. The nonprofit sanitation group will provide cleanups three days a week on the Ridgewood strip through funding that City Council Member Elizabeth Crowley secured. Above, a new mural was installed on the fence surrounding the long-defunct gas station at the corner of Metropolitan Avenue and Fresh Pond Road. Crowley noted this is part of an ongoing effort to revitalize Fresh Pond Road and the surrounding area. (left photo courtesy of Ridgewood Social; top photo courtesy of Crowley’s office) Do you have diabetes? 20% of diabetics will develop a foot ulcer in their lifetime. Have you had your feet checked lately ©Times Newsweekly - 20147 - DR1.DEL8LAC-N6 E3 W9 --F3 E3 E3 T8 ©Times Newsweekly - 2014 - SCLAFMORE CONSTRUCTION LLC Family Owned & Operated for 30 Years (718) 845-9200 Free Estimates Violations Removed •Kitchens & Bathrooms •Dormers & Extensions •Brick Work •Paving Stones •All Types of Concrete •Custom Built Homes •Residential & Commercial •New Construction •We Do It All! VISIT US AT... SclafmoreConstruction.Com NYC License #1314744 Nassau County License #HO445750000 Long Beach License #5944 Fully Insured
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