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  How NOT to kill your neighbor’s dog

  Stephanie Melka | Mon, Dec 3rd, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: laws, stephanie melka, your neighbors dog, pets, new york city parks, how not to kill, pet safety, pet laws | 0

  Last week, I went out for a morning run in a local park. I was slowly meandering up a hill, when I saw two women and two dogs, not on leashes, ahead of me. I yelled to them that I was coming up behind them, so as not to startle them by coming up suddenly. As I passed them, the two dogs started running with me. They had a friendly, “Come play with me” look in their eyes, so I wasn’t frightened. The women started calling to them to come back, and one of the dogs turned around to run back…

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  How to avoid killing a cyclist

  Stephanie Melka | Mon, Nov 19th, 2007 | Category: Report | Tags: stephanie melka, how not to kill, bike lanes, bicycle safety, dmv, motorists, reckless drivers, cyclist | 1

  I had an incident while driving home from work a few months ago that I need to discuss here. As I began to make a left hand turn onto my one way street, a man on a bike coming the wrong way down my street swerved to avoid my car. He yelled to me “Slow down!” followed by a comment relating my driving skills to the presence of a second X chromosome. Mixed with anger at his comment and that pit of your stomach nervousness of an almost-collision, I did the first thing that came to mind: I…

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  What do you mean, the bridges are closed today?

  Stephanie Melka | Thu, Nov 1st, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: stephanie melka, long distance runninng, marathon sunday, new york city marathon | 0

  

  Marathon Weekend in NYC: Transportation nightmare, or runners dream?
  By Stephanie Melka

  Anyone who lives or works in New York City has probably noticed the multiple orange construction signs that have gone up in the past few weeks. These signs are warning commuters of street closings this Sunday, November 4^th. What makes these different from your typical road sign, however, is they are indicating closure of 26.2 miles of roads, highways, and bridges tracing through all five…

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  If a man is shot in North Brooklyn, does it make a sound five miles away?

  Stephanie Melka | Sat, Oct 27th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: new york city, brooklyn, lawn, stephanie melka, prospect park, shooting, if a man is shot, gun violence | 0

  Whenever I meet someone unfamiliar with New York City, one of the questions I am invariably asked is, “What’s a borough?” To put it simply, a borough is a county. Each borough has a Borough President, though practically it is the mayor of NYC with most executive power. Five boroughs make up the city: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island.

  As mentioned in my previous post, I currently live in Brooklyn, so that’s where we’ll start. One of the striking things I’ve…

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