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Here’s our list of the Best of the City 2009: Hardware Stores and Appliances. Not all of have websites – so they’re linked when available, but that’s not a sign of anything. These establishments were selected on the basis of repeated dealings with them, the criteria being honesty, reliability expertise and pricing – not necessarily [...]
From The Daily News, Thugs slay Brooklyn social worker Douglas Smith in fight over exercise equipment: A Brooklyn social worker described as “the picture of health” was slain at his neighborhood gym in a feud over exercise equipment. Douglas Smith, 50, was knifed and clobbered with a hammer by a pair of muscleheads who attacked [...]
Twice in the last two months, Mike’s Tech Shop has brought back to life comatose or apparently dead Macs for our household and for our dear friend and neighbor, the film editor David Lee. My wife’s Mac – written off as dead by another well-known and reputable (and usually pretty good) Apple repair place – [...]