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• The cost of the city's "Renewal Program" to fix ailing schools is skyrocketing.
   
• Watch out for rip currents in the waters off a popular Queens beach. – Rockaway Beach
   
• Queens is about to open up a whole bunch of pre-K spots as the DOE plans to turn a closed Catholic school into a new pre-K building. – Astoria
   
• Keep an eye out for an alligator on your next visit to Flushing Meadows Corona Park. – Flushing
   
• A police officer delivered a baby in the PATH Station at the World Trade Center. – Financial District
   
• The long-awaited pedestrian connector between the Bronx and Randall's Island will open soon. – Port Morris
   
• The $1.72 million reconstruction of the Paul Raimonda Playground is underway. – Astoria
   
• A Legionnaires' outbreak has killed eight and sickened nearly 100 with the pneumonia-like disease. – South Bronx
   
• Highbridge Park MIGHT be getting an ice rink! The Parks Department has issued a RFP for the construction of a seasonal ice rink at the park, but it's not the first time the query has been put out. – Washington Heights
   
• Lastly, we have to give a shout-out to Netflix. The company said this week that it will now offer a full year of parental leave with pay for moms and dads. I suddenly feel a bit better about those monthly subscription fees.  –Parents Everywhere

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