He hopes to open a constituent office in Washington Heights, the heart of New York's Dominican community.

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Marina Pena, 40, a school counselor from Washington Heights, said she'd prefer to be more eco-friendly, but it's not her decision.

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Looking at 2, 250 individuals from the Washington Heights-Inwood Columbia Aging Project, researchers found a 40 percent lower risk among those who stuck to this diet, scientists reported in the Annals of Neurology in 2006.

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In fact, she got to name my mother, Dolores, because by the time my mother came along my immigrant grandparents, Sam and Molly, were running a dress shop and tailoring business in Washington Heights, Manhattan, near or on Dyckman Street.

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Cathy is a technology teacher and student learning plan advisor at Edmonds Heights K-12 school in Edmonds, Washington.

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