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Friday, June 26, 2009

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• intro 
• OUR FATHER WHO ART IN NEWARK 
  Monica Miller reports on community efforts in Newark’s North Ward to convince the Catholic Archdiocese to let a popular retired priest stay at the local parish.
• SPREADING THE WORD ON HEALTH CARE 
  Brian Pace reports on a new medical program making its way around New York City’s church’s giving congregations access to free health testing.
• IMPROVING NJ BICYCLE SAFETY 
  The number of bicyclists killed on New Jersey roads doubled last year. Eugene Sonn looks at how towns are and are not making roads safer for those on two wheels.
• BILLY THE GREEK 
  Jon Kalish has a profile of Billy The Greek, a real New York character and legendary fisherman.
• TAKE ME OUT TO THE NEW BALLPARK 
  Michael Bourne took advantage of this week’s local appearance of his beloved St. Louis Cardinals to make his first visit to Citifield. He sizes up the Mets’ brand new stadium.
• outro 

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