The 112th Precinct auxiliary officers have been distributing fliers warning the community about an increase in burglaries.

One important thing you can do is report something if you see it. Also, if you have any video equipment in your apartment buildings, stores, or homes, please make sure it is working. This past year the precinct was able to arrest burglars by using video images.

(BPT) - Decongestant, check. Sunscreen, check. Antacids, check. So you’re going on vacation and your bag is well-stocked with remedies for every illness that could possibly derail your good time – from sunburn to an upset stomach. While you’re taking steps to preserve your good health on vacation, don’t overlook the body part that will carry you through all that fun: your feet.

(BPT) - You may think having golf-course green grass requires hours of work each day, but if you want the best lawn on the block, it’s as easy as coming up with a plan. The secret? When it comes to lawn maintenance, it’s never too early to prepare your course of action. Starting now and focusing on specific to-do’s each month ensures you’ll have grass you can be proud of all year long.

(NAPSI)—For many, cold weather can mean dry, irritated skin. In fact, it’s estimated that almost 20 percent of people in the U.S. suffer from severely dry skin or eczema—a general term that refers to skin that is inflamed, swollen and irritated. Red, itchy, irritated skin that doesn’t properly retain moisture is a common symptom of eczema. Fortunately, there are ways to help prevent eczema and treat it when it flares up.

(BPT) - Protecting your skin from the sun is a 365 day-a-year job. Summer is officially over, but all the sun exposure from sunny days at a beach, playing outdoor sports or soaking up the rays may have damaged your skin, forming dark brown spots that make your skin look dull and lackluster. Even sun exposure during the winter months can harm your skin. UVA rays, called the rays of aging, are everywhere and can penetrate even on cloudy days and through glass windows in your home or car. These rays are responsible for damage like wrinkles, brown spots and skin cancer. Sun damage is cumulative and begins in childhood, so protecting from the early ages – babies too - with sun protection or clothing is an important step.

Your skin changes as you get older. Many factors influence this change, including sun exposure, genetics, age, and your choice of skin care.

Your skin changes as you get older. Many factors influence this change, including sun exposure, genetics, age, and your choice of skin care.

With his foot-high strawberry blond hair, loose-fitting tuxedo, white gloves and spats, 42-year-old clown Bello Nock is easy to recognize.

It’s a new year and maybe time to look at oatmeal in a new way.

If you visit Flushing Meadows Corona Park between now and Saturday, you’ll see a peculiar thing: Some 80 runners repeating a one-mile loop over and over again, day and night.

Strawberries are the first fruit to ripen in the spring and what a glorious addition to the palate after a long winter of deprivation for our taste buds.

There is no swimming; there are no seashells and no jellyfish. But the East River breeze that blows across Long Island City’s first beach is as refreshing as the ocean’s, and the sunburns are just as authentic.

The Medical Society of the State of New York advises that too much summer sunlight in early adulthood may increase the risk for developing age-related maculopathy, an eye disorder that can cause blindness, according to an article in the Archives of Ophthalmology, a publication of the American Medical Association.

Let’s face it. We are probably the unhealthiest generation yet. We’re less active because of our love of TV and video games, not to mention the non-athletic nature of chatting online. Add to that fast-food dining—just about the most convenient thing because of price and availability, especially when we only have a half-hour in between school and work, right?

During the summer months, New Yorkers are especially vulnerable to hot weather hazards. Heat waves are particularly dangerous for the elderly, children and the infirmed. The New York City Department For The Aging and the New York City Office of Emergency Management offers the following information:

Ilana’s Pharmacy is a new pharmacy at 180-30 Union Turnpike in Jamaica Estates.

On an average day, more than 1 million Americans visit tanning salons. Many of those people are high school and college students who want to get a base tan before heading to the beach or the pool.

Ridgewood author Anne-Marie Brumm, like several well-known authors who have sought to tap the spirit of a chosen location, has found self-definition through her prose and poetry set in Israel.