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- ↑ "Resume".
- ↑ Grave's End: A True Ghost Story.
.. has also written for The Brooklyn Baron and
- ↑ "Patch User Profile for Holly Garguilo".
formerly served as managing editor of the Brooklyn Baron newspaper
- ↑ Week of May 28 - June 3, 1997: "Holocaust Survivor Seeks Restitution From German Government". The Brooklyn Baron.
- ↑ "SaltShaker Tidbits "Four"".
- ↑ "Oliver Gaspirtz".
- ↑ Elaine Mercado (2001). Grave's End: A True Ghost Story. ISBN 9780738700038.
Mercado, a locally published writer, has also written for The Brooklyn Baron and The Nursing Spectrum.
- ↑ Alice O'Neil (May 28, 1997). "Brooklyn and the Little Big Horn". The Brooklyn Baron. p. 6.
- ↑ "October 18, 1996 Trademarks".
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