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Belle Harbor resident Missy Reder is getting ready for the jog of her life – 20 miles from Rockaway to Red Hook in Brooklyn. “I’ve never run more than ten miles at one time in my life,” the vivacious blonde told The Wave this week. “This is going to be a new experience, but one way or another, I am going to make it.” More ... Belle Harbor resident Dino Trivlis was wandering around with his camera after last weekend’s storm and realized that on the streets that have no dunes, the ocean water came up onto the beach blo More ... The Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department held their 105th Annual Officers Installation Dinner Dance on February 28 at the North Channel Yacht Club. EMT of the year as awarded to Jeanine Dougherty. More ... The Peninsula Hospital Center Auxiliary members received an explanation of OMT, as well as a “hands on” demonstration of Osteopathic Manipulation Therapy (OMT) at their March meeting at the Hospital Center. Peter A. More ... Assemblywoman Audrey I. Pheffer met with the United Federation of Teachers in Albany when they arrived on March 9 for their annual lobby day to discuss their legislative agenda for 2010. More ... A Wave reader took this picture of what he believes is a wandering coyote, on Tuesday at 2:30 a.m., in front of his house on Bay 24 Street. More ... A new community program that will bring fresh organic food to the Rockaways will be introduced at a workshop that will be held by Culinary Kids CSA (which stands for Community-Supported Agriculture). To find out more everyone is invited to the workshop which will be held on Friday, March 26, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The workshop will be held at the Teaching Center Conference Room at St. More ... Assemblywoman Audrey I. Pheffer met with Queens District Attorney Richard Brown during a recent visit to Albany. More ... “Spring Greens” on Saturday, March 20 from 2:00 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. takes a look at the spring that has sprung and the signs that are everywhere – in the trees, on the shrubs, and even on ground level. A park ranger will investigate these greens with you on this first day of spring at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. More ... “The last Saturday in February is always reserved for our Annual Black History Month Celebration,” said Cornelius Heyward, minister of the Far Rockaway Church of Christ. “I think this year’s celebration was our best by far. We are anxiously looking forward to our new edifice that is scheduled to be competed by year’s end.” More ... St. John’s Episcopal Hospital held a ceremony honoring employees with many years of service on Friday, February 12, at a luncheon at the Imperial Room in Inwood, New York. Employees with five, ten, 15 years of service and up received commemorative pins. Those with 25 and 30 years of service received silver pens; those with 35 and 40 years of service received watches. More ... There will be a community rally to save the Rockaway commuter ferry service at Riis Landing on March 19 at 6 p.m., according to Democratic District Leader Lew Simon, who is organizing the rally. More ... Community RSS feed |
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