From The Artists Studio
Rockaway Artists Alliance
by Susan Hartenstein
     Flushing Town Hall presents a wide array of cultural events at affordable prices Under the Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts, the programs and exhibitions at Town Hall educate the public to the rich artistic heritage of this borough and of this city, as well as encourage the work of emerging ...
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Beachcomber
     Baseball lovers should get their tickets early for the Peninsula Hospital Center fundraiser, a game between the Brooklyn Cyclones and the Jamestown Jammers at the new and beautiful Keyspan Park at Coney Island Six bucks gets you a night of exciting professional baseball and gives you a chance to aid...
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Chatting With Chapey
by Dr. Geraldine M. Chapey
     Outreach Project Produces Millennium Miracles
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Dorothy Dunne
     Has the weather finally turned Let’s hope this weekend will be a dry one, only weatherwise, of course. It should start off with a big blast because Saturday is Family Day in Breezy Point and all the celebrations will close with Grucci Fireworks along the Jamaica Bay in front of Kennedy’s at 9:30 p.m...
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Dot on Roxbury by Dotty Taphouse
     Elizabeth Niles, daughter of Lisa and John Niles, and granddaughter of Cathy and Sal Gaeta and Diane and Paul Orilio celebrated her first birthday on June 21, 2001 Her big sister Caitlin graduated from Mark Twain School and attended her prom, which was also on June 21.
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Failte by James Conway Sullivan
      Well, there are a few new developments in our City Council race First and foremost, Dr. Geraldine Chapey, the thoroughbred of the pack, never released an announcement for her possible candidacy, thus eliminating herself from the race.
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From the G-Man by Gary G. Toms
     Friends In Unlikely Places

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Historical Views by Emil Lucev
The two photos in this week’s Historical Views provide a view of some huge and weird-looking ice formations left on the pilings of some bath houses in both the Hammels and West Arverne sections of Rockaway
      As often happens during severe storms, some structures are left untouched by the ravages of King Neptune while others are not.
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LOOKING BACKWARD
What The Wave Said 20 Years Ago This Week
Hearings will be held shortly on a Green Bus Line proposal to charge a $1 regular fare for local travel and a $3 express fare to Manhattan
     Patti McCracken and Frank McCabe, both of Rockaway, were recently engaged. They will be married next May 15. Both are dart enthusiasts who play in the Boardwalk Dart League.
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"Just remember in the winter, far beneath the bitter snow Lies a seed
that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes a rose."
     B.J Smith was just 19 years old when he was murdered on a calm Rockaway evening on June 22, 1999. His young life was violently taken in exchange for his bike and gold chain. Left in the wake of this unspeakably horrific tragedy are his family who struggle to heal and make sense out of the senseless ...
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Rockaway Short Takes
      There is nothing worse than a woman scorned, or so the old saying goes Al Stabile might be finding that fact out the hard way. It is beginning to look as if Stabile did what everybody says that he did, but it is also becoming clear that the facts came to light largely because Stabile chose to anoin...
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