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Ocean House Owners Nailed!
Taub And Son Arrested For Stealing Millions From Facility
By Gary G. Toms
Sherman Taub, 57, and his son, Judah, 33, were arrested and charged last week with stealing more than $2 million from Ocean House, an adult care facility for the mentally disabled located at 12-14 Heyson Road in Far Rockaway. The two men are accused of bilking more than $2 million from the 125-bed f... More...
NTSB To Snub 587
Witness Meeting
By Howard Schwach

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has told The Wave and the Rockaway community thanks, but no thanks, by turning down an invitation by both this paper and Congressman Anthony Weiner to attend a meeting where the agency would be able to listen to what the eyewitnesses to the crash of Am... More...

New Budget Brings ‘Goodies’
By Howard Schwach

The New York City budget recently negotiated between Mayor Mike Bloomberg and the City Council holds lots of hope for Rockaway, according to both of the city councilpersons that represent the peninsula and Broad Channel, Joe Addabbo and James Sanders. More...

Groundbreaking Set For Arverne By The Sea
By Howard Schwach

For more than 35 years, the Arverne Urban Renewal Area has laid fallow, the object of many failed development plans. More...

 Community
•Community Board 14 Meeting
There will be a meeting of the Design Sub-Committee of Community Board 14 on July 17 at 7 p.m. It will be held at The Sunset Diner on Beach 116 Street. The topic for discussion will be the World Trade Center 9/11 Memorial. More...
•Completes Machinist Course
•Pickett Completes Training
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 Columnists
•Beachcomber
The families of Flight 587 victims, most of whom live in Washington Heights, met in the Bronx last week to decry the treatment they are getting from the city. "They only think about the World Trade Center," said one woman who lost both her mother and father in the crash. "We need our community leade... More...
•Boyle-ing Points by Kevin Boyle
•Broad Channel Bits by Liz Guarino
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 Sports
•Hopes, Dreams, Home Runs And The Who
A sellout crowd at the ballpark, parents attend with their children, hot dogs are eaten, the mascot plays with the children and all people have a great time. Of course you find that at Yankee and Shea Stadium, but Keyspan Park is the becoming one of the next hottest places to be. More...
•Mighty Yellow Loses
But Come Out Winners
•PAL Launches Summer
Programs In The Rockaway
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 Editorial/Opinion
•Credibility Matters
Over the last few months, credibility has become a topic of discussion for many in America. While Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, ImClone and other business juggernauts are collapsing, due to shady stock transactions and unscrupulous accounting practices, public confidence is waning, and people are losing th... More...
•‘Minimally Adequate’ Is Just Not Good Enough
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 Letters
•A Sense of Safety in Rockaway
I have been considering living in Nassau and have found more corruption that I have ever believed possible. The police do not come to apprehend auto drivers who back into sidewalk pedestrians and drive away, nor do they want to find a girl who physically attacked a 62-year old woman, threw her into ... More...
•Disavows Writing Letter
•Do What The G-Man Says!
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 Calendar
•Broad Channel Bits
Golden Age Club of Broad Channel – every Thurs. (1 - 4 p.m.) - Christ Presbyterian Hall. More...
•Courses/Workshops
•Gateway Happenings
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 Obits
•Obituaries
Tessie Bendo
Tessie Bendo, a resident of Neponsit for nearly 50 years, passed away on June 4, 2002. More...
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