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City Council Speaker A. Gifford Miller will address the Good Government Regular Democratic club on Thursday June 23. More ...
Busy Bee Learning Store has moved to 114-07 Rockaway Beach Boulevard. The store carries student and teacher merchandise as well as educational toys, workbooks and DVD’s. More ...
The Installation of the Members of the Legion of Mary. Pictured with the members of the Legion are Fr. Fulgencio Gutierrez, Moderator, and Fr. Jim Cunningham, Pastor. More ... Beachcomber There has been lots of comment the past week about Edward Re’s comments at a recent Rockaway Park Homeowners and residents Association meeting. Re, the president of the organization, is in favor of the present parking ban on Rockaway Beach Boulevard, which is certainly his right. He is being challen More ...
Private Pedro Martinez recently graduated from Army National Guard at Fort Benning, Georgia, Infantry Brigade. He is the son of Mildred and Pedro Martinez of Rockaway Park. More ...
Frederick Anthony Teich was born on June 19, 2004 at 9:12 p.m. weighing 8 lbs. 4 oz. He is the son of Fred and Yvonne Teich of Belle Harbor. More ...
Clare Droesch of Rockaway Park graduated from Boston College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology on May 23, 2005. Droesch was a star forward for her college basketball team and led the Eagles to four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances. More ...
Alex Wander celebrated his Bar Mitzvah at the Bay Terrace Jewish Center on May 7 in Bayside. The reception was held at the Swan Club in Glenwood Landing. Among the attendees included his parents, Errol and Clare, brother Michael, grandparents Jack and Ruth Wander of Belle Harbor and grandma Callie. More ...
Gena Boggiano Cholakis, a former student of St. Francis de Sales, graduated on June 3, 2005 from Poly Prep Country Day School, receiving a diploma with honors. Cholakis who was recently inducted into the Cum Laude Society will be attending Cornell University in September. More ...
Imani K. Gasby has graduated from the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation Sorrentino Educational Pre-Kindergarten program as valedictorian of her class. Gasby received a plaque for her honor. She is the daughter of Theron Dordan. More ... Scranton Graduates Three Locals Three Rockaway residents recently graduated from the University of Scranton. Christina Espinal of Far Rockaway received a Bachelor of Arts in Communications, while Bernadette Heeran and Maura A. Keenan, both of Belle Harbor, received Bachelor of Science degrees in Nursing. More ...
Constance Maltese and the Rockaway Artist Alliance (RAA) hosted a one-woman show at Fort Tilden last week. The paintings, all featuring women in history, drew large crowds to the Rockaway Center for the Arts. Pictured, Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer, RAA President Geoff Rawling, Wave Publisher Susan L More ...
Thomas J. Mitchell, a partner with McCanliss and Early, has been named chair of the New York State Bar Association’s 2,800-member General Practice Section. A graduate of Fordham University Law, Mitchell is a member of the Queens Bar Association and the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Brooklyn. More ...
The Rockaway Museum held its second annual fundraiser at Pier 92 last Sunday. Large crowds enjoyed the food, music by Velvet Rose and many exciting auctions. Pictured, Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer addresses the crowd as Museum Director Susan Locke looks on. More ...
Precisely one year after opening its first units to new owners, officials at Arverne By The Sea, the new community that will eventually encompass more than 2,000 housing units, a community center, stores and a school, presented a update to elected officials and community activists. The update was he... More ...
The Rockaway Theatre Company’s 2005 season of great theatrical entertainment is presently in full swing. More ...
Local Artist Esther Grillo with her work honoring the beach. More ... Richard Marx At NorthFork Theater, July 13 Richard Marx brings his contemporary pop hits to the North Fork Theatre at Westbury, on Wednesday, July 13, at 8pm. More ...
P.S. 114Q incoming Principal I.A., Stephen P. Grill hosted the Region 5 - promulgated Water and Beach Safety DVD presentation on Monday morning, June 13 at a series of assembly programs. Narrated by M.S. 202 Media Teacher and Chief Lifeguard Janet Fash detailed the do’s and dont’s regarding swimmin More ... Bellamy Earns Several Awards For Essay M.S. 53 student Jeffrey Bellamy has been honored for his participation in an essay contest sponsored by the Women’s Industrial Service League. His essay, “The Value of Education for the African-American Community”, was selected by the league and earned Bellamy a $500 scholarship. More ... Father McDonnell Celebrates 40 Years Of Service Father Tom McDonnell will celebrate the 40th anniversary of his ordination this month. Father McDonnell presided over his first Mass at St. Francis de Sales Church. More ...
Eighteen missionaries from the Lynbrook District of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, under the tutelage of Geoff Rawling, president of the Rockaway Artists Alliance, recently gave “Whalemena The Whale” a facelift. Rawling has been spearheading the project for more than two years. More ... Relay For Life At Beach Channel High School The American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life will be held at Beach Channel High School on June 18 & 19 from 6 p.m. to 10 a.m. More ...
The response to last week’s picture of Beach 95 Street and Rockaway Beach Boulevard in 1952 stirred was so great that we decided to run one more old photograph of that year’s Memorial Day Parade. This one shows more of the shops that once lined the boulevard. At what street was the photograph taken... More ... Rock ‘N Roll Still The Staple At Westbury Music Fair They say “Rock ‘n’ Roll will never die,” and at the North Fork Theatre at Westbury that’s as true today as it was yesterday. All summer long, Westbury will present a series of classic rock and oldies concerts showcasing the best of the rock era with performances by artists such as Steve Winwood (6/ More ... Parents: PS 225 To Be Rezoned For RB Cashin: Not True, Only Reorganization By Howard Schwach Controversy continues to swirl around Public School 225 in the wake of the school’s reorganization by the New York City Department of Education. More ... Safe Boating Classes The Brooklyn Power Squadron will offer safe boating classes at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn starting Monday, July 11. The classes will consist of two hours of instruction for four weeks. A certificate will be awarded at the completion of the final class. More ... Summer School Programs Set For Peninsula By Howard Schwach The Department of Education has announced that summer school programs for public school students will begin on Tuesday, July 5. More ...
By Beverly Baxter After seven arduous years in which the plan was in limbo, Middle School 180 was posthumously named for the Guidance Counselor Gerald R. Dever last Wednesday. The dedication took place on Wednesday, June 15 at 10 am at the school where a formal plaque was unveiled and placed on the interior wall in t More ...
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Police are investigating after gunfire erupted early Wednesday morning in the lobby of a walkup apartment in Far Rockaway. More ...
By Howard Schwach A Far Rockaway man was nabbed by units from the 101 Precinct and Nassau County Police Department on Bayfield Avenue in Lawrence on Tuesday afternoon, after he fired a number of shots at four unidentified men nearby Nameoke Street and Redfern Avenue at about 3:45 p.m. Police sources identify the shoo More ... Police Seek Man Who Held Up Rockaway Beach McDonalds He robbed the Golden Arches, now the cops need your help to put him behind bars. Police are looking for a man who held up the McDonald’s in Rockaway Beach last Sunday morning and got away with hundreds of dollars in cash. More ... Honoring Teachers – Striking Teachers A real way to honor teachers In my last column (Mer-it-oc-ra-cy – June 3) I explored the theme of whether merely throwing money at teachers based on the “results” they get in the classroom – as defined by the powers that be – is a way to recruit and honor people. More ...
M.S. 53’s first Marching Band, under the direction of music teacher Aminah Majied, participated in the 2005 Memorial Day Parade on May 30. The band marched from Beach 129 Street to Beach 94 Street. Principal Claude Monereau and Assistant Principal Clarissa Rene marched along with the thirty-piece ba... More ...
As the senior class graduated at Stella Maris, the newly elected executive board members took their positions for the 2005-06 school year. Pictured are board members Christina Comis, Kathleen Monahan, Camille King, Heather Maloney (Student Council President), Michelle Raaf, Linhadley Eljach, Student... More ...
Administration, faculty, staff and students at St. Edmund High School recently participated in the annual blood drive at the school. 109 members of the school community gave blood to attending members of the Maimonides Medical Center staff in the school gymnasium. School nurse and blood drive coordi... More ...
Science “fires the mind” of P.S. 114 students as demonstrated by the vast array of projects exhibited at the school’s Science Fair. More ...
Congressman Vito Fossella awarded Vincent Montonaro of Neponsit with the First Place Readers are Leaders award. Montonaro attends Adelphi Academy in Bay Ridge and received an $80 savings bond in addition to his award. More ...
The children of Little Tots Red Wagon Nursery and UPK of Breezy Point once again were shining stars during the month of May. More ...
The Stella Maris Chorus, directed by Silvestre Pardon, performed at Carnegie Hall on May 31. The chorus performed as part of the National Women’s Festival Chorus. Selections from the event included the Kyrie, Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei from Benjamin Britten’s Missa Brevis in D; Edward Elgar’s... More ...
More than a dozen professionals visited P.S. 183 to speak at Career Day on May 24. Students from pre-kindergarten to the sixth grade were dressed to impress the visitors. More ...
Andrea Monique Stevenson-Duncan and New York City Council Member James Sanders Jr. joyously announced their wedding to be held on Saturday, July 9, 2005 at 4 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Far Rockaway, located at 896 Central Avenue at Beach 9 Street. More ... Teacher – Student Game Caps CVSR Season With most of their citywide tests (except the 9th grade Regents) behind them, the students of the Channel View School for Research basketball team donned their uniforms and headed for the Beach Channel High School gym at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, June 3, with the “objective” of teaching their teachers More ... Breezy Point Par Tee Golf- June 9, 2005 By Peg Ansbro If it makes you feel better about your golf game remember the words of Billy Graham—“The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.” More ...
Local resident and activist, Joseph Mure, Jr., (left) recently presented Robert V. Levine, President and Chief Executive Officer of Peninsula Hospital Center (right) with a check in the amount of $31,500.00. Through Mure’s fundraising efforts throughout the year on behalf of the Juvenile Diabetes Re... More ... MoMA Lecturer To Speak At Seaside Library Museum of Modern Art lecturer Jennifer Katanic will give a talk about modern art at the Seaside Branch Library on Friday, June 24 at 2 p.m. More ... Weiner To Mayor: I’ll Go With You This weekend, Mayor Bloomberg will go to Ghana to make a pitch for the Olympics, says Congressman Anthony Weiner in a prepared statement. Weiner announced that he had sent a letter to the Mayor offering to participate in the trip in a bi-partisan spirit, if it would assist the bid. Weiner released t More ...
The history of St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, South Shore, is testimony to the dedication of religious institutions to service of the sick and needy and their striving to provide quality medical care. Until 1905, people from Neponsit to Rockville Centre who had become seriously ill had to make a lon More ...
As part of the Rockaway Museum’s sponsored Cartooning Workshops at the Seaside Library, three young women developed characters that visually and verbally voiced their observations. More ... |
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