From The Artists Studio
     Can you set this to a rap? "Talent alone does not guarantee earning a living in the real world. It must be accompanied by a basic business, financial and legal knowledge." OK, so maybe you would have to change the words a bit to fit the cadence. But this was the underlying theme of a visio...
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Beachcomber
     Beachgoers will probably not know until the Memorial Day weekend which beaches will be open and which will be closed. The lifeguard stands put on all of the beaches recently gave no clues to those beaches that will be closed.
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Chatting With Chapey
by Dr. Geraldine M. Chapey
     HEARTSHARE FIRST STEP: 12TH ANNUAL BENEFIT DINNER
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Dot on Roxbury by Dotty Taphouse
     Some very exciting events here in Roxbury! We have two new members of the Taphouse clan to welcome this week. First, Craig and Jeanine Livingston are the proud parents of a baby boy. Stephen Edward, 10 lbs, 22 ¼ inches, was born at 1:45 a.m. on May 29.
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From the G-Man by Gary G. Toms
     Where Are The Black Leaders?
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Historical Views by Emil Lucev
      As we know from past Historical Views, the Caffrey family sold it’s its interest in Far Rockaway Beach to a syndicate in 1906 – after the summer season was over. The changeover took place during 1907 and was completed for the 1908 season.
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LOOKING BACKWARD
What The Wave Said 20 Years Ago This Week
     Police patrolling the 100 Precinct issued more than 1,300 summonses over the Memorial Day weekend. The majority were for parking violations, but many were given for peddling and public drinking as well.
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Meet The Irish by Harry McGuirk
     County Cork born comedian, actor Joe Lynch, known to millions as Dinny, is suing the national television station here in Ireland.
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On The Beach… With Beverly Baxter
     Although the weather could have been better, I do hope your Memorial Day weekend was memorable, and in some private way, recognized all those who gave of their lives so that we can enjoy a freedom and moral standard of living that is incomparable to most places in the world.
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School Scope by Howard Schwach
Some odds and ends from the education scene:
      The school in which I work recently got a package from the Education Department in Washington, D.C. It was addressed to "Principle, JHS 202" instead of "Principal, JHS 202." Is it any wonder that things are as they are if the federal bureaucracy that is mismanaging education can...
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Rockaway Short Takes
      The Daily News did a picture story last Sunday on the city’s monuments to our fallen veterans. There were pictures and stories on ten such monuments in New York. Guess which ones were not mentioned? Despite the fact that we have the Doughboy Monument, which is one of the oldest in the city and the ...
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