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The numbers are in, and the 101st Precinct in Far Rockaway has come in first, out of 76 precincts throughout the city, in crime reduction. More ... New York State Senator Malcolm A. Smith (D-Queens) today announced the availability of various ornamental military items that can be donated to veterans organizations and related groups for military displays and ceremonies. More ... The seventh grade students at P.S. 47 in Broad Channel attended an opening night performance of "Urban Tap" at the Joyce Theater. Students could barely sit still as the instrumental rhythms and dance; a combination of African, Caribbean, and Brazilian art forms rocked the audience. More ... The Women and Children Family Enterprise, Inc. is happy to announce that their Parent Training Institute is conducting parent workshops at the Edgemere Community from March 30 to May 4. Women and Children Family Enterprise, Inc. is a not-for-profit women controlled organization whose primary goal is to provide services and programs for women and their families to strengthen the family system and enhance the quality of life socially, educationally and culturally for women and children. More ... For a number of years, members of the Queens Indo-Caribbean community who practice Hinduism have been creating a makeshift worship area on the beach beneath and around the southern foot of the bridge which links Howard Beach and the island of Broad Channel. The Joseph Addabbo Bridge, which crosses Jamaica Bay, is the place where Sattie (Ann) Narain, a Guyanese immigrant, came each Sunday to pray for her son during the three years he was being treated for cancer. She sought solace in prayer there after her only child, Kevin Chetram, died of his illness on January 23rd. He would have been six years old the day after his funeral. More ... |
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