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March 30, 2002  RSS feed
Huge Turnout For NAACP Meetings On Narc Tactics
e Macedonia Baptist Church, located at 330 Beach 67 Street, was filled to capacity on March 19, as hundreds of people from the eastern sector of the peninsula attended an NAACP meeting. The meeting was called to address allegations of misconduct by the Queens Narcotics Unit in the Far Rockaway area. Two such cases were featured in separate front-page stories that appeared recently in The Wave. More...
$10 Million Cut! 300 Teachers, Guidance Counselors, Programs On Block
By Howard Schwach

The $686 million cut mandated for the entire school system has come home to roost in District 27. The district has been notified by Chancellor Harold Levy that its share of the cut will come to $10 million. More...

New Life For Old Courthouse
By Howard Schwach

The old courthouse on Beach 92 Street and Beach Channel Drive, after being abandoned for more than 30 years, has been reportedly purchased by a developer who plans to revitalize it as an office building. More...

 Community
• article has image 101 Precinct Tops In Crime Reduction
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...
• Fed Surplus Property Available to Vets
• Honors for Rockaway Point Resident
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 Sports
• And I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues! The Ranger Makeover
The Rangers season is funny, as their second half has turned out to be like that awful sequel to a great movie, Caddyshack 2. More...
• Sorrentino Hosts 2002 Double Dutch Tournament
• Keep Your Mouth Shut And Just Play Ball
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 Editorial/Opinion
• Saving School Music Programs
We recently attended a cultural festival at M.S. 180 and were amazed by the level of musical talent displayed by the students. Most notably, the Beach Channel High School band, and chorus, performed a number of selections to absolute perfection. More...
• Where Kids Are Concerned, Cut From The Top
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 Letters
• Bizarre Letter
I am writing in response to Susan Ehresman's rather bizarre letter attacking the "Four Concerned Parents" who wrote the previous week detailing alleged abuses of power within the inner workings of P.S. 114. I do not have children in the school but I have friends and family who do. When I read the original letter from the parents, I found it to be a well-written, reasonable account of what these parents saw as injustices. However, the allegations were so incredible, that I thought some of them had to be somewhat exaggerated. More...
• Former PS 114 Student
• Giving Credit
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 Obits
• Obituaries Annie Doris Christian
Annie Doris Christian, born in Albany, Georgia, was a long time resident of the Rockaway community. She passed away on March 18, 2002 at the age of 73. More...
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