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Barbara Morris, the owner of West End Realty in Rockaway Park, has brokered several deals that will allow Rockaway to have a fireworks show this July 4. Morris contacted several funding sources and, with the assistance of the Chamber of Commerce, she got it done. The schedule now calls for the fireworks display to begin at 9:30 p.m. on the Fourth from the foot of Beach 116 Street. More ... It's official! Summer's here! Did you know that in spite of all the rain we've had, experts say we're still having a drought? I guess none of the rain fell over the reservoirs! More ... The initial concept behind "Lights On For Education" was a statewide push by parents and educators to secure adequate funding for our schools. More ... Michawl Edward Lennon entered our world on June 8th, 2002 weighing 7 lbs 9 oz. Michael is the son of Stephen and Maureen Lennon, grandson of Jim & Alice Cowan and Buddy & Maureen Lennon (22nd grandchild). Congratulations! More ... Brush up on your movie trivia! Beginning each "Movies by Moonlight" evening will be a fun, fact-packed movie trivia quiz. Rumble through the clutter that is your mind to recall some favorite memories of films past. Laud it over your friends and family that you remember more than they do about recent and not so recent flicks. Then settle back and enjoy a couple of clever, amusing shorts followed by the main features More ... Credibility is the key. For those who deal with the public in any way. For business people, teachers, cops, doctors, nurses, firefighters, clerks involved with the bureaucracy and, I suppose, for newspaper editors as well. When any of those people or groups of people (or, the institution they work for) loses credibility, they might as well fold up their tents and slink silently into the night. More ... Last weekend, I had the privilege of conducting a yoga workshop at the Rockaway Artist Alliance ArtFrenzy. More ... Everyone loves to be outdoors during warm weather, and for many of us, food plays a major role in our outdoor activities. More ... As we once again write our weekly column there is so much to mention. Mayor Michael Bloomberg got the official green light to take control of the Board of Education as the governor signed the legislation. Effective 2003, community boards will no longer exist. More ... As the season warms and mosquito eggs hatch by the zillions gadrillions, there were hopes that the Dubos Point (aka Mosquito Point at B. 63 Street in Arverne) travesty would be ended with a new Mayor and Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe. But these hopes were dashed/trashed when by letter of April 24 Michael Feller, Deputy Chief of the Natural Resource Group at DPR, complained of a "backlog of EQBA projects." More ... |
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