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Over the past weekend, many of the daily papers published specials dedicated to those who were killed in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center last year. More ... It's not officially Fall, but some days it feels like it. The children are all back in school and the clubs are starting up again. It almost feels like the world has been cranked up a notch! More ... Best wishes for a healthy and happy New Year to my Jewish friends and neighbors. This is a time to reflect on the past and begin again to build on our successes and accomplishments. More ... It is one day before the anniversary of the collapse of the WTC Towers and the media is filled with every detail of the event imaginable. We listen to the feelings of the loved ones of those lost and reflect and ponder the enormity of it all hoping the coming day will soon be over for we dread the regurgitation of it all. More ... As may of you know, my husband Howie and I owned the Roxbury Sweet Shoppe for 40 years. It is nice to see my granddaughter, Jeannie Livingston and her husband Craig Livingston are following in our footsteps by opening an ice cream parlor, S.S. More ... As the school year begins, it seems appropriate to, once again, stretch those little brain cells with the (trumpet fanfare, please) 14th (or maybe 13th) Rockaway Artists Alliance Test Your Art Knowledge Quiz. More ... Now that the feds have ruled that it is ok for the chancellor to choose district superintendents, local school board members might just as well pack up their tents and slink away into the night. More ... There are those within the Rockaway community (at the east and west ends) who think that I have a bitter disposition because of the positions I take on certain issues. More ... A film of the same name was previewed at The Beach Club last Monday night. The film was about the women of Rockaway and their loss from the tragedy of September 11. The film was sensitively made with interviews of several women who described their feelings so poignantly that it made you sad and proud at the same time. More ... Efforts to save the vacant hotel at 2400 Seagirt Boulevard in Far Rockaway were unsuccessful last week as the wooden structure burned to the ground. Called the "Phoenix House," because it was last used by that anti-drug group, the hotel had been one of the grand hotels that once lined the Rockaway shore. More ... To my Jewish friends, may you have an easy fast and may you be inscribed in the Book of Life. More ... |
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