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Talamo Addresses Community Concerns At Meeting
By Gary G. Toms
     At last week’s 100 Precinct Community Council meeting, Captain Charles Talamo responded to a number of complaints regarding summonses being issued for activities ranging from walking on the beach/boardwalk after hours to surfing.
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Puerto Rican Power Player
How Education Catapulted Local Into The Political Spectrum
By Gary G. Toms
     If education truly is the key to success, Richard Colón is well on his way to becoming a major star in every sense of the word. At a point where Latinos are fast becoming key players in such key areas as news and media, entertainment and politics, Colón is doing his part to showcase the beauty and p...
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Grant Deadline For
WTC Victims Extended
     The Individual and Family Grant (IFG) program’s registration deadline for victims of the World Trade Center disaster has been extended to Nov. 30, 2002, announced federal and state recovery officials.
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Huhn Says ‘More Needs To Be Done’
     Kenneth Huhn, the Independence Party candidate for Assembly in the 23rd A.D., this week stated: "New York State has experienced a decline in crime.
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Local Schools Get Health Grant
     Rep. Anthony Weiner has announced today that Queens' Community School District 27, which includes all of Rockaway, has been awarded a $252,227 physical fitness program grant from the U.S.
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Pictures And Punchlines…
By Gary G. Toms
     The following is a new feature that will run in The Wave at least once a month. We hope that you will enjoy this latest addition to the paper. Oh, a friendly warning.
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Russo An Honoree
At PHC Annual Ball
     Frank Russo, Jr., member of the Board of Directors at Peninsula Hospital Center (PHC) in Far Rockaway, has been named honoree of the 95th Anniversary Ball, to be held on October 26, 2002 at The Sands in Atlantic Beach.
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Sanders Fights To Extend Benefits
     A resolution introduced by New York City Council member James Sanders, Jr., which called for the State and Federal government to extend unemployment insurance, was approved this week by the Council’s General Welfare Committee.
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Scholarships Available
To SUNY Maritime
     Both Assemblywoman Audrey I. Pheffer and State Senator Ada Smith have announced the "Cadet Appointment Program" for the State University of New York's Maritime College.
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Volunteers Will Give
Makeovers To Public Schools
     New York Cares is currently assembling a team of more than 8,000 volunteers to make more than 100 public schools in all five boroughs cleaner, brighter and in better repair for the school year, during the eleventh Annual New York Cares Day Serve-a-Thon on Saturday, October 19, 2002.
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Weiner Chides Bush On Jerusalem
     President Bush has signed the State Department's authorization bill into law, but in so doing, has disclaimed a provision providing for official U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
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Garden Club Show At RMAC
     The Shore Garden Club of Neponsit and Belle Harbor was pleased to present a juried flower show as an added attraction to the festival held last weekend by the Rockaway Music and Arts Council (RMAC).
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