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The drought is officially over. DEP Commissioner Christopher Ward has announced that there has been a sufficient rainfall in the upstate watershed area during the past three months to raise reservoir levels well past the norm for this time of the year. More ... New Year's Day was certainly rainy and very wet, but gratefully, we did not have any snow dropped on us as snow has a nasty habit of accumulating! And, apparently, at least some of the rain is falling over and into the upstate reservoirs-their capacity is quite a bit higher than usual for this time of the year. More ... On January 1, Judge Timothy J. Dufficy began his new career as a Judge of the Civil Court of New York. More ... It was with great relief to find the Breezy Point Drug Awareness program is still being held every Tuesday evening. We have been late in starting this, but thank God we are now taking an active part in bringing to our youth the dangers and pitfalls of drug abuse. More ... Happy and Healthy New Year! As a new year begins we all have hopes and aspirations to better ourselves. For most of us we focus on a physical transformation to lose weight, tone our bodies etc. More ... Sean Coveney was a gentleman. Sean Coveney was a gentle man. He was an artist at life as well as at a canvas. Sean was a man of profound passion and concern for the world around him and for those inhabiting that world. More ... I bid on a crystal ball on E-bay, never thinking that $1.65 would be the winning bid, but it was. When it arrived at The Wave, I tried to clean it up a bit with paper towel, and a vision that looked something like a television show popped into view. More ... After meeting with the mother of Thomas Johnson this week, I have decided to reprint a column I wrote two years ago. As I promised Mrs. Johnson, it is in memory of her murdered son. More ... It was Christmas Day, 2002. My family was gathered around the tree. There was a glowing fire in the fireplace and a rousing game of Monopoly was under way. More ... Whether you were cuddled up by a roaring fire with the one you love or ringing in the New Year at a roaring party, I hope your New Year's was fun, safe, and filled with love. More ... Welcome to 2003. We hope this New Year will be better than the last. The Good Government Regular Democratic Club would like to invite everyone to join us on our monthly Atlantic City bus trip to Trump Marina this Saturday, January 11. More ... Has anyone looked closely at the trestle that runs down Rockaway's spine lately? Recently driving along Rockaway Beach Boulevard, I happened to look up at what usually just fades into a kind of featureless background for me . More ... |
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