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January 11, 2003  RSS feed
Baby Whale Dies On Rockaway Beach
Beached Two-Year-Old Calf Too Weak To Save
A baby sperm whale weighing nearly four tons that floated up on a Fort Tilden beach last Friday was shot to death on Monday when rescue workers decided that the 22-foot long mammal could not be saved. More...
PS 114 ‘Not In The Rezoning Plan’
Zoning Meeting Monday At MS 180
By Howard Schwach

Despite a number of plans that would have changed the attendance zone of PS 114 on Beach 135 Street, the president of the school board told The Wave that "the rezoning of PS 114 is not going to be included in the rezoning plan." More...

New York’s Finest!
101 Precinct Leads City In Crime Reduction
By Gary G. Toms

Well, Deputy Inspector Kenneth Lindahl and his "Big Blue Crew" have done it again. For the second consecutive year, the 101 Precinct has soared to the number one spot for crime reduction throughout the city, as determined by COMPSTAT. More...

 Community
• Breezy Point Resident Inducted To Civil Court
Timothy J. Dufficy, a resident of Breezy Point, was elected to the Civil Court, City of New York in November 2002. The induction took place on December 19, 2002. More...
• Cadets Will Sign Up At M.S. 198
• Doo-Wop Concert Set For January 25
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 Columnists
• Beachcomber
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...
• Boyle-ing Points
• Broad Channel Bits
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 Sports
• article has image McManus Finishes Her Travels/ McCormack Sparks Adelphi
The long arduous journey for Janelle McManus, the Belle Harbor native who played with powerhouse Bishop Kearney, is over. A former high school star, who averaged 29 points as a senior and helped the Tigers win three state high school championships, has found a home at Fairfield University in Connecticut. More...
• Far Rock Scales Girls Track Team Achieves Heights
• article has image Esposito Wins OT Thriller At Christmas Tournament
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 Editorial/Opinion
• Toy Guns May Not Be Much Fun
The recent tragic shooting of a young man who held a BB gun to the head of an undercover police officer once again underlines the need for a tough state law that makes it illegal to manufacture or sell a toy gun that looks so real that it fools even the experts. More...
• Unfunded Mandates May Leave Children Behind
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 Letters
• Clean Up Your Act!
During the Christmas season I had the occasion to drive to Rockaway to visit a relative More...
• Editorial Clinches It!
• Face To Face With Vladimir
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 Obits
• Obituaries
Michael J. Broderick
Michael J. Broderick, born in Brooklyn, was a life long resident of the Rockaway community who died on December 28, 2002. More...
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