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Sharon Bien, the Rockaway schoolteacher who died last month after her motorcycle collided with a truck, was recently memorialized at the school where she worked for 15 years. More ... With work proceeding apace on Rockaway Beach Boulevard from Beach 120 Street to Beach 126 Street (for the repaving) and from Beach 126 Street to Beach 139 Street (for the new center malls), many local residents have been forced to find new ways to get to and from home. More ... Pictured on the dock on the bay are, from left, RMAC President Barbara Eisenstadt, City Councilman Joe Addabbo, Barbara Morris and Susan Locke. More ... The PS 114 Drama Club and Chorus, in Partnership with the Rockaway theater company and Gateway National Recreation Area are presenting a play written by beloved local teacher Joan Diehl. More ... Like a thief in the night, somebody has been dumping their construction waste in the new Tribute Park under development at Beach 116 Street and Beach Channel Drive. More ... The two City Councilmembers who represent Rockaway will face challenges in the upcoming November election, according to a report recently released by the city More ... It is national dog awareness month and there are many rules for R ockaway residents to remember if they do not want to get ticketed by the police. More ... The Other Side of the Firehouse, a group formed to create support networks for the wives of firefighters, has scheduled a local meeting On Tuesday July 1st, at Russo More ... The Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum invites children and adults to celebrate Independence Day 2003 at the Red, White, and Blue Festival on Friday, July 4, starting at 11 a.m. More ... The fourth week of regular season RBVL activity was played on an overcast, cool night at Riis Park. Conditions were not ideal but they were quite a bit better than the Monsoon Games of June 4th. More ... Stan Pepper Steppers triumph again, winning the 30th Annual World Invitational Double Dutch Championships. The competition was held at the University Center in Sumter, South Carolina from June 13-14. More ... The Peninsula Hospital Center will once again sponsor a Rockaway Night at KeySpan Park in Coney Island, the home of the Brooklyn Cyclones. More ... Mayor Bloomberg has announced that he has issued an Executive Order restoring affirmative act ion politics in procurement procedures of all city agencies. More ... Morgen Beck, of Belle Harbor, and Kenzo Tsushima, of Far Rockaway, are among the math team members at Lawrence Woodmere Academy, which outperformed some of the top-rated high schools in the state in the New York Mathematics League 2003 competition. More ... Second grade communion class, front row (left to right): Henry Malenowski, Tracy Murray, Patrick O More ... On Sunday, June 8 at the St. Edmund Prep High School Pep Band played at Keyspan Park in Coney Island for the "All American Baseball Game" Homerun Derby. More ... The sixth grade classes at P.S. 225Q, The Seaside School, were treated to a special end of the year camping trip last week. The students loaded onto coach buses for their adventure to Camp Louemma in Sussex, New Jersey on Tuesday, June 10, and returned on Thursday, June 12. More ... Robert V. Levine, President and Chief Executive Officer at Peninsula Hospital Center (PHC) (left) congratulates Allen Detweiler, D.O., Attending Physician on the successful health fair recently held at the VFW Post 1582 in Inwood. More ... Are you "Nuts About Pecans?" Have you listened to "Strawberry Fields," and forever wondered what they taste like? Are you curious to see what a sugar cone of "Moose Tracks" is like? More ... A panel of transit representatives answered questions from Rockaway residents who hate their commute, recently, by promising to More ... |
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