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Bien Memorialized By Her P.S. 225 ‘Family’
     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.
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Blocking A Vital Traffic Artery
     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.
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Board Officers Installed At St. John’s Episcopal Hospital
     The new officers of the Community Advisory Board of St. John
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Chamber Of Commerce Hosts Annual Meeting
     Pictured on the dock on the bay are, from left, RMAC President Barbara Eisenstadt, City Councilman Joe Addabbo, Barbara Morris and Susan Locke.
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City Council fights for Mom and Pop
     Enforcement of an obscure forty-year-old law - prohibiting
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A Play About Tolerance
     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.
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Dumping On A Proposed Memorial Site
     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.
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More Vandalism On Beach 116 Street
     The storefront at George
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Council Incumbents Face Challenges
     The two City Councilmembers who represent Rockaway will face challenges in the upcoming November election, according to a report recently released by the city
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Responsible Pet
Owners Take Notice
     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.
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Meetings Scheduled
     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
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Red White And Blue Festival On July 4
     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.
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     This year
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Mirkin Found On Park Avenue
     Eye guy Bruce Mir
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Outdoor Movies On June 20 And 21
     Watch the stars twinkle on screen and overhead at the fourth annual Movies By Moonlight.
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Homeowners Meeting
     A general meeting of the Rockaway Homeowners and Residents Assoc
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Compromise On School Law Reinstates Districts
     Mayor Bloomberg
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Marie’s Traitors & It’s All Good Maintain Leads
     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.
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Pepper Steppers Win Championship
     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.
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Rockaway Nights At KeySpan Park Set
     The Peninsula Hospital Center will once again sponsor a Rockaway Night at KeySpan Park in Coney Island, the home of the Brooklyn Cyclones.
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Rockaway Rotary Installs Officers
     The Rotary Club of the Rockaway
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Rockaway Rotary Honors Student Leaders
     The Rockaway Rotary Club recently honored students from the peninsula
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Sanders Scores Big Victory For MWBE Community
     Mayor Bloomberg has announced that he has issued an Executive Order restoring affirmative act ion politics in procurement procedures of all city agencies.
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St. Virgilius School Holds Street Fair
     The St. Virgilius Parents
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Math Team Really Adds Up!
     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.
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Human Chess Game
     P.S. 114Q, The Belle Harbor School
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Special Moments At St. Virgilius School
     Second grade communion class, front row (left to right): Henry Malenowski, Tracy Murray, Patrick O
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Will Attend J.H.S. 180
     Ashley Kiesl
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Pep Band Plays At Keyspan Park
     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.
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P.S. 225 Students Go Camping
     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.
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Silent Art Auction Set For June 26
     The Queens Council On The Arts presents a Silent Art Auction on June 26, from 6 to 8 p.m.
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Successful Health Fair At PHC
     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.
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Summer Food Program Available
     The New York City Department of Education
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Sweetie’s Ice Cream Opens On Beach 88 Street
     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?
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HMO Legislation Passed
     Legislation that will hold HMO
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Transit Meeting Draws The Outspoken Few
     A panel of transit representatives answered questions from Rockaway residents who hate their commute, recently, by promising to
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