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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has recently issued an advisory to inform property owners of the permits required for storm damage repairs. More ... Congressman Gregory Meeks, who represents the eastern end of the Rockaway peninsula, as well as the area around John F. Kennedy Airport, has called for the expansion of that facility. More ... Locals Mike Mallon, left, and Ron Risch, right, show off the two nearly 40-inch Striped Bass they caught on a recent sunny afternoon, on Beach 123 Street. More ... Rockaway Voice of the Faithful (VOTF) invites all to join their major tri-state Fall Conference to be hosted at Fordham University in the Bronx on October 25. More ... The Sheet Metal Workers Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, Local 137, will open recruitment on October 6 for twenty sheet metal worker/sign hanger/rigger apprentices. More ... Those who enroll in the WTC Health Registry are asked to complete a 30-minutes telephone survey of where they were on September 11, 2001, how long they were in areas with smoke and fumes, and whether they have any health problems. More ... Mary Ellen Carroll (right) of Saint Francis de Sales, Belle Harbor, and Elizabeth Guarino of Saint Virgilius, Broad Channel, proudly display certificates designating them as Parish Advocates for Persons with Disabilities. More ... Honorary awards to two employees at the Far Rockaway Library on Central Avenue by Umoja I Child Care were presented recently. Children More ... Kristina Ruth Gonzalez was born March 4 at 12:32 p.m. at Franklin Hospital. She weighed 6 pounds 5 ounces and measured 19 inches long. Her proud family in More ... Nature-lovers and others had the chance to see Jamaica Bay from the water, for a change, when the American Littoral Society, Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers, and Gateway National Recreation Area hosted a late-day cruise, last Sunday. More ... The Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons International Association, Local 530, will open recruitment on October 6 for twenty plasterer apprentices. More ... "With burdens and pressures mounting against family life, the Apostolate for Family Consecration (AFC) offers a solution through weekly family prayer in homes and churches," says Rita Sweeney, a spokesperson for St. Rose of Lima Church. More ... Speaking to Belle Harbor resident Palmer Doyle you get the impression that he is a man charged with a mission. As one of thousands of brave firefighters who worked in the pit of the World Trade Center, Doyle feels an indescribable camaraderie with the emergency service people he shared those days with. More ... More than 700 homes were without electricity on Monday afternoon, September 29, when a transmission wire on Bay 24 Street in Bayswater split and put the local grid off-line. More ... The two young children in this July, 1972 picture are enjoying the kiddie rides at Playland. Tens of thousands of other children and adults did likewise. More ... P.S./M.S. 43 had a large turnout of volunteers on Saturday, September 20 as part of the Annual Beach Clean-Up effort. They worked in teams and collected 64 bags of garbage, plus some very heavy objects such as an entire car bumper. More ... Midshipman Brian J. Kelly, the son of Elaine and Brian Kelly, residents of Belle Harbor, participated earlier this month in Acceptance Day ceremonies in the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point. More ... PRYSE (Project for Rockaway Youth in Safety and Education) is committed to helping families understand and navigate the public school system, especially in view of all the recent changes. More ... St. Edmund Preparatory High School students are quite thankful to have friends in England who consoled their broken hearts after 9/11. This has led to the development of an Exchange Program, which will begin in mid-October. More ... St. Edmund Prep High School in Sheepshead Bay recently celebrated the opening of a new school year. The class of 2007 was welcomed. The students were excited during their orientation day where administration, faculty, staff, and student council members greeted them. More ... Assemblyman Audrey I. Pheffer and Councilman James Sanders were pleased to sponsor Senior Awareness Day in Rockaway as part of Senator Malcolm Smith More ... The Shore Garden Club of Neponsit and Belle Harbor wish to thank all who supported their efforts and made their annual fundraiser for Civic beautification of the Rockaways a success. More ... Pete Hamill, award-winning journalist and best-selling writer, will appear at Lawrence Woodmere Academy on Thursday, October 16, at 8 p.m. The program, "An Evening With Pete Hamill," is being presented by Peninsula Counseling Center. More ... St. Francis de Sales has honored the parish members who died in 2001 in the attack on the World Trade Center and in the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 in Belle Harbor. More ... All of these men have been reported as wanted by the NYPD and all have ties to Rockaway. Should you have information on the whereabouts of any of these men, please call the 100 Precinct Squad at 718-318-4223. More ... |
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