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The Ryan White Staff at the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center hosted a commemorative event in honor of World AIDS Day, December 1, 2003. Contributors to the days More ... Applications are now available for a statewide written examination for the position of New York State Trooper to be held during March of 2004. All qualified individuals interested in becoming a State Trooper are invited to complete an application to take the exam. More ... The Concorde, mounted on a barge pushed by two tugboats, moves under the Marine Parkway Bridge on its hours-long trip from JFK Airport to its final resting place More ... Community School Board 27, which is responsible for all of the Rockaway and Broad Channel public schools, will meet at Middle School 180 (230 Beach 104 Street) at 7:30 p.m. on Decem- ber 18. More ... The Rockaway Irish Boys, a.k.a. the RIBS, collected more than 16 thousand pounds of food during their annual food drive and delivered it to St. Gertrude More ... Parents and children attended a Saturday workshop at PS/MS 43 on November 14 with Mrs. Ellis, resident art teacher. They worked together to sketch pictures from slides of O More ... With a flick of a switch, the holiday season officially came to downtown Far Rockaway this past Thursday at the Sixth Annual Holiday Lighting Ceremony in the triangle at the intersection of Beach 20 Street at Mott and Central Avenues. More ... The Jewish Community Council of the Rockaway Peninsula or JCCRP as it is commonly called is your one-stop for a great number of social services. More ... The Mure Home in Neponsit becomes the "Little North Pole" at this time each year. The lighting ceremony was held on Sunday evening after a postponement due to the blizzard the day before. More ... Roughly a year after the old Gateway Republican Club, which was based in the Rockaways and Broad Channel, shut its doors for the second time in a generation, a group of Rockaway residents are re-starting a South Queens Republican club. More ... The American Littoral Society invites you to start the New Year with them. Members of the society will meet at 11a.m. on January 1 at Building 1 in Fort Tilden for a brisk nature walk in Breezy Point. More ... Air Force Airman 1st Class Kenaya T. Robinson has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. More ... A new Rockaway organization can help you get healthcare even if you are undocumented or have no insurance coverage at all, its administrators say. More ... The Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department records more than 600 runs each year. Over a 98-year history, that makes f or lots of fires that have been put out, rescues that have been made and medical cases that have been attended to. More ... Officially opened in August, the Better Tomorrow Hypnosis Center in Far Rockaway is the first of its kind in Rockaway. Born and raised in Rockaway, program director Luis Guerrero hopes the center will benefit and improve the lives of people here. More ... As the holidays quickly approach, residents in the Rockaway community are sprucing up, decorating and lighting up their homes and streets. More ... Santa Claus made his way to Rockaway last weekend and had breakfast with lots of local children eager to take a picture and share their lists with the jolly old fella. More ... The Maura Clarke students organized and conducted the Thanksgiving prayer at Stella Maris. Annelle Fitzpatrick, CSJ, delivered the reflection. Sr. Annelle encouraged the students to continue their generous spirit and be thankful for their many gifts. More ... Eighth graders Michael Kress and Frances Ruolo were inducted into the National Junior Honor Society from the Maura Clarke program after first quarter grades. More ... St. Edmund Prep High School celebrated a Thanksgiving Mass with faculty, staff and students. The liturgical choir under the direction of Mr. Malazzo, a Rockaway resident, consisted of students from the high school and elementary school. More ... Miss Allison Bambury and grade 4 of St. Rose of Lima gave a wonderful Thanksgiving Prayer Service. More ... The Parents Association of MS 180 is pleased to announce two newly formed programs. The first program will be for the student that shows the most improvement in class work and homework. The student will receive a gift certificate for their hard work. More ... During the first week of December students of Stella Maris H.S. have come to look forward to the Giving Tree. This year More ... Far Rockaway High School hosted their second annual parent/student workshop on November 22. It was in this spirit that many community members, parents and school staff convened at Far Rockaway High School with the determination of redesigning, reforming and reaching the many goals for school More ... The See Breeze Golden Age Club held their annual toy drive collection at St. Francis de Sales on Wednesday December 3. The event was a great success with over 300 new toys donated. More ... The Rockaway community is invited to attend The Herbert Kamlet Memorial Lecture at Congregation Ohab Zedek, in Belle Harbor, on December 14, at 8 p.m. More ... The Rockaway Rotary Club will host a menorah lighting ceremony at Beach 116 Street and Rockaway Beach Boulevard on Friday, December 19 at 3:30 p.m. More ... It was no day at the beach on Thursday, when a winter storm with driving wind and rain hit the peninsula. On Beach 110 Street, the beach was virtually covered by the rolling surf as it made its way to the boardwalk. More ... Three west end communities got together for their traditional holiday award dinner at the Beach Club last weekend. Pictured, the leaders of the three civic groups, from left, Edward Re, Jr. More ... The union that represents workers in department stores and retail outlets throughout the city has started a campaign to unionize the workers at Duane Reade outlets, including the drug store at Beach 116 Street and Beach Channel Drive. More ... During the Holiday Season, the Riverhead Foundation asks you to help them save seals, sea turtles and whales by adopting of the magnificent creatures. More ... The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary announces the start of a seven-week Boating Safety Course. The course covers all aspects of safe boating and is designed for the new or experienced boater. More ... Community School Board 27 is announcing that it has a vacancy on its board and that resumes from interested parties should be received by the close of business on December 15, 2003. More ... Representatives Anthony Weiner, who represents a portion of Rockaway and Joseph Crowley announced that New York City is slated to receive $23,200,000 next year to fight the Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB). More ... After nearly fifty years of service to the Jewish community, Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak M. Goodman will retire on December 31. Rabbi Goodman hopes to concentrate his scholarship and energy to complete the second in his anticipated series of Torah commentaries. More ... In order to accommodate the Christmas and New Years Day holidays, The Wave will be closed on successive Thursdays, December 25 and January 1, 2004. For that reason, there will be early deadlines those two weeks. More ... |
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