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Bus Controversy Leads To Adult Anger, Student Danger
By Howard Schwach
The controversy over who will run the heavily-subsidized private bus services that run on Rockaway streets is a distraction and an anger-producing situation for many adults and older teens who go to school off the peninsula. More...
What If We Had To Evacuate?
City Answers Weiner, Meeks
By Brian Magoolaghan

ore than a week before Hurricane Isabel became a concern for New Yorkers the city’s Office of Emer­gency Management (OEM) was tracking the storm, touring Rockaway, and meeting with local representatives, according to the agency’s commissioner. More...

Cops Corral Break-In Suspects

Police officers from the 101 Precinct in Far Rockaway, responding to a call of a burglary in progress at 29-32 Beach Channel Drive last Tuesday at 8:03 p.m. More...

Smoking Ban Affects Rockaway Businesses
By Brendan Brosh

Several Rockaway businesses have been fined by the New York City De­partment of Health (DOH) for violating the city’s new no-smoking code. Among the local businesses cited, accord­ing to the DOH, were Ciro’s Pastry Shop (on Beach 129 Street), Carvel (on Beach 116 Street) and Wendy’s (on Beach Channe... More...

 Community
•Advisory Issued For Storm Damage Repairs
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...
•Meeks: ‘Expand Kennedy Airport’
•Biting Stripers Make Surfcasters Smile
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 Columnists
•Beachcomber
Mayor Mike Bloomberg has announced a plan to make Coney Island an all-year-round destination for visitors to New York City. Those plans reportedly include a plastic bubble over the Wonder Wheel and a retractable dome over KeySpan Park. More...
•Broad Channel Bits
•Chatting with Chapey
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 Editorial/Opinion
•Need A Quick Solution To Private Bus Problem
Rockaway residents rely inordinately on the private bus services that are heavily subsidized by the city. Three of the services, in particular, impact heavily on Rockaway life – The Green Bus (which provides transportation up and down the peninsula and to other parts of Brooklyn and Queens), Jamaica... More...
•Editorial Comment by Robert Sarnoff
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