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Politicians, local activists and those involved with the health center throw the first shovel full of dirt at the site of the new facility. More ... The missionary Society of the Bethel AME Church, located at 215 Beach 77 Street, will present a program celebrating the "Legacy of the African" on February 29 at 3 p.m. More ... The Chamber of commerce of the Rock aways and The Rockaway Part ner ship will host a fundraiser in re mem brance of those Rockaway residents who died on September 11m 2001. More ... The Rockaholics will be performing live at the Irish Circle on Saturday, February 28 at 11 p.m. The band will be playing music from Sublime, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam and more. More ... Dayton cooperators will find out in June if their monthly maintenance is going to spike by 31 percent and still have time to let the city know what they think of the proposed increase. More ... Police arrested a Rockaway man on Tuesday after realizing that his story about a gun-wielding carjacker was a lie to get even with an acquaintance that borrowed his car. More ... The Grassy Point Vikings, the top team in Division One in the Darts League this season, received their trophy at Grassy More ... Riders of the seven private bus lines serving New York City remain in limbo after the MTA and the Mayor More ... A Harbor Seal hauled itself up on the ice off Broad Channel last Tuesday. An NYPD Harbor Unit came by to rescue the seal, but a number of Broad Channel residents beat them to it. More ... Zachary Rosen, a student at Mark Twain Intermediate School, has been selected as a winner from over 4,000 entries, in the 2004 Winter Achievers Essay Contest run by the New York State Lottery. More ... Army Pvt. Kadiann M. Banton has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. More ... Two Far Rockaway men have just completed boot camp at Parris Island. Marine Corps Reserve Lance Corporal Orlando S. Copeland and Private Julio J. Lopez completed their intense training in South Carolina which is designed to challenge new recruits, both mentally and physically. More ... Commissioner Joel A. Miele Sr., PE, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Peninsula Hospital Center (PHC), recent ly announced the appointment of Martin Oliner to the Peninsula Hospital Center Board of Directors. More ... On Tuesday March 9, the Rockaway Park chapter of Hadassah will host a luncheon meeting at the Beach Club at noon. More ... The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled that Duane Reade stores have violated federal labor law by engaging in "unfair labor practices," including a failure to provide information to the union representing its workers, to pay em ployees for accrued unused sick leave, to remit dues to the union, discontinuing payments to em- ployee benefit funds and prematurely implementing More ... Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer was honored at a recent Installation of Officers Ceremony at the Jewish War Veterans Post 258. More ... The Friends of Rockaway, Inc. (FOR), a local environmental group, is calling for an investigation into the practices of the Sanitation Depart ment and the "illegal" dumping of garbage strewn fill into "cleaned" lots. More ... Far Rockaway Post Office and its Postmaster, George P. Buonocore, will be hosting a Black history month event at the Beach Channel High Sch ool auditorium at 10:30 a.m. today, Feb ruary 27. More ... Representative Anthony Weiner has received a near perfect score from the League of Conservation Vot ers (LCV) for his work in Congress this year.A0According to the LCV, Rep. Weiner voted to protect the environment time after time in 2003. More ... Far Rockaway Post Office and its Postmaster, George P. Buonocore, will be hosting a Black history month event at the Beach Channel High School auditorium at 10:30 a.m. today, February 27. More ... Sr. Barbara King, mission moderator and sixth grade teacher, cheers the children on at the beginning of the St. Jude math-a-thon. More ... St. Edmund Preparatory High School has rec ently been accredited by the New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS) as well as the Middle States Association of Colleges and School. More ... The following students from P.S. 215 have been named as Students of the Month for their class. More ... On Friday, March 12 West End Temple will participate in "Shabbat Across America/Canada." The Tem ple will be celebrating Shabbat with 700 other synagogues and communities across America and Canada. More ... Queens District Attorney Richard Brown honored Congressman Gregory Meeks last Tuesday as the recipient of the William Garvin Public Service Award. More ... Celeste Ray with Celtic Legend Ensemble will perform at St. Francis de Sales Church on Saturday, Feb ruary 28 at 2 p.m. The ensemble performs on Renaissance and Celtic in struments with emphasis on the Bowed Psaltery (bowed harp), acoustic guitar, flute, harmonium and voice. More ... |
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