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Members of the 101 Precinct updated community representatives on several issues at the 101st Community Council Meeting on February 18. Ex ec utive Officer Alex Lalha, Domestic Violence Officer Sgt. More ... Congressman Anthony Weiner promised to get federal funds to help the volies build their new firehouse on Cross Bay Boulevard. More ... They might have looked like hell from the street, but if you journeyed beyond the rusty cyclone fence and treaded over a few weatherworn concrete squares you could have found yourself in one of the last places still rich with the flavor that years ago made Rockaway one of the sweetest summer spots in the city. More ... Dr. Kathleen Cashin, Regional Super intendent for the New York City Department of Education More ... Liz Sulik, the Executive Director of the Rockaway Chamber of Commerce, has led the organization through some of the roughest times in Rockaway More ... Now that the city is beginning to thaw, the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation has stepped up its efforts to recruit qualified swim mers to become New York City Life guards at one of the city More ... The Chamber of commerce of the Rock aways and The Rockaway Part nership will host a fundraiser in re membrance of those Rockaway residents who died on September 11m 2001. More ... Each month, I sit to write this column and wonder where it will lead. I try to think of what you, the reader, will find interesting. I also try to dispel health care myths, misconceptions and empower the patient to be an educated health care consumer. More ... The Early Steps Family Center celebrated Black History Month on February 26, 2004 at the Early Steps Family Center at 86-01 Rockaway Beach Boulevard. The event featured remarks by speakers such as (left to right) Eva Vega, Rev. More ... The U.S. Park Police are investigating after a ranger discovered several 1-gallon milk containers, filled with gasoline, leaking in the woods of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge on Saturday morning, a spokesperson said. More ... The man in the pictures above is wanted by detectives from the 101 Detective Squad in connection with a robbery that occurred at More ... Kristina Ruth Gonzalez, daughter of Laurie and Geronimo Gonzalez of Rockaway celebrated her first birthday on March 4 with a party that included her parents and grandparents, Frank and Kristina Pagano, her uncles Frank and Anthony Pagano and her godmother, Elizabeth Cavanagh. More ... Gregory Riley, a lifelong resident of Far Rockaway, is shipping out on March 9 for Navy Boot Camp. The 9-week basic training program is in Great Lakes, Illinois. More ... Lorraine Hurley will celebrate her eleventh birthday on March 5. She is the daughter of Billie-Joe Hawson and granddaughter of Lorraine Hawson. More ... Robert S. Shaw IV, born and raised in Far Rockaway, is heading to Iraq. Entering the Armed Forces at 18, he has been promoted to Army Specialist and is part of the Transportation Unit. More ... After four years of operating the Neponsit Adult Day Health Care pro gram in the basement of a local sy n agogue, the newly-constructed and newly-renamed DSSM-Neponsit Adult Day Health Care Center will hold its Grand Opening on Monday, March 8.A0 Now under the auspices of the Dr. More ... Congressman Gregory Meeks recently met with United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and U.S. Envoy to the United Nations, John D. Negroponte, to urge continued U.S. support for U.N. activities in Haiti.A0 In an emergency meeting Sunday, the United Nations Se curity Council authorized the im mediate dispatch of a multinational force to Haiti and the creation of a U.N. peacekeeping force to replace it in the spring.A0 More ... Police from the 100 Precinct in Rock away Park have announced special "No Parking" regulation for Saturday, March 6 in order to facilitate the Queens County St. Pat rick More ... I feel like Rip Van Winkle having just awakened from a bad dream. I dreamt that we had the most horrible winter, that it was freezing cold and windy for weeks on end and there was more snow than I can remember in a long time. More ... State Senator Malcolm A. Smith has an nounced that Albany Medical College has established PREP: Ad dressing Health Disparities to provide minority students and students from medically underserved areas the opportunity to study at one of the nation More ... St. Edmund Prep High School marked the beginning of Lent by receiving ashes on February 25. Administration, faculty and students attended a prayer service led by S. More ... These photos were taken by Daniel & Linda Ruscillo between Beach 126 Street and Beach 127 Street on Rockaway Beach Boulevard. Frequent letter-writers to The Wave, they hope that the new "No Parking" signs for Rockaway Beach Boulevard will quickly be cancelled. More ... Commissioner Joel A. Miele Sr., PE, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Peninsula Hospital Center (PHC), re cently welcomed members of the PHC Benefactor Club to a brunch in their honor at the Inwood Country Club. More ... Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer recently announced legislation she sponsored requiring individual in surance providers to cover annual mammograms for women starting at age 40 years of age rather than the present 50 years of age. More ... As the presidential election cycle gears up, the battle lines are being drawn all over the country and Rock awayA0is no exception. Local Demo crats and Republicans have been de bating the relative merits of their candidates for months now, including in this paper More ... State Senator Malcolm A. Smith has announced that the New York State Department of Economic Development is inviting eligible organizations to submit proposals to administer a re volving trust fund account for the Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBE) Program. More ... State Senator Malcolm A. has an nounced that Albany Medical College has established PREP: Addressing Health Disparities to provide minority students and students from medically underserved areas the opportunity to study at one of the nation More ... The Rockaway Republicans will hold their first meeting at the Belle Harbor Yacht Club on Tuesday March 16 at 8 p.m. For more information call Tom Lynch at 718.318.1515 or email the group at www.rockrepublicans@hotmail.com. More ... |
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