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When Paul Mott decided to rip out the walls in a home at West 17 Road in Broad Channel, he never thought that he’d be digging into the community’s past. After prying a board off the wall, he found what was once a sign marked “The Raunt, Jamaica Bay.” The sign, still holding some of its original pain More ...
The Broad Channel Mardi Gras will resume on Labor Day weekend after a year’s hiatus when the Broad Channel Athletic Club declined to run the yearly event. The Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department (BCVFD) hosts this year’s Mardi Gras. More ... Beachcomber “The Moving Wall,” a 252-foot replica of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C., will visit Queens for a week in October. The traveling memorial will be at Cunningham Park in Fresh Meadows from October 2 to October 8 and is expected to draw large crowds. The Park is located at 196 Street and Union More ...
When the “No Parking Any Time” signs first went up on Rockaway Beach Boulevard in Rockaway Park and Belle Harbor earlier in the year, many local residents predicted that the lack of parking would force motorists without driveways to park on local lawns and sidewalks, negating the look that the malls More ... Pheffer Pushes For Info On Grandparent’s Rights Assemblywoman Audrey I. Pheffer is reaching out to grandparents to ensure that they are aware of their rights under an act that became effective last January. More ...
Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields and City Councilman Joseph Addabbo Jr. visited the Hammels Senior Center, 90-01 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, last Friday afternoon. Fields, seen here greeting participant Mary Seltzer, voiced her support for the Kerry/Edwards ticket and urged seniors to “p More ... Erin On The Rox By Erin Baumann Congratulations to the new Mayor of Roxbury, Johnny Mangan, who won with over seventy votes last Saturday beating Peter Morgan to be the new mayor of Roxbury for 2004. More ... Environmental Group Protests Agenda The Friends of Rockaway (FOR), a local environmental group, is unhappy about the agenda that has been set for the upcoming Jamaica Bay Task Force meeting, which will be held on September 22 at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn. More ... Electricians Seek 500 Apprentices The Electricians Joint Apprenticeships Committee of New York, IBEW Local 3, will open recruitment on September 13 for 500 apprentices. More ... Looking Backward What The Wave Said Years Ago... 20 Community Board 14 Chairman Joel Gerstel dashed off a letter to Donald R. Manes, in which he accused the Queens Borough President of playing dirty pool concerning the future of the Arverne Urban Renewal Area. More ... Little Globe Theater Presents ‘Seven’ Performances are set for Saturday, September 18 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, September 25 at 8 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 320 Beach 94 Street, Rockaway Park (at the foot of the Cross Bay Bridge). Tickets will be available at the door. The Little Globe Theater presents “Seven,” an evening of seven short one-act plays that are, according to a spokesperson for the company, “funny, thought-provoking, witty, and at times, daring.” More ...
Police removed a Pomeranian and mutt from an apparently abandoned home on Cross Bay Boulevard in Broad Channel last weekend. Neighbors, who helped keep the dogs alive and relatively healthy by feeding them through an open window, called police because the tenants of the home had not been seen for we More ...
From The Rockaway Museum by Emil Lucev, Curator Dedicated To The Memory Of Leon S. Locke Many early writings on the community of Broad Channel, located in the middle of Jamaica Bay, refer to “fishing shacks” as being the only structures in and around the area of Goose Pond Marsh. I have found reference to summer homes, clubs, boat renters, fishing stations, oyster beds, etc,: most of wh More ...
The Graybeards, in conjunction with the New York Blood Center, will sponsor a blood drive on Sunday, September 12, 2004 from 7:30 AM to 1:30 PM. The drive will be held in the gym at St. Francis de Sales School, located on Beach 129 Street in Belle Harbor. More ... Boddentatum Begins Tour In Iraq Marine Corps Pfc. Jerry J. Boddentatum, son of Perla F. Tatum and Fred Bodden of Far Rockaway, was recently sent to the central Iraqi province of Northern Babil along with 2,000 other soldiers to ensure security and stability in the area. More ...
Marshall Daniels, M.D., Director of Pathology at Peninsula Hospital Center since 1965, has been named an honoree of the 97 More ... Cedo To Attend Farleigh Dickinson Drew Cedo of Breezy Point will attend Farleigh Dickinson University’s College in Florham, New Jersey this September. Cedo is the son of John and Peggy Cedo and a graduate of Xavierian High School in Brooklyn. More ...
Sarah Ann Brennan celebrated her first birthday on August 12, 2004. In attendance were her mom Lisa, dad Frank, grandma Joyce and cousin Amanda. More ...
Christian Patrick Kogut was born on April 19, 2004 to parents Valerie and Patrick Kogut. Christian’s grandparents are Susan Gradiska, Randy Boody and Lillian Kogut. His great-grandmothers are Lillian Hennessey and Betty King. More ...
On September 3rd, little Miss Emily will celebrate her fifth birthday. She is the daughter of Kelly Ann Kurz-Hernandez and Hugo Hernandez, lil’ sister to Matt and Adrianna, all of Bellport, Long Island. Granddaughter of Mary Jane Kurz of Broad Channel and Richie and Laura Kurz of Baldwin, and Niece More ... Matt Healey Memorial On September 25 The Matt Healey Memorial Family Picnic will be held on Saturday, September 25 at Bay 9 in Riis Park from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. rain or shine. Admission is $30 and includes food, soda, beer, rides, games and entertainment. 50/50 ticket, gift baskets and other prizes will be raffled off. More ... Sarnoff To Appear On NYC-TV Local artist and Wave editorial cartoonist Bob Sarnoff will appear on the program “Crosswalks” on NYC-TV Channel 74 on Saturday, September 9 at 2:30 p.m. The artist will be discussing his new matted print for the United States Postal Service. More ... Fraiman To Attend American University Far Rockaway resident Talia Fraiman will join American University’s freshman class this week. Fraiman is a 2004 graduate of Leon M. Goldstein High School. More ...
Cathy Goldsmith and Ruth Van Leer met recently to plan Youth Aliyah’s Annual Luncheon, which will be held at the Silver Gull Beach Club on Tuesday, September 28 at 11:30 a.m. More ...
Rockaway resident Arlene Cornell has had her painting, “South Sixth Street” accepted for the 108th Annual Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Juried Exhibition. The show will run from October 2-29 at the National Arts Club in Manhattan.Cornell, whose work can also be viewed at her studio in Rockaway,... More ...
Parks & Recreation’s Queens Borough Commissioner Paul Richard Murphy today announced his retirement to accept the position of First Deputy Commissioner in the Nassau County parks system. Commissioner Murphy has worked for the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation for 34 years. More ...
By Miriam Rosenberg Contributing Editor The Rockaway Development and Revitalization Corp. (RDRC), as a result of a grant from the Department of Small Business Services (DSBS), helped four businesses in the Far Rockaway shopping district improve the aesthetic appeal of their storefronts. More ...
The 2005 edition of The Princeton Review annual college guide, More ... RAA To Hold Two Fall Exhibitions This Fall, the Rockaway Artists Alliance (RAA) will present ARTSPLASH 2004: A Month-long Multi-media Arts Event and FRAME: Art in the Period Between the 2nd and 3rd World Wars. More ...
Police responded to a multi-unit home at 175 Beach 114 Street after receiving a “shots fired” call on Tuesday night, but no one was injured and, so far, no one has been arrested. The call launched a full-scale mobilization of officers in the 100 Precinct with an Aviation Unit helicopter and the Emer More ... Six Roofers Apprenticeships Offered The Joint Apprenticeship Committee for the United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers, and Allied Workers, Local 8, will conduct recruitment on September 7 and March 1 for six apprentices. More ...
By Brian Magoolaghan There’s a little girl in Arverne right now hoping to get a phone call, but not from the producers of American Idol or some teenage boy – the call she’s hoping for will come from The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. More ...
Peninsula Hospital Center is pleased has named Simra E. Shein, M.D. as the new Acting Director of Surgery. Dr. Shein, a resident of the Rockaway community, has been affiliated with the Hospital Center since 1971 and assumed his new position as Acting Director of Surgery on August 30, 2004. More ...
The Rockaway Music And Arts Council will host its 20th Annual Fall Festival at Jacob Riis Park on Saturday and Sunday, September 11 and 12. On Saturday, the festival will run from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., while on Sunday it will run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The festival is free, as is parking at the Riis P More ... SJEH To Honor Three Doctors At Chrysanthemum Ball A number of members of the staff of the St John’s Episcopal Hospital, South Shore, will be honored at the hospital’s 26th Annual Chryanthemum Ball, hosted by its development board. More ... Department of Citywide Administrative Services Commissioner Martha K. Hirst and Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly has announced that the Department of Citywide Administrative Services has extended the filing period for the Police Officer exam scheduled to be held on Saturday, October 23, 2004, an More ...
Mary Dever Kelly and her twin sister, Sr. Peggy, are thankful to Kelly Brooke, Director of Riis Park Golf Course for improved grounds and the new flowers. Their golf game has been greatly enhanced. More ...
By Miriam Rosenberg Contributing Editor Pastor Jaime Robinson, of the Faith In Action Ministry (Ministerio Fe En Accion) in Jamaica, had an idea a few years ago. The Rockaway resident wanted to start a marching band with the children from his church. Three months ago, that dream became a reality when the Far Rockawa More ...
It’s a double challenge for John Ryder, the General Manager of MTA Bridges and Tunnels Rockaways Facilities. Ryder is the only MTA Bridges and Tunnels General Manager responsible for two facilities. He directs an operations staff of 80 employees at the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge and More ...
By Howard Schwach Rockaway needs little in the way of publicity in selling homes on the peninsula. The building boom now in progress is overwhelming after years of poor publicity and declining home prices. More ... St. Gertrude’s Hosts ‘Disability Awareness Mass’ People with and without disabilities are invited to a Disability Awareness Mass, to be held at St. Gertrude Church on Saturday, September 25 at 4 p.m. More ... New Public Initiatives At NYC Health Department The New York City Department of Health has began a new public education campaign promoting Take Care New York, the City’s health policy initiative, which is now running in the city’s subways. More ...
September 11 Davy Jones, The Buckinghams, The Grass Roots starring Rob Grill, and The Turtles featuring Flo and Eddie will appear at Westbury Music Fair on Saturday, September 11 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $40 and are available at Westbury Music Fair’s box office, select Ticketmaster locations and online at CC.com a More ... The Rockaway Irregular Guiding The Ship Of State Towards November by Stuart W. Mirsky Writing in the Financial Times, columnist Max Boot recently described the Bush team as “dysfunctional, not duplicitous,” arguing against the left’s oft-advanced notion that Bush et al are liars. Noting that the embarrassing undercount of terrorist incidents by the State Department, which Secretary More ... “Mayor Bloomberg addressed the Republican National Convention. It was one of his last, best chances to take on a President who’s cut funding for New York City schools and firefighters, police and homeland security, transportation and housing, and much, mu Welcome Delegates. Encourage them to patronize the City’s restaurants, nightspots, stores, and hotels. Invite them to visit all five boroughs. More ...
A Wave Review By Howard Schwach The large crowd that attended the Westbury Music Fair on Saturday night was definitely not on the young side. The average age of the concertgoers appeared to be somewhere between 50 and 70 – not your usual concert crowd. More ... Vietnam Moving Wall Coming To Queens “The Moving Wall,” a traveling 252- foot replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, will visit Cunningham Park in Fresh Meadows from October 2 to October 8. More ... Art Of Cartooning At Seaside Library 9/20 The Queens Borough Public Library will present a two-session workshop in September at its Seaside Branch on The Art of Cartooning with Robert Sarnoff, the editorial cartoonist for the city’s oldest weekly newspaper located in the Rockaways, The Wave. All skill levels are welcome to attend. More ...
Kenneth Beecher, 100 Precinct Community Affairs Officer, borrowed a skateboard and helmet and showed off his skills. More ...
The triangle of land on Beach Channel Drive and Beach 116 Street that is slated to one day become Tribute Park in memory of those Rockaway residents who died in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 was cleaned recently, but it is clear that it will not be ready once a More ... |
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