Several Rockaway residents traveled to Manhattan recently to attend a Christmas cocktail reception for Cardinal Egan. Pictured, the Cardinal addresses the Tri-State Italian-American Congress at a recent Christmas cocktail reception at Ponte’s Restaurant in Manhattan.

The Rockaway residents pictured, from left, Joseph Mure and Beverly Baxter (standing L-R) Tom Saitia and George Greco attending the holiday fete at Ponte’s to support and promote the educational endowments of the Tri-State Italian-American Scholarship Congress.