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August 18, 2005
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Run For Your Life!
To This Year's Kite Festival. More...
Police Search For Sabbath Gunman

T he search for a suspect is on in Far Rockaway after a man was shot in the chest early last weekend as he walked home with his young son, police said. More...

Public Meeting On Beach 116 St. Parking

Community Board 14’s Transportation Committee will hold an emergency meeting during the first week of September to discuss the two parking plans being batted around for Beach 116 Street, according to Jonathan Gaska, the board’s district manager. More...

Snag ‘Develops’ In Rezoning Mott Creek
By Miriam Rosenberg

The process to rezone the Mott Creek area of Far Rockaway hit a snag last week when developers, who had thus far kept quiet, testified at a public hearing held by the Department of City Planning. More...

 Community
•Beachgoer Burned By ‘Bogus’ Summons
Ozone Park resident Gabriel Costa shows us a parking summons he received last Saturday when, he says, he had valid proof he paid the meter. Costa, who admits playing the feed-the-meter-on-the-hour game, said: “I still had 15 minutes left and they gave me a ticket. They said they couldn’t see the [pa... More...
•Adult Home Residents Plead For Free A/C
•BBC Seeks Out Rocky Relationships
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 Columnists
•Beachcomber
Those who continually complain about A Train service (with some reason) should know that it if far from the worst on the MTA’s subway system. The Straphangers Campaign recently completed a study and rated the individual lines on a number of criteria. They then rated each line in terms of how much of More...
•Chatting With Chapey
•Dorothy Dunne
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 Sports
•RBVL Crowns 6 New Champs On An Hot Day At Beach
The Rockaway Beach Volleyball League concluded its 16th season on Saturday with an entire day of playoffs, crowning six different division champions by day’s end. The mood was festive but bittersweet as the RBVL ended the 2005 season and the joy of another terrific year was offset by the sadness tha More...
•Dodgers Win Sorrentino Little League
•Palmeiro Gets Mixed Response From Steroid Scandal
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 Editorial/Opinion
•Local Hospitals Are Too Valuable An Asset To Lose
There is no doubt that the two hospitals and the family health center that cater to the needs of our isolated peninsula are necessary for the continued good health of the growing Rockaway community. With a growing elderly population added to the influx of literally thousands of new residents over th More...
•Editorial Comment
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 Letters
•Letters
No Fun In The Sun For Rockaway Residents Dear Editor, More...
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 Calendar
•A ugust 2005
Gateway Happenings New York Kite Festival, Riis Park, More...
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 Obits
•Leslie Herbert Bobb Entrepreneur
Leslie Herbert Bobb, a Rockaway resident, died August 11. He was 61. More...
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