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for larger version       Broad Channel Bits By Liz Guarino Activity on the local scene steps into high gear with lots of organizational happenings. Enjoy! More ...
Rockaway Artists Alliance The Powerful Artwork Of Christina Jorge/ArtSplash Finale by Susan Hartenstein ARTSPLASH 2005 FINALE: Saturday, October 15 and Sunday, October 16 are the final days to see the more than 120 diverse works from almost 50 artists in sTudio 6 and sTudio 7 Galleries in the Rockaway Center for the Arts at Fort Tilden. More ...
Chat By Joanie Omeste, Executive Director, Rockaway Chamber of Commerce This column is for all the people who have so wonderfully contributed to Tribute Park by purchasing bricks. At the Chamber of Commerce office we have mini bricks that were ordered but never picked up. Below are the names on the mini bricks. The first section are the Memorial Bricks, which have the t More ... From the Editor’s Desk By Howard Schwach There is little doubt on anybody’s part that Rockaway is in a period of revitalization, based largely on the housing boom that has been seen on the peninsula for the past three years. That housing boom is driving everything else from commercial development to the demand for better transportation fac More ... Looking Backward What The Wave Said 20 Years Ago... New York City’s Board of Education took unwarranted action when it voted Tuesday night to seek the removal of Samuel B. Granirer, president of Community School Board 27, and the “city will have to answer to charges.” This reaction came from Granirer at press time More ...
of the Rockaways The O’Reilly Brothers Queens Beach Company, Irishtown, Seaside-1913 From The Rockaway Museum by Emil Lucev, Curator Dedicated To The Memory Of Leon S. Locke After the closing of Camp Chaffe, Seaside’s famous tent city in the old days at Rockaway Beach, the Queens Beach Company, owned and operated by the O’Reilly Brothers, bought a large piece of the west side of tent city land in the area of Beach 108 Street-boulevard to ocean. For the next six years th More ...
‘A History of Violence,’ – Super Soprano By Robert Snyder It’s best to be a bit leery of films that promote “good” gangsters, the king on the list being Marlon Brando as the righteous mob boss Don Corleone in “The Godfather.” More ... The Rockaway Irregular Appointment in Ridgewood by Stuart W. Mirsky After a tough race here in the 23rd AD for the Republican district leadership, the incumbents, Terry Ariola and Ed O’Hare, based across the Cross Bay Bridge, carried the day. What did Rockaway get out of it besides coming out on the losing side? A couple of things, actually. The Rockaway Republicans More ... |
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