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The bylaws of the Rockaway Park Homeowners and Residents Corporation say that new officers shall be elected at the annual meeting, which the document mandates be held each December. There are those in the community who have been to the past few December meetings, which have all been holiday parties, More ... In announcing that he has co-sponsored legislation in the City Council that will increase fines for illegal conversions of buildings from industrial to residential uses, Councilman Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. said that there illegal conversions have transformed solid industrial areas, driving up real est More ... An importer, manufacturer and distributor of denim products has proposed investing $25 million to build a new light manufacturing and distribution center that would bring approximately 80 construction jobs and 100 permanent jobs to the Rockaway community. More ... Shanton Bellamy, 18-year employee of Peninsula Hospital Center, was recently appointed to the position of Transportation Coordinator at the hospital. Along with her other duties, Shanton has also assumed the position of Hospital Coordinator for the annual United Way Campaign. More ... The Joint Apprenticeship Committee for the United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers, Local 8, will conduct recruitment on March 7 for six applicants. More ... The Tile, Marble and Terrazzo Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, Local 7, will conduct recruitment on March 3, April 7, July 7 and October 20. More ... The Joint Apprenticeship Committee for Asbestos, Lead and Hazardous Waste Laborers, Local 78, will conduct recruitment from March 13 through April 7 for 100 skilled construction craft laborer apprentices. More ... State Senator Malcolm Smith was not eager to talk to reporters after the Daily News last Friday broke the story that the legislator was recently served with a paternity suit by a former staff member. Smith, who is married with children, told the News he was awaiting paternity test results. Smith has More ... Assemblywoman Michele R. Titus presented longtime Far Rockaway resident and community leader, Zandra Myers, with the Pauline Rhodd Cummings Award at the 35th Annual New York State Black and Puerto Rican Legislative Caucus Awards Ceremony on Sunday, February 19. More ... Assembly Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee Chair Audrey I. Pheffer and Government Operations Committee Chair RoAnn Destito today unveiled a wide-ranging identity theft prevention legislative package, a series of bills aimed at protecting New York State residents from privacy invasions that More ... The United States Post Office and a local church teamed up last week to honor Black History Month and to reveal a new, local cancellation to a national stamp honoring Hattie McDaniel, famous black actress. More ... With the transfer of the private bus companies to the MTA Bus Company now complete, the MTA has begun to replace old buses and improve service along the routes once run by the franchise companies. More ... A teenage Brooklyn girl was arrested in Rockaway Beach Tuesday night, about a day after she disappeared from her home with her infant stepbrother and sparked a missing persons search. More ... The National Park Service said last week that it wants public feedback on a proposal that would allow restricted personal watercraft use in Gateway National Recreation Area, including Jamaica Bay. More ... A project that would have made Public School 114 in Belle Harbor accessible to handicapped students has been cut by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in the wake of the state More ... The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has announced that it will spend more than $1.6 million to fund the Council for Airport Opportunity (CAO), a program that provides job recruitment and replacement services for residents of the areas surrounding John F. Kennedy International, Newark Lib More ... Teachers and administrators of Channel View School for Research (CVSR) joined together on a weekend in February for their second annual winter retreat at the YMCA More ... Bishop Kearney High School awarded academic scholarships to members of the Class of 2010 at a brunch held at the school. Thirty-eight students from 22 parochial, private and public schools earned full or partial scholarships totaling $54,000 per school year. The scholarships are renewable each year, More ... Barbara Caceres, a senior at Stella Maris High School, was chosen as one of the 38 finalists in the Fireside Essay Scholarship competition. Over 287 applicants from across the U.S. and Canada submitted entries. Fireside is a Catholic Publishing Company in Wichita, Kansas. Caceres is pictured here with Stella Maris Principal, Geri Martinez. More ... Through song and dance, Lawrence Woodmere Academy children give glimpses of cultures from around the world at the Lower School More ... Roma View, overlooking the bay at 160-05 Cross Bay Boulevard in Howard Beach, has been serving the Rockaway community for more than 15 years with catering for all occasions, including weddings, bridal showers, bar and bat mitzvahs, sweet sixteen parties and holiday extravaganzas. More ... For the past 19 years, Olympic Champion and skating icon Scott Hamilton has thrilled audiences by delivering the very best in skating with his annual More ... |
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