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The A-train left lots of people stranded and sweaty last Sunday and Monday, when equipment problems flared up during the summer's first heat wave. More ... Nearly one-fifth of the apartments at the Ocean Bay Houses in Rockaway are empty and awaiting renovation and have been for more than three years as the New York City Housing Authority (NYCH) goes through the process to update them, a report releases by City Comptroller William Thompson says. More ... Beach 125 Street residents raised its first American Flag on Flag Day, June 14, 2006. The newly installed flag pole, erected in the garden at the boardwalk, represents the unity and patriotism of the residents from bay to beach on 125 Street. The ceremony was complete with a performance by the Count More ... Police and firefighters responded last Thursday evening to a SUV that was driven off of Cross Bay Boulevard into the brush on the east side of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and left burning. Black smoke blanketed the roadway, causing a temporary road closure. Curious motorists got out of their car More ... By Miriam Rosenberg Contributing Editor Despite the fact that a city plan to downzone the Mott Creek section of Far Rockaway went into effect in September of last year, a developer made his second appearance on Tuesday before the city's Board of Standards and Appeals to fight to continue More ... Cops busted a Far Rockaway man and seized more than a pound of pot and almost $1,900 in cash when they raided his home last week. More ... Mayor Bloomberg recently appointed Councilman James Sanders, Jr. to serve on the Community Action Board (CAB) of the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development. More ... The Broad Channel Athletic Club will continue registration for the fall football season this Sunday. The Shamrocks will be signing up teams for ages 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 and 11-12 at the BCAC Memorial Field on 1st Road and Cross Bay Boulevard from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. More ... Laura Gilmartin of Belle Harbor was chosen as one of 74 students to travel to Ireland this summer, courtesy of the Irish American Cultural Institute summer program. More ... St. John's Episcopal Hospital was one of thirty hospitals and nursing homes participating in a citywide mock coastal evacuation on July 11. More ... Robert V. Levine, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Peninsula Hospital Center in Arverne, recently announced the appointment of Martin A. Grossman, M.D. as Director, Department of Medicine. Dr. Grossman has been an active member of the Medical Staff at Peninsula Hospital Center since 1997 More ... In memory of a longtime community activist, Beach 57 Street and Beach Channel Drive will be renamed Goldie M. Maple Way at a ceremony on Saturday, July 29, 1 p.m. at Beach 57 Street in Far Rockaway. More ... Councilman Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. announced that he, Community Board 14 and the New York City Office of Emergency Management (OEM) will be sponsoring a hurricane preparedness presentation for residents of the Rockaway peninsula and Broad Channel on Tuesday, July 25 at 6:30 p.m. at Beach Channel High More ... Six Pharmacy Department personnel at St. John's Episcopal Hospital recently received on-site training to upgrade their skills as pharmacy technicians. More ... Free guided bike tours are available at Gateway National Recreation Area now through the end of August. More ... United States Congressman Anthony Weiner released the following statement on Monday in response to the latest developments in the Israeli military conflict: More ... Come support Peyton for Babyface in Broad Channel's annual Mardi Gras celebration on Sunday, August 6 from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. More ... Roxbury was introduced to the new Verizon service called FiOS on Sunday, July 2. Verizon representatives visited the area to promote new, high-speed Internet and phone service, powered by fiber optic technology, and available in speeds of 10, 20 and 50 Mbps downstream. For more information about Ver More ... Young people concerned with environmental causes have been flocking to Gateway National Recreation Area and Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge to assist in the monitoring of endangered shorebirds. More ... Arverne by the Sea employee Eulene Workman, pictured with Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, graduated from the Citizen Police Academy Spring 2006 Class.Workman was sponsored for the class, which shows citizens the work of the police officers who patrol the community, by the 100 Precinct in Rockawa More ... Casey Gallagher, a student at Stella Maris High School, was chosen to participate in the Presidential Classroom Future World Leaders Summit from July 22 to July 29 in Washington, D.C. More ... Mary Lograno of Belle Harbor was awarded the Homer S. Pace Award at a Bishop Kearney High School awards ceremony in June. The award, presented by Pace University, recognizes Lograno's general excellence in college preparatory programs and a desire to pursue a career in accounting or another business More ... Twenty six local high school and middle school students were recognized for their academic successes by being inducted into the 2005-2006 National Honor Roll. More ... Christopher Berlingieri of Belle Har-bor graduated from Edward R. Murrow High School on June 26 in the Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Among other accomplishments, he has submitted a research paper for the National Intel Science Talent Search Competition, and was honored on June 7 at a special More ... A free, guided walking tour from Broad Channel to Rockaway will take place on Sunday, July 23 through the "Take a Walk, New York!" (TAWNY) program sponsored by the Neighborhood Open Space Coalition and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. More ... Indaculture performs Thursday, July 27 at 7:30 p.m. in a free concert on RAA's outdoor Rockaway Moon Stage, located between sTudio 6 and sTudio 7 Galleries in Fort Tilden. More ... Time is running out for those who want to see the Rockaway Theatre Company's production of 'Kiss More ... Working on Jamaica Bay and the railroad bridge that crossed the bay in the early part of the last century was More ... Rockaway Music and Arts Council's (RMAC) second presentation in its 2006 Sunset Picnic Concert Series brought. "A Tribute to Musical Legends, The Leon S. Locke Memorial Concert" to Fort Tilden on Sunday evening More ... Peninsula Hospital Center held its 2005-2006 graduation ceremony for 31 residents and interns on June 23 at an 8:30 a.m. commencement and breakfast at the Beach Club on Beach 116 Street. Dr. Gerald Teplitz, D.O., Director of Medical Education, opened the morning with a welcome and introduction of th More ... |
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