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Rockaways' Playland and selected parcels around the amusement park were sold Monday, September 29, about 10:30 p.m., to Shore horizons, for development. Tentative plans call for erecting middle to high-income housing (predominantly condominiums) on the site. Peter Horowitz, president of Rockaways' P More ... Along with being asked, over and over again, why I decided to run for Assembly this year, against an entrenched two-decade incumbent, I often get another, even more telling, question: What does an Assemblyman, or woman, do anyway? It's a good one. Why vote to send anyone up to Albany after all? Wou More ... Ferro's Restaurant had a blast of an opening with tastings from the chef, a buffet and pass-arounds. Chosen entertained on the piano and the clarinet player was sensational... there's nothing like live music. Liza Minnelli, Robert De Niro and other celebrities were expected, but were no shows. Every More ... It's hard to believe that we're in the month of October already. By now everything is in full swing here-the children are settled into their schoolwork, with the younger ones looking forward to Halloween and thinking about the costumes they will wear and-of course-all the candy they will get. Clubs More ... Surrender is a word that is often used in one's relationship to a religion or to the Divine. Surrender is a word that we Americans don't really feel comfortable with. Why would anyone want to surrender? Why give up? It is a hard concept to apply because it has such a strong meaning. Another word More ... As a child attending a local Roman Catholic parish school, the Sisters of Charity taught me the catechism that was known as the Baltimore Catechism. This order founded by a first native born American, Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American born saint canonized by the church in Rome. She was born in More ... City Councilman James Sanders held an "emergency meeting" last week to address the homicide of a young man who had been shot once previously in the same area. Last week our editorial was about black on black crime and especially about gun violence in Far Rockaway. The shooting of Mario Young, 16, on More ... A country called Belgium on the European continent had a very famous bathing beach on its North Sea coastline known as Ostend. Many world travelers visited Ostend Beach in summer, so when a new beach community was being prepared at Far Rockaway by a private syndicate in 1908, it was decided to call More ... Since moving to Rockaway nearly twenty years ago, I have found myself at the nexus of the Jewish and Irish communities, and I have had a wonderful time there. More ... Congratulations to this year's Roxbury residents who were recognized by the Breezy Point Garden Club for their beautiful gardens. The 2006 winners are: Harold and Barbara Prigge at 139 Bayside Avenue, Henry & Margie Kasselbaum at 318 Hillside Avenue, Maureen Walthers at 353 Bayside Avenue, Susan & More ... In the movie "Boiler Room" shady brokers used the expression "Put lipstick on the pig" when they dressed up lousy stocks to sell to a gullible public. Attending events put on by the NYC Department of Education are all about putting lipstick on the pig (PLOTP). More ... Arts this week @ RoCA, Fort Tilden: ARTSPLASH continues: RAA's month-long arts festival featuring visual, performing and spoken word artists. On view through October 15 at the Rockaway Center for the Arts. Admission to the exhibition and special events is free. Gallery hours: Saturdays: 12-4 p.m., More ... |
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