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Congratulations to Charlie and Diana Kinzie, who just moved into their new home after extensive renovations. What a great job - it looks terrific. All this and a baby on the way! Belated birthday wishes to Diana! More ... Under current tax laws, if you hold an investment for less than a year and realize a gain when you sell, you will be taxed on the gain at your ordinary income tax rate. If you sell after 12 months, your long-term capital gains tax rate will be 15%. More ... It was forty years ago yesterday, October 12 1966, that Bill Terlik reported for duty with the United States Army at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn. He was only 19 years old at the time and still remembers his mother Eugenia crying when the draft notice arrived in the mail. For him, it was no big deal. Ter More ... Overall, the September weather was great and, so far, the October weather has been very enjoyable. Beautiful blue skies with a few puffy clouds, gentle breezes and lots of sunshine are continuing to ripen tomatoes for some folks. Some days, it even feels like Spring. Of course, there has been rain, More ... Dr. Louis Abelson, a physician from Far Rockaway with an office at John F. Kennedy International Airport, takes time out from a session of the International Congress of Military Medicine to meet with His Holiness, Pope John Paul II. The audience with the Pope was granted at the Vatican. Dr. Abelson, More ... Known as the "smart" Beatle, John Lennon could also be called the "smartass" Beatle, particularly after he left the Fab Four and went on his own with second wife Yoko Ono. More ... There is a disquieting phenomenon in our schools that needs to be addressed. The reading scores recently released by the Department of Education once again show an amazing amount of student slippage in the ability to read between the ages of 10 and 13. Educators once blamed that slippage on the fact More ... The flowers we have tended to all summer long are beginning to fade. The days have been getting a bit colder, and the air more brisk. More ... final weekend: 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., Sundays 1-4 p.m. and by appointment. For More ... During the late 1950s and early 1960s, Rockaway's Playland Amusement Park promoted the Rockaways, as well as its "Biggest Little Amusement Park in the World." More ... Many clients who come to see us are interested in transferring the title of their home to their children. For those of us in the "middle class" real estate may be our most valuable asset, and careful consideration must be taken before jeopardizing one's interest in the home. People want to transfer More ... If you are planning an early 2007 retirement, now is the time to contact Social Security. Here's why: we generally encourage people to notify us about three months More ... In the 1930's, astronomer C.W. Tombaugh snapped thousands of photographs through the lens of the Lowell Observatory's telescope in Flagstaff, Arizona. He was searching for the object that Percival Lowell believed was the reason for the divergences in the predicted and observed motions of the planets More ... The Rockaway Chamber of Commerce Dinner Dance will be held on Monday, October 23, 6:00 p.m. at Russo's on the Bay. We are proud to announce our 2006 honorees. More ... |
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