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Students, parents and staff of PS 43, in conjunction with the American Littoral Society and the Rockaway Waterfront Alliance, took part in a fall cleanup collecting 1500 pounds of garbage on Rockaway's beach last week. More ... A Health and Safety Training program for licensed family or group daycare providers and individuals who are applying for their license will be available in Far Rockaway. More ... College bound high school students can take the ACT college admissions exam on December 9, 2006, the next national test date. The deadline for postmark or online registration is November 3, with the late registration deadline on November 16 with an additional $19 fee. Students can get registration m More ... An unidentified motorist driving eastbound on Beach Channel Drive on Wednesday afternoon lost control of his car and wound up upside down at Beach 87 Street on the heavily traveled road. The motorist walked away from the accident, but was transported to Peninsula Hospital Center for tests. More ... A 21-year-old fisherman who is presumed drowned remained missing at press time, five days after a wave washed him off the Rockaway Point Jetty. More ... Surfside Manor, an adult home at 9502 Beach 95 Street in Rockaway Park has joined the growing number of buildings that house cell towers. The towers on the roof of the seven-story building were put up with the assistance of a large crane late last week. Experts say that the ten cell towers now on th More ... Representative Anthony Weiner recently released new data showing that the Bush Administration and GOP Congress this year gutted a key federal school safety program, which was created to protect kids from violence. Weiner blasted Hastert and Bush for their "shameful hypocrisy" and he called on the G More ... Margert Community Corporation today released its program for Home Fair 2006, a free, day-long event to be held in Far Rockaway on Saturday, October 28, for local families who dream of purchasing a home of their own, and for homeowners who want to protect their ownership investment. This year's Fair More ... Many residents who live nearby Jamaica Bay or who travel on Beach Channel Drive in the west end showed concern on Saturday morning when they saw the bay covered with large patches of what one local called "gunk" floating in the bay. This large patch was seen just west of Tribute Park on Beach 116 St More ... Representative Anthony Weiner, a member of the House of Representatives Aviation Subcommittee, called on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to restrict small planes from flying in low airspace around New York City until a complete safety and security assessment of New York City airspace is co More ... Prosecutors have dropped their case against an Arverne teenager who was charged last summer with shooting another teen during a wild bicycle chase, The Wave learned this week. More ... A Rockaway man pled guilty in State Supreme Court to felony charges of grand larceny and forgery, as part of what the city's Department of Investigations says was a "widespread pattern of fraud" at the Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Club in the Bronx. More than $20,000 of that money, investigators say, More ... Under the banner of "Caring for the Rockaways," softball teams from Peninsula Hospital Center and St. John's Episcopal Hospital played a game on Thursday, October 5, at the Rockaway Little League Field in Fort Tilden. The game, won by St. John's, generated much good sportsmanship, good will, and gen More ... A parochial school teacher who was fired by St. Rose of Lima Church School because she was pregnant and unmarried, was the victim of "pregnancy discrimination," the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has ruled. More ... The State Education Department is offering $14 million in capital funding for public library construction, State Senator Malcolm A. Smith announced. More ... The Department of Environmental Conservation shut down the construction of a new home in Bayswater last week because building on the small site, located on the Jamaica Bay waterfront, violates tidal wetland restrictions. More ... Carol Roldan, a Communications Operator at St. John's Episcopal Hospital and Far Rockaway resident, was selected to be the Hospital's Employee of the Quarter. Roldan, who has been employed at the Hospital for 35 years, was nominated by her co-workers for being "courteous, dependable, and a compassio More ... Broad Channel resident Dan Mundy will be honored by the Peninsula Hospital Center for his service to the community as well as to the hospital center at its upcoming ball. More ... The Deerfield Area Association, a civic association in Far Rockaway, treated local seniors to a trip to the Hunterdon Hills Playhouse in Hampton, New Jersey to see the play "Broadway Sally." Lunch and transportation were included for the day trip. Pictured are the seniors in New Jersey with Barbara More ... The National Park Service will commemorate Floyd Bennett Field's 75th anniversary as New York City's first municipal airport and the 65th anniversary of Naval Air Station - New York, with a host of activities on Saturday, October 21. More ... The guest speaker at the September 22 meeting of the Frank Avenue Civic Association of Edgemere was assemblywoman Michelle Titus, who came to share the news that the State University of New York (SUNY) had recently opened a new computer lab on Central Avenue in Far Rockaway. "After much hard work we More ... An award day for the Rockaway Community Corps Headstart staff sponsored by the Board of Directors, will be held on Saturday, October 14 at the Elks Lodge, Nameoke Street and Beach Channel Drive, at 3 p.m. More ... City Council Member Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. has announced that he has cosponsored two pieces of legislation in the Council aimed at aiding disabled citizens and providing defibrillators in all New York City schools. More ... Retro69 and the Graybeards are teaming up to support the Caffrey- Conroy Learning Center, with a fundraiser at Breezy Point's Bayhouse, on Saturday, November 4, from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. More ... |
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