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Broad Channel Bits
By Liz Guarino
     Cold weather found us again! For winter, though, it really has not been bad. Other areas of our country have had mudslides, tornadoes, fires, hurricanes. It’s good that we don’t have to think about those things happening here; it’s hard enough to think about high tide and torrential rains coinciding
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Councilman Addabbo Explores Run For State Senate
By Howard Schwach
     City Councilman Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. is considering a run for the State Senate next November and may, according to published reports, have the financial and political backing of Mayor Michael Bloomberg in his run.
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Cops Sweep Dealers From Redfern, Dix McBride
By Brian Magoolaghan
     Police last Thursday arrested 33 alleged drug pushers – including two members of the Bloods street gang – who were part of a rampant narcotics infestation at the Redfern and Dix McBride Houses in Far Rockaway.
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Addabbo Pushes For Better Public School Education
     “Crowded classrooms and temporary, non-standard and makeshift classrooms do not make for a quality learning environment for our children and can no longer be tolerated,” said Councilman Joseph P. Addabbo Jr., explaining why he was the co-sponsor of two pieces of legislation mandating changes in the
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New Commander At Jewish War Veterans Post
     The Jewish War Veterans Lieutenant Wiener Post 258 chose their new commander, Harold Arnow, at an installation meeting on Sunday, January 15 at Temple Beth El. Pictured (top row, left to right) are officers and public figures who attended the event: Larry Eichen, C.O.S.; Julius Birnbaum, P.P.C.; Ass...
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Queens Library Offers Free Tax Counseling
     Make this spring “less taxing” by utilizing the Free Individual Income Tax counseling program available at several Queens library locations.
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From the Editor’s Desk
By Howard Schwach
     There are some jokes that are so old that only the punch line is necessary for the joke to get a laugh.
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From The Artists Studio
Rockaway Artists Alliance A Neo-Byzantine Triptych And Arts @ Home
     by Susan Hartenstein Arts @ Fort Tilden: A Primary Exhibition
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Dorothy Dunne
      News Events/Travel Editor/Host • WNYX - TV Morning News
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Looking Backward
What The Wave Said
     20 Years Ago... “Close the Edgemere landfill now! It doesn’t make any difference where the garbage comes from, the dump in Rockaway must be closed!”
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The Inner Voice by Marilyn Gelfand
     If someone said to you, what energy do you think governs our planet, what would you think?
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MovieScope
‘Casanova’ – No Way!
By Robert Snyder
     Many films have been made about the notorious 18th century European playboy, Casanova, including one by Fellini and another starring Bob Hope. However, the current one with Heath Ledger may be the worst, or close to it. Directed by Lasse Hallstrom, “Casanova” tries very hard to be a ribald, rollicki...
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Historical Views of the Rockaways
C’mon—Let Your Face Crack At These Cards!
From The Rockaway Museum by Emil Lucev, Curator Dedicated To The Memory Of Leon S. Locke
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On The Beach
With Beverly Baxter Saying Goodbye To Msgr. Geraghty
     The talk on the street was one of dazed disbelief. “Devastating. “Are you sure?” “Is it official?” “It’s like losing a member of our family.” These are just some of the heartfelt sentiments expressed upon hearing the sudden news that the much beloved spiritual leader of Saint Frances de Sales will b
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On The Bayfront
By Elisa Hinken New Construction, Renovations Do Not Meet ADA Requirements
     As further proof that New York City Parks and Recreation strives to preserve “status quo” with archaic laws regarding recreational use of our beaches, New York State Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi announced recently the release of audit findings regarding the access of recreational facilities in the Cit
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Simon says...
     From the Desk of Lew M. Simon, Democratic District Leader, 23
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School Scope
Implementation is Upon Us
By Norman Scott
     Well the time has come. The 37.5 minutes are upon us. There has been enough written in the mainstream press about all the problems teachers, administrators, parents and students will have with this extra time. So we don’t have to go into details other than to say, do we really believe this extra tim
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The Progressive
Moral Responsibility
By John Paul Culotta
     “Learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow.
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