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Columnists April 21st, 2006
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Dorothy Dunne
      News Events/Travel Editor/Host + WNYX - TV Morning News
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Broad Channel Bits
By Liz Guarino
     Recent days have been filled with sunshine. Some strong gusts of wind have been blowing hairdos around, whipping telephone wires and bounding through the budding tree branches. Winter coats, scarves and hats have been shed and stored for the cold that comes toward the end of the year. Neighbors are
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More Parking Spaces Added To The Center Parking On The Beach Side
     This is all that was done in the early 1930's on Beach 116 Street to improve the parking problem. Lines were painted in the center of the street to allow two rows of parked cars, parked as the driver saw fit. This picture appeared in the Wave of in the springtime of 1931. The many distortions of age
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From The Artists Studio
Rockaway Artists Alliance Brooklyn - It ain't Just The Cyclones
by Susan Hartenstein
     But first: 2 Rockaway reminders : On view through April 30 is
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From the Editor's Desk
By Howard Schwach
     The word 'extort" is defined in The American Heritage Dictionary as "to obtain from another by coercion or intimidation. It is the "illegal use of one's official position or powers to obtain property, funds or patronage."
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Erin On The Rox
By Erin Baumann
     Congratulations to Margaret and John Laffler on the birth of their daughter Delaney Margaret on March 9, 2006, weighing 8lbs 12 oz.
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The Inner Voice by Marilyn Gelfand
     Spring is in the air. What a wonderful feeling to watch nature in action. The trees are blooming, and animals are beginning to mate and nest. The cycle of life continues. Human beings can take a sense of security in the continuing natural patterns of existence. We as humans have been give
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MovieScope
'Inside Man' - Spike Breaks Out
By Robert Snyder
     Filmmaker Spike Lee is finally breaking into the commercial mainstream. And he does it with a whopper: An intelligent action thriller, "Inside Man."
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Looking Backward
What The Wave Said
     20 Years Ago... One of the busiest summers in many a year is approaching for the Rockaways this year. The 300th anniversary of Rockaway, which kicks off next Sunday, will be filled with different and interesting things for the entire year. Concerts, races, antique planes,
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It's My Turn
By Grace-Marie Turner
     Grace-Marie Turner is president of the Galen Institute, a non-profit research organization that focuses on free-market ideas for health reform. She can be reached at turner@galen.org.
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On The Beach
With Beverly Baxter People Are Talking About Eric Ulrich
     If you saw him on the street, you might just pass him by. Chalk him up as being just another back-pack carrying college-aged student who is immersed in the daunting task of finding his way in the world. Stop to delve further and comment on the current state of the world, well you might find yourself
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Simon says...
     From the Desk of Lew M. Simon, Democratic District Leader, 23
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The Progressive
Service Economy
By John Paul Culotta
     A decade or two ago, it was considered common knowledge that the United States was in a post-industrial age. Heavy industry was moving to foreign shores to take advantage of cheap labor costs.
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