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By Roseanne Honan A patent-pending computer program that provides an alternative to standard email, created by locals Rick Horan and Bill Hanson, premiered last month through a children's newsletter created by the duo and their company, PushPrint LLC. More ... Two 'Wolves' Charged With Beating, Robbing Man By Howard Schwach Two thugs - part of a wolf pack that allegedly beat and robbed a Rockaway man in early June - have been arrested and charged in connection with the violent incident, The Wave learned this week. More ...
Representative Anthony Weiner hosts an emergency town hall meeting on Jewish community safety at the Avenue N Jewish Center in light of last week's shooting in Seattle and a suspicious fire outside a Queens synagogue. Weiner was joined by members of the NYPD and FBI, who urged increased vigilance in More ... Civic Leaders Demand More Say In Parks Decisions A group of 82 civic leaders including many from the local area are requesting public hearings and legislative oversight to remedy what they call the city Parks Department's "increasing difficulty in reaching agreement" with communities. More ...
By Miriam Rosenberg Contributing Editor In response to a perspective rent increase looming over them, residents of Ocean Village attended a hearing sponsored by the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal to air their objections to any rent hikes proposed by RY Management. More ... Primary Election Deadline 8/18 The State Board of Elections is reminding all state residents to register to vote for the September 12, 2006 primary elections. More ... Pheffer: Protect Your Debit Card Assemblywoman Audrey I. Pheffer wants New Yorkers to realize that even though many people find it convenient and easy to use debit cards instead of using cash, credit cards, or checks, debit card fraud is growing at alarming rates. In fact, Pheffer says debit card transactions exceeded credit card More ... Fewer Stops On MTA Rockaway Express Buses As of July 3, city Metropolitan Transportation Authority express buses now go directly to Manhattan after leaving Howard Beach. Coming from Manhattan, the first stop for those lines is Howard Beach. The schedule is as follows: More ...
By Howard Schwach Eighty-nine-year-old Bernard Richman was shocked at 3:44 p.m. on Monday when he put his quarter in a Muni-Meter machine on Beach 116 Street and turned back to put the receipt in his car window. More ...
Several members of the Rockaway and Long Island Voice Of The Faithful (VOTF) took time out from their summer break to attend the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) Conference in Jersey City on July 22. Attendees included (left to right): Mary Kiernan, Sheila Busey and Peggy O'Neill.... More ... Camp kidsmART Celebrates End Of Season Camp kidsmART will close its seventh summer season with an exhibit of original paintings, oil pastels, collage, and other arts and crafts created by campers in the sTudio-6 and sTudio 7 galleries in Ft. Tilden on Wednesday, August 9 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. More ...
Arlene Cornell, Rockaway's noted watercolorist, has had her painting, "Peggy's Cove," accepted for the 110th Annual Open Exhibition of the Catherine Lorrillard Wolfe Art Club, one of the oldest women's art clubs. More ...
Kids on Beach 108 Street enjoyed a close-up look at a dead, 3-foot "Sand Shark" on Tuesday and then had fun towing it around the beach on a boogie board and showing it off to other curious beachgoers. The creature, which is properly referred to as a Smooth Dogfish - a kind of shark - is commonly fou More ...
The engagement of Samantha Jo Di Capua and Salvatore La Torre has been announced by the future bride's parents, Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Di Capua of Neponsit. The future bridegroom is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Dominick La Torre of Staten Island. Di Capua is a graduate of Bishop Kearney High School in Brooklyn More ...
Anthony Contino, an 84-year-old artist and resident of Horizon Care Center in Arverne, presented Senator Malcolm A. Smith with his painting, "Purple View," at a July 18 ceremony. More ... Lifeguard Recruitment Meeting Set By Brian Magoolaghan Community Board 14 will host a special meeting later this month to investigate lifeguard recruitment and testing in the wake of accusations that several local kids were blackballed because they bucked the long-established city recruitment system. More ...
LIVE NATION presents REGGAE SUNSPLASH 2006 starring UB40, MAXI PRIEST, THIRD WORLD and Rik Rok at the North Fork Theatre at Westbury on Thursday, August 17 at 7 PM. More ... Learning Center Provides Reduced Meal Prices On Our Way Learning Center, 264 Beach 19 Street in Far Rockaway, will offer a free and reduced price meal (Free Milk) policy for their students. More ... No Swimming At Riis Park Beaches Swimming at Jacob Riis Park was temporarily prohibited Thursday, August 10, due to high levels of bacteria in the water, officials at Gateway National Recreation Area announced. The beach will remain open to visitors but the water will be off-limits until tests show the levels are back within standa More ... 'Heroes Of The Sky' At Floyd Bennett Field A temporary exhibit, "Heroes of the Sky, Adventures in Early Flight," is currently on display at Floyd Bennett Field's Ryan Visitor Center. More ... Bacteria Levels 'OK' in '05, But Testing Runs Afoul By Brian Magoolaghan Bacteria levels at Rockaway's beaches fell within safety guidelines last year, but a national environmental organization says that's because testing doesn't occur when rain forces sewage overflow into bathing areas, according to a recent report. More ... Milestones Fraiman Named To Dean's List Talia Fraiman, a Far Rockaway resident and junior in the School of International Service at American University, majoring in International Studies, was named to the spring 2006 Dean's List. More ...
Sophia Marie Millet turned 1 year old on August 2. More ...
Nicholas Patrylo celebrated his first birthday on July 29 at his home in Inwood, with his brothers Armando, Richard and Michael. Also attending were his parents, John and Doreen; parental grandparents, John and Peggy Patrylo of Bayswater; and grandmother, Cindy Baloyi of Ozone Park. More ... Reason A Spring 2006 SUNY Delhi Graduate Shantia Reason of Rockaway Beach graduated from the State University of New York College of Technology at Delhi, where she received an A.A.S. degree in Nursing. More ... Adams Completes Army Basic Combat Training Army Reserve Pvt. LaToya A. Adams has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. More ...
Maura Hennessey, a Breezy Point resident and student at PS 114, has been accepted into the People to People World Leadership Forum. More ...
300 Customers Silenced In Belle Harbor Construction workers building homes where the Washington Hotel once stood on More ...
By Miriam Rosenberg Contributing Editor With games, a science show, a fashion show and a performance by an a cappella group, the Fourth Annual Community Health Fair and Festival at the Far Rockaway Church of Christ provided residents of the area, last Saturday, with more than an average More ...
Workers from the Department of Parks and Recreation found the body of a man Monday morning on the beach at Beach 72 Street. More ... Local Child Care Training Set For Fall The Business Outreach Center Network, Inc. (BOC) offers Child Care Business Development Project (CCBDP) to individuals who are starting or expanding an in-home child care business. This free training helps homebased child care providers plan and run a successful child care business by offering a nin More ... |
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