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Community Board Indicts City On Lifeguard/Beach Issues
By Brian Magoolaghan
The community board endorsed a detailed committee report Tuesday that alleges unfairness and impropriety in the city's lifeguard training and hiring process and makes recommendations that, if implemented, would bring sweeping changes to city beaches. More...
Errant Auto Turns Eatery Into 'Drive In'
Man Loses Control As Auto Jumps B. 116 Street Center Mall
By Howard Schwach

A 77-year-old Rockaway man who had just picked up his wife at Tudor Nails on Beach 116 Street on Sunday says that he suddenly found that his car's accelerator was stuck in the down position and that he was heading for a restaurant across the street. More...

Plan To Reconstruct Shore Front Pkwy Public Input Will Be Sought, Dept. of Transportation Says
By Brian Magoolaghan

Shore Front Parkway is slated for a thorough reconstruction - using not just paint but concrete and asphalt this time - and two city agencies are going to collaborate with the community to determine what changes will be made, The Wave has learned. More...

October Is Lupus Awareness Month

State Senator Malcolm A. Smith announced a month-long citywide initiative during Lupus Awareness Month in October, to increase awareness of lupus, a chronic disease that for unknown reasons causes inflammation and serious damage to various parts of the body. While many women know the signs and heal More...

 Community
•PS 43 Students Join In Beach Cleanup
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...
•Health And Safety Training On The Rock
•Registration Deadline 11/3 For December ACT Test
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 Columnists
•The Brag Bag
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...
•Focus On Financial Affairs
•From The Right
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 Sports
•Mceachin, Dolphins Run Wild On Erasmus Hall
Tyrek Mceachin did not take part in a Beach Channel football players' only meeting held the day before their crucial matchup at Erasmus Hall Field last Saturday afternoon. Though he wasn't present, the freshman runningback got the message of what occurred. More...
•H.S. Roundup: Beach Channel Kicks Adams From Top Spot
•Columbus Day Action for Sorrentino Flag Football
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 Editorial/Opinion
•Opinions It's All A Question of Finding Seats For New Students
There is a quiet crisis building on the Rockaway peninsula that has nothing to do with guns and drugs, lifeguards and beach access, lines painted on the roadway or new cell towers. It is about development and a swelling population of children that will find no seats at local elementary schools. The More...
•Editorial Comment
•From the Editor's Desk
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 Letters
•Letters
It Takes Teamwork To Build A Memorial
Dear Editor, It was nice to meet you on Friday 9/22 around 11:00 on the premises of the project at Beach 116 Street for the Flight 587 Memorial. More...
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 Calendar
•October 2006
Community Happenings
Street Dedication Ceremony for Msgr. William F. Burke More...
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 Obits
•Obituaries
Lillian Seabrook Griffin Director of Nursing, More...
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