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January 19, 2007 / Columnists

From The Rockaway Postmaster's Desk

Commentary By George P. Buonocore

With the new federal laws mandating a passport when leaving the country to travel to a number of island destinations, the Postal Service sympathizes with the people who tried to get their passports in order during the past few workweeks with More...

Beachcomber

Several Rockaway schools were on the list of schools that the state is keeping any eye on because of sub-par performance. More...

From The Artists Studio

Exhibition Opening This Weekend Rockaway Artists Alliance

Commentary by Susan Hartenstein This weekend @ the Fort:

Opening reception for Where Flowers Bloom in Winter: Sunday, January 21, 1-3 p.m. sTudio 6 Gallery in the Rockaway Center for the Arts (RoCA) in Fort Tilden. Featured live performer: acoustic guitarist T.K. Kearney. More...

The Rockaway Irregular

Coming Soon to A National Park Near You!

Commentary by Stuart W. Mirsky

When I retired from the city bureaucracy at the end of 2002, I knew I wanted to do one thing. Having written an historical novel, published in 1998, I figured I was good to go for a second career as the next Ernest Hemingway. More...

MovieScope

'Perfume: The Story of A Murderer' - Scents For A Psycho

Review By Robert Snyder

In 1981, off-beat film maker John Waters tried to tap uncharted cinematic waters, or aromas, by introducing "odorama" in his movie, "Polyester." The offensive romantic comedy pairing Tab Hunter and transvestite Divine featured scratch-and- More...

Broad Channel Bits

Commentary By Elizabeth Guarino

Last week we started to get temperatures that are more appropriate to this time of year. Still, compared to other places in our country, we have really been fortunate. More...

It's My Turn

Bring The Federalist Papers To Bear On Iraq

Commentary By Susan Rexroad

This op-ed piece was submitted by former Rockaway resident, Susan Rexroad, who now lives in Virginia. A flurry of strategies for helping Iraq pull itself out of chaos and civil war are being considered these days. More...