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An unidentified local woman was injured on Wednesday, February 14, when a man wielding a knife accosted her at the ATM outside of the Bank of America branch in Arverne and demanded her money. Police say that the woman gave up $360 to the still-unidentified man but was cut slightly on the neck. She was transported to Peninsula Hospital Center, where she was reportedly treated and released. More ... Police officers and School Security Agents take an unidentified Beach Channel High School student into custody on Tuesday morning. Police say that the teen, who is not being identified because of his age, attempted to enter the school with a knife and was caught at the school's screening device. The case was referred to family court because of the age of the young man. More ... Congressman Gregory W. Meeks will host a Congressional Veterans Town Hall on Tuesday, February 20 to discuss the concerns of those who have served in our armed forces. "Veterans and active duty military personnel in our community have fought and sacrificed for our freedoms," said Meeks. More ... This spring, hope blooms across Queens in the form of hundreds of thousands of daffodils during the American Cancer Society's 34th annual "Daffodil Days." The day is a simple yet effective way to help bring hope into the lives of people with cancer right in our community. More ... New York State taxpayers are advised to be cautious when selecting a preparer for their personal tax returns, and to read the fine print carefully when a preparer offers an instant tax refund, says acting New York State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance, Barbara G. Billet. More ... Assemblywoman Audrey I. Pheffer wants to remind parents of school aged children that are preparing to file their taxes to be sure to apply for the Empire State Child Tax Credit. Last year Assemblywoman Pheffer fought to create the Empire State Child Tax Credit. More ... Peninsula Hospital Center and Peninsula Center for Extended Care and Rehabilitation (PCECR) recently chose its February Employees of the Month. This month's honorees included Leslie Barnett, a patient access registrar, assigned to the Emergency Department and Sharon W. Sklar, ACSW, a social worker assigned to the Adult Day Health Care Center. More ... For the eighth consecutive year, New York State's hospitals, lost money in 2005, bringing total hospital losses to $2.4 billion since 1998, a recent Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) analysis has found. That fact has led Governor George Pataki to assemble a commission to look at hospital costs and to make recommendations. More ... With February being Black History Month, State Senator Shirley L. Huntley is reminding her constituents that it's an opportunity to recognize the many contributions and accomplishments of African Americans throughout our history. More ... Peninsula Hospital Center will sponsor a blood drive on Monday, February 26, 2007. The blood drive is being held in conjunction with Long Island Blood Services and New York Blood Center. Eligible donors should be in good health with a minimum weight of 110 pounds, and be between the ages of 17 to 75, although older persons may donate blood with their doctor's written permission. More ... State Senator Malcolm A. Smith is urging qualified high school and college students to try out for a free training and conditioning course that leads to employment as a summer lifeguard for the City of New York, according to a recent announcement. More ... The Tiger Cub Scouts from the Breezy Point pack visited The Wave offices on Beach 88 Street and Rockaway Beach Boulevard last week to find out how the newspaper is written and produced. More ... Representative Anthony Weiner has announced legislation to secure more urban homeland security funds for New York City, which would be accomplished by limiting eligibility for high threat grants to the 15 cities most at risk of a terror attack. More ... Writers sometimes find Rockaway stories at unexpected times in unexpected places - like when they're buying sunglasses in Rockville Centre. That's where I recently met Nancy Feldman, an optician with 30 years of experience who works at the eye clinic at Peninsula Hospital Center and about 15 other nursing homes and extended care facilities throughout Queens and Long Island. More ... When a devastating, six-alarm fire broke out at an apartment building in Far Rockaway on February 3, it brought teams of first responders - Police, Fire, EMS - to the scene, but it also drew a new kind of city response group: the Civilian Emergency Response Team. More ... While most New Yorkers stayed in on Sunday, February 4 waiting for the cold front to pass, over 4,000 supporters of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Metro New York braved freezing temperatures for The Long Beach Polar Bear Club's Super Bowl Splash. More ... Judy and Stephen Yaeger celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary on Saturday, February 10 with friends and family at a party at the Mahogany Room steak house on Cross Bay Boulevard in Howard Beach. The party, which was hosted by the couple's three children, brought together 20 people for the early evening dinner. More ... Time is running out to nominate the next New York State "Teacher of the Year" for 2006-2007, announced award sponsor Teachers' Insurance Plan, a car insurance program exclusively for members of the educational community. The deadline is midnight on March 1, 2007. Teachers, students and parents can nominate any of the state's more than 225,000 accredited teachers. More ... Y. Phillip Goldfeder of the mayor's Community Assistance Unit gave a brief speech about PlaNYC, Mayor Bloomberg's initiative to create a sustainable city by 2030. More ... Afire in an abandoned 100-year-old Edgemere bungalow drew several east end fire units last week, with at least nine of them suffering minor injures and smoke inhalation that necessitated treatment at a local hospital. Fire Department officials say that the first call came in to the 911 emergency system at 9:10 a.m. on Friday, February 9 for a fire at 165 Beach 25 Street. More ... A slow-moving winter 'nor'easter hit Rockaway on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, leaving streets, sidewalks and steps frozen throughout the peninsula. Even the Muni-Meters on Beach 116 Street were frozen solid on Wednesday afternoon. More ... A few hundred hardy souls gave their all for the fight against Cystic Fibrosis on Saturday with a quick but cold plunge into the Atlantic Ocean at Beach 126 Street. More ... Dr. Peter Nelson, Executive Director, and Dr. Alfonso Chan, Chief Medical Officer of the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, joined members of Peninsula Hospital Center's staff for a tour and demonstration of PHC's new AngioScreen technology. More ... Peninsula Hospital Center, affiliate of the North Shore-LIJ Health Sys-tem, has recently been renewed for a three-year term accreditation for its Siemens 1.5T SYMPHONY Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system as the result of a recent survey by the American College of Radiology, mak-ing it the only such ACR accredited facility having a 1. More ... It may have been cold outside, but hearts were warm inside as the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life of the Rockaways started its 2007 campaign at a kickoff party on the evening of February 7. Last year the relay raised over $80,000 at the overnight event held each June, and John Link of the ACS would like to replicate that amount this year. More ... Customer satisfaction is the keyword of the staff at Attixx Onne. Financing is available and all major credit cards are accepted. See Mr. Spence, the store's manager during the hours of 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday and at 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays. More ... Second and third grade students from PS 47 in Broad Channel entertained their schoolmates in Pre-K, Kindergarten and first grade with dance steps they choreographed from the opera "Hansel and Gretel." All of the grades at the school have been studying opera and attending workshops with the staff of The New York City Opera at Lincoln Center. They also attended an actual performance in Manhattan. More ... Colorful, creative displays were evident in every classroom at Channel View School for Research's 3rd Annual Gallery of Student Work, held on February 1. "Gallery" is a bi-annual event where students showcase their work for family, friends, faculty and the community. More ... |
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