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This is the final installment in a series of columns in which Sean Connington, a fifth-year Rockaway lifeguard and journalism student at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, More ... Rockaway remembered those who died in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center six years ago, last Tuesday at Tribute Park. More ... A Far Rockaway teenager, who allegedly put a gun to a man's head and demanded his money, was arrested in Jamaica on Sunday for allegedly shooting the man five times Police say that Daniel Manning, 19, of 440 Beach 54 Street, was arrested shortly after he accosted the unnamed man on the corner of 102 Avenue and Allendale Street in Jamaica at about 10:30 p.m. on September 9. More ... Asix-year-old Far Rockaway boy suffered serious burns to his chest on Friday, after he accidentally set himself on fire with his mother's cigarette lighter, police say. Loud screams brought Cynthia Holmes into her son's bedroom at about 1:30 a.m. on September 7. More ... City Comptroller William Thompson says that there is a growing problem throughout the city that seems to be hitting the eastern end of the Rockaway peninsula harder than most: home foreclosures. More ... The Far Rockaway Youth Council will hold a protest against what Donovan Richards terms "youth targeted police brutality" in Far Rockaway on Saturday, September 15, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. More ... The commanding officer of the 100 Precinct says most of the hulking concrete blocks that have been outside the precinct stationhouse since shortly after September 11 are being removed. More ... As the anniversaries of the two most damaging hurricanes to hit the region approaches, the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) and Keyspan urge residents and businesses to keep an eye on the long-range tropical weather forecasts and continue with hurricane preparations. More ... Representative Anthony Weiner, a member of the House of Representatives Energy & Commerce and Judiciary Committees, climbed the stairs to the Statue of Liberty's closed crown today and announced that Congressional hearings into reopening Lady Liberty will begin on Tuesday, September 18 in Washington, D.C. More ... Congressman Anthony Weiner, a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, along with Council Member Letitia James (WF- Clinton Hill), released a report on Monday that has found that since the year 2000, the number of bank branches in New York City has increased by 338, or 27 percent. More ... Staff members from the Peninsula Hospital Center once again provided several medical screenings for visitors to last weekend's RMAC Fall Festival at Riis Park. Pictured, from left, back row: Ting Kin J. More ... Aviation buffs from all over the region were drawn to Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn over the weekend for a Fly-In of vintage aircraft sponsored by Gateway National Park. On hand were park officials and elected officials, such as Congressman Anthony Weiner. More ... On Saturday, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks honored the dedication and sacrifices of the Sixth Congressional District veterans and returning soldiers and their families at an "Oldies but Goodies Bar-B-que" at the St. Albans Veterans Administration Campus in St Albans. More ... The residents of Peninsula Center for Extended Care and Rehabilitation (PCECR) celebrated the best of summer recently with "Coney Island Day", a very special event planned in their honor by Ellen Eckelmann, the Director of Therapeutic Recreation. Hot dogs, knishes, cotton candy, snow cones and pretzels served as the "fun food" of the event. More ... Hannah Sautner, a student at Region Five Scholars' Academy, has been accepted into the People to People World Leadership Forum. Sautner will join a select group of students in Washington, D.C. More ... Mary Caitlyn Cunneen, daughter of Alison and the late John Cunneen of Belle Harbor, has once again made the dean's list at St. John's University College of Professional Studies, where she is a senior. More ... William J. Greenberg, the son of Joanne Greenberg of Beach 126 Street in Belle Harbor, graduated from the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Leader Development and Assessment Course at Fort Lewis in Tacoma, Washington. More ... Army National Guard Private Latoya J. Holmes has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. More ... Students and staff of The Peninsula Preparatory Academy Charter School (PPA) opened its doors for a fourth year, after completing a successful academic school year in Far Rockaway. Third-grade students exceeded the local district in reading achievement. The school's overall reading scores exceeded those of the local district. More ... Rev. Dr. Richard Liew, the Director of Clinical Pastoral Education for Episcopal Health Services, Inc., based at St. John's Episcopal Hospital, is a pioneer in the development of indigenous clinical pastoral education. More ... Rockaway resident Elizabeth Graham sent The Wave this picture of two swans seen on September 1 off the beach at Beach 123 Street and again on September 5 near Beach 101 Street. More ... Thomas Brando, RN, has been named the Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Peninsula Hospital Center. Brando comes to the Peninsula Hospital Center from its affiliate, North Shore-LIJ Health System, where he worked for the past 20 years. More ... On September 15, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., The Parks Department and the American Littoral Society will be cleaning up coastal areas and keeping water locations pristine. The cleanup will be located between Beach 59 and Beach 110 Streets. Residents, students and environmentalists are invited to help keep the parks clean. More ... Hammel Playground has reopened to the public with new play units, swings, resurfacing and a spray shower - and with plenty of nice weather remaining for kids and parents to enjoy, before the temperatures turn cold. More ... The Peninsula Hospital Center Auxiliary met on Tuesday, September 4 and welcomed Dr. Robert Katz as their guest speaker. Dr. Katz is Director of Psychology at the Peninsula Center for Extended Care and Rehabilitation. More ... While officials of the Broad Channel Athletic Club are confident that they will win the lawsuit that the American Legion Post brought against them to claim a piece of land sold to the athletic club by the city, they worry that the cost of fighting that suit might well put them out of business, jeopardizing a sports program that is used by hundreds of local kids. More ... Councilman James Sanders Jr. will host a Men's Breakfast on Saturday, September 22 at Macedonia Baptist Church, located at 330 Beach 67 Street in Arverne. The breakfast will begin promptly at 9 a.m. and end at 11 a.m. More ... The Development Board of St. John's Episcopal Hospital held the Second Annual Ocean Walk on Sunday, September 9, 2007. The Walk raised more than $56,000 and $11,000 in kind for the renovation of the Obstetrics Unit at St. More ... City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (center) visited Peninsula Hospital Center on Wednesday. Quinn had a sit-down with PHC President and CEO Robert V. Levine (left), Chairman of the Board Joel A. Miele Sr., P.E. More ... The sky over the Riis Park beach was full of colorful creatures last weekend, as the New York City Kite Festival once again came to Rockaway. More ... Senator Malcolm A. Smith is urging his constituents to take advantage of a new program to help make our neighborhoods better places to live, work and raise a family. More ... The "shark mania" that pervaded in Rockaway last weekend - brought on by a sick thresher shark that came to die on our shores - continued, as the Welch family of Far Rockaway found a sand shark in Rockaway Beach More ... The 20th annual All-American Championship of Irish Dancing was held in Washington D.C. this past July. Lifelong residents of Belle Harbor, Julie and MaryAnn Opperman, accomplished a special feat at this year's competition, earning the championship title in each of their events. Julie took first place in the under 15-championship, and Mary- Ann won in the under-18 division. More ... Raegan Grace Sullivan was born on August 20, 2007 and weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces. Raegan is the daughter of Daria H. (Scholfield) and Thomas M. Sullivan of Brooklyn and the grandchild of Helen Schofield of Beacon, New York and Tom and Denise Sullivan, of Rockaway. More ... |
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