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for larger version       Ads have a Patent Pending. Click Here for More Information Beachcomber The Organizers of the Far Rockaway High School Class of 1957 Reunion are looking for lots of alumni to attend the upcoming event on June 23 at the Long Island Marriott. We've agreed to print some of the names of those they're looking for. More ...
Many Volunteer Opportunities With The Red Cross CommentaryBy Joan Foley Director, American Red Cross Of Greater New York - Queens March was a busy time for the American Red Cross in Greater New York. We helped many people affected by fires, building collapses and during the St. Patrick's weekend winter storm. More ... Looking Backward What The Wave Said 20 Years Ago... Congregation Derech Emunoh is closing its landmark synagogue at Beach 67 Street and Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Arverne. This closing is certain unless the community immediately helps the congregation muster a minyan (a quorum of 10 males) for ... More ...
From The Rockaway Museum by Emil Lucev, Curator Dedicated To The Memory Of Leon S. Locke There were two traffic circles in the Rockaways, and both have long since been eliminated. Back in the early 1900s a cul-de-sac was built on Rockaway Beach Boulevard, between what we know today as Beach 120 Street and Beach 121 Streets. More ...
Spring is the Greening Season Commentary By Dr. Nancy Gahles Spring is the greening season. It is the time to bring to fruition all the ideas that have been germinating throughout the wnter season. Spring is the time of creation and birthing. This is a beautiful metaphor. Nature sprouting new shoots from the hard surface. More ...
Rockaway Artists Alliance Last Weekend To Catch Photo Show Fundraiser Saturday At B. 116 St. Commentary by Susan Hartenstein THROUGH SUNDAY: Photography: Process and Print - Exhibition on view @ sTudio 6 Gallery in RoCA, Fort Tilden: through this Sunday, April 1. Admission is free. Gallery hours: Saturdays 12-4 p.m., Sundays 1-4 p.m. and by appointment... More ...
Juvenile Book Tells Story Of Arverne Beachfront Hotel A Wave Review By Howard Schwach Those who lived in Rockaway when it was a small town with a winter population under 20,000 and a summer population that swelled into 200,000 each year between Memorial Day and Labor Day called those extra residents "The Invaders." It was our little in-joke, even though summers in Rockaway... More ...
Review By Robert Snyder 'Premonition' - The Sick Sense Some 40 years ago, there was a "Twilight Zone' episode, where a man wakes up in a nice suburban bed only to have his wife scream that he's not her husband and, in fact, is a... More ...
Commentary By James Glasser, Manager, Far Rockaway Social Security Office There's a lot of talk about online services. But what about people like me who don't have Internet access? We realize that not everyone has access to the Internet, which is why many of our automated services are available over the phone as well. More ... Spotlight On Elderlaw Living and Coping With Dementia Commentary By Nancy J. Brady, RN, Esq. And Linda Faith Marshak, Esq. As attorneys with many clients who are elderly, we frequently encounter couples and families who live with someone with dementia. This month we decided to write about some of the things we have learned from them. Learn to accept the disease. Loved ones with dementia often do or ... More ... The Rockaway Irregular Rockaway Writer O'Callaghan Featured At Upcoming Literary Arts Festival Commentary by Stuart W. Mirsky Local Rockaway author Thomas O'Callaghan describes his twelve-year effort to take his first novel, a police procedural cum thriller, Bone Thief (Kensington Books), from conception to completion as an odyssey of exploration. "After I finished reading my twelfth 87th Precinct novel," ... More ...
Easter Lilies Commentary By Danielle McShane Danielle's Rockaway Florist The white, trumpet shaped flowers on an Easter lily represent life, purity and hope - the very essence of Easter. They are one of the most popular gifts given for an Easter celebration. When purchasing one, you should look for full, compact greens, rich in color. Only the first bl... More ... Weed And Seed Report Commentary By Charles Ferguson As a kid growing up in the Redfern Houses, and loving sports as I did, football season excited my hormones in an anticipation of the pick up games of neighborhood football with the guys. There was hardly a lack for bodies when it was game time, and the spirit of the atmosphere was one of f... More ... |
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