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for larger version       Beachcomber The Health And Hospitals Corporation Board of Directors has approved surrendering the former Neponsit Nursing Home site to New York City. That might sound strange because the HHC is a city agency, but that's the way it works. More ... Broad Channel Bits Commentary By Liz Guarino The mercury is not straying too far from 49 degrees, which is about average for this time of year. In other parts of our country, the temperatures are seesawing from freezing all the way up to the 70's. It may not be that cool or that warm here, but temps that are fairly consistent are a lo... More ... Erin On The Rox By Erin Baumann On March 10, The Ladies Auxiliary of the Mayor's Committee held their annual St. Patrick's Day party. The festive Irish celebration included music by DJ Moe, The Breezy Point Pipe and Drum Band and the O'Malley Irish Step Dancers. After the dancers performed they asked for volunteers from ... More ...
Rockaway Artists Alliance Commentary by Susan Hartenstein RAA contact info: Phone: 718 474-0861; Fax: 718 474-4373; e-mail: rockart116@aol.com ; web-site: www.rockawayartistsalliance.org Next RAA general meeting: Monday, April 9 @ 7:30 p.m. in building T-149, Fort Tilden, Rockaway Center for the Arts (RoCA). More ...
Commentary From The Rockaway Museum by Emil Lucev, Curator Dedicated To The Memory Of Leon S. Locke Back in the 1920s there was a national movement to erect memorials to honor those American boys who served in the Great War, to end all wars, in 1917 and 1918. The classic Doughboy Monument on Rockaway Beach Boulevard and the Beach 94/95 Street plaza (Memorial Plaza) is Rockaway's effort fo... More ... The Inner Voice Commentary by Marilyn Gelfand I want to wish a very happy holiday to everyone celebrating at this time. Remember to keep everything in perspective, to make the holiday what you would like it to be, and overall to fill yourself with love and appreciation that we have the health and freedom to do what we want. More ... Looking Backward What The Wave Said 20 Years Ago... Three men were arrested Monday night in a gambling raid that busted open the illegal "wire room" that they were operating out of a Rockaway Beach apartment. According to Suffolk District Attorney James Catterson, the raid was the culmination ... More ...
Commentary By Beverly Baxter Got Talent? Express It At The Rockaway Literary Arts Festival Joe Rothenberg, who was honored at the RAA's fundraiser (we'll have to get to that later as reams could be written about that event!), articulated it best when he described, from an artist's point of view, his early impressions of Rockaway as a vast desert; a blank page to the writer or a... More ...
Commentary By Norman Scott Well, the results of the UFT election are in and they are dismal. Preliminary figures indicate that the overwhelming majority of working teachers (approximately 77%) either don't care, are too depressed, or are too demoralized to return their ballots, which were sent to their homes. More ...
From the Desk of Lew M. Simon, Democratic District Leader, 23 rd A.D. art B We'd like to take this time to wish everyone a Happy Passover and Joyous Easter. Whichever holiday you celebrate... More ...
Commentary by Leanne Edwards Cool Hand Lou and the Downtown Daddy-O's "Cool Hand Lou and the Downtown Daddy-O's," is not just a great name for a rocking blues band, but a great name for a group of talented musicians. The band brings back the original sound of blues and shows us what it's all about. More ... The Progressive Commentary By John Paul Culotta Unity And Division "In things essential, unity; in things unessential, liberty; In all things, love" -Augustine of Hippo After the midterm congressional elections, most Republican commentators were saying the Democrat... More ... |
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