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Wave Columnist Shares Collection With The World A Wave Review By Howard Schwach For decades, Rockaway and Coney Island were the destinations of choice for those seeking summer thrills and solace from summer heat on city streets. Along with those summer crowds, when Rockaway would swell from fewer that five thousand residents to more than a quarter of a ... More ...
He's Pushing To Fund Ryan Re-Do, Ferries And More By Brian Magoolaghan Rep. Anthony Weiner held a press conference at Gateway National Recreation Area's Ryan Visitor Center on Wednesday to take credit for about $66 million in recent improvements and talk about the new projects he wants to fund. Among the recent improvements that Weiner has help f... More ... State Senators Tout New State Budget By Miriam Rosenberg The recently passed 2007-2008 State Budget offers record spending for education, safeguards the uninsured and restores cuts to the health care system proposed by Governor Eliot Spitzer. That was the message from State Senators Malcolm Smith and Shirley Huntley in separate press releases on ... More ... Campaign Set On Importance Of Mammograms The Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline is reaching out to New Yorkers asking them to urge their loved ones to get mammograms in honor of Mother's Day. More ...
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday joined a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators in cosponsoring the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 . The legislation seeks to strengthen the prosecution of hate crimes based on actual or perceived race, color, religion, nati... More ...
Each new holiday brings fresh flowers to the Beach 116 Street memorial honoring those who died in the tragic crash of American Airlines Flight 587 into Belle Harbor on November 12, 2001. More ... Local To Perform At West End Temple Aerial Acoustics, a guitar duo featuring local resident Dorothy Wagner on classical guitar and Dennis Smith on steel-string guitar will be performing a concert at West End Temple, 147-02 Newport Avenue in Neponsit on Sunday, April 22 at 4 p.m. More ... New Item Needed For Soldiers' Care Packages Three More Chances To Make A Donation By Brian Magoolaghan A community collection drive for care package items that will sent to U.S. troops fighting overseas is going well, but one thing has been added to the wish list: flypaper. "We sent out about a half a dozen packages already, nice big boxes," Flip Mullen, one of the organizers, told T... More ...
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown has announced the appointment of eight Assistant District Attorneys. The new prosecutors were sworn-in on Wednesday at a ceremony in the District Attorney's Office. Brown said, "These young men and women were hired after a highly selective recru... More ...
The BIG Show" and "Of Land And Sea" are not only the latest artistic exhibitions to hit the Rockaways, but also the perfect description as the Rockaway Artists Alliance, the Rockaway Music and Arts Council, and the Rockaway Theatre Company all come together at the Rockaway Center for the Arts... More ...
By Miriam Rosenberg Contributing Editor "Flipping" a property is an old story in the real estate game. It occurs when somebody buys a piece of property and then sells it immediately in order to turn a profit. That seems to be the case with the former Roy Reuther Houses at 711 Seagirt Avenue in Far Rockaway. More ... St. John's Episcopal Hospital And JASA Host Memory Screening Becoming more forgetful? Worried that forgetfulness may mean something more serious? St. John's Ambulatory Care at JASA and Healthfirst Medicare Plan will conduct memory screenings on Wednesday, April 25, 2007, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. More ...
Speaks With Residents, Organizations During Two Day Tour By Miriam Rosenberg Contributing Editor State Senator Malcolm Smith held a two-day listening tour throughout the Rockaways last week in what he termed an attempt to "better assess the needs of this growing community." During the two days, April 2 and April 5, Smith listened to members of local organizations and comm... More ...
Langer Business: Century 21Realty; House of Essence; Dunkin' Donuts Rockaway native Irwin Langer has his hands in lots of Rockaway businesses, including Century 21 Langer at 1926 Mott Avenue, a realty company that "shows you the way." Pictured, one of the fine Far Rockaway homes that Langer has listed for sale. More ...
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown (left) visited Community Board 14 Tuesday night at the Knights of Columbus in Rockaway Beach. More ...
St. John's Episcopal Hospital honored its medical staff and residents on Doctors' Day, Friday, March 30, 2007, with a brunch along with door prizes and gifts. The first Doctors' Day was celebrated on March 30, 1933, in Windsor, Georgia, and in 1990, President George H.W. More ...
Robert Tilly (left), a Human Rights specialist for the Commission on Human Rights, gave a presentation at Community Board 14's meeting Tuesday night at the Knights of Columbus in Rockaway Beach. April is Fair Housing month in the United States. More ...
Each new holiday brings fresh flowers to the Beach 116 Street memorial honoring those who died in the tragic crash of American Airlines Flight 587 into Belle Harbor on November 12, 2001. More ...
Alexandra Rosemary Carrubba, who was born on January 16, was christened on March 24 at St. Thomas More Church. Following the christening ceremony, her family, including her mom and dad, Vinny and Clare and her brother, Vincent Jr. More ...
Erin Elizabeth Schmitt, granddaughter of Fred and Delores Schmitt of Broad Channel and Marilyn and Terrence Darcey of West Haven, Connecticut, is turning 1 on April 15, and she's been calling everyone to remind them about her big day. More ...
Air Force Airman Christopher K. Jiang has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. More ...
Danny Ruscillo, right, the President of the 100 Precinct Community Council got together with the Easter Bunny on Beach 116 Street to remind everybody that the American Cancer Society will host its annual Relay for Life at Beach Channel High School on June 8 and 9. More ... Several Locals Make Dean's List At New Paltz Eight local residents have been named to the Dean's List at the State University at New Paltz for the Fall, 2006 semester. They are: Jennifer Parker of Arverne, a freshman majoring in Pre-Marketing; Brianne Fuchs of Broad Channel, a sophomore; Danille Porcella of Broad Channel, a freshman; Emily F... More ...
'The Namesake' - A Jewel From India Review By Robert Snyder What's in a name? For Gogol Ganguli, plenty. A first-generation American teenager, Gogol (Kal Penn) is struggling under the name that his Indian immigrant engineer father, Ashoke (Irrfan Khan), gave him. The struggle is because of the ribbing from high school classmates and even younger sister Son... More ...
For the second year in a row, a large contingent of Rockaway residents marched in the Naples, Florida St. Patrick's Day Parade. According to Kathleen Greaney, who too part in the parade, there were shouts from the onlooker's naming Rockaway bars as well as areas in Rockaway Beach and Breezy Point. A... More ...
Peninsula Hospital Center Auxilians Get Prepared Members of the Peninsula Hospital Center Auxiliary hosted their monthly meeting this past Tuesday and welcomed Lucy Lopez of the American Red Cross as their guest speaker. Lopez delivered an in-depth lecture from the city's READY New York disaster and emergency preparedness program. More ...
To officially recognize "April is Occupational Therapy Month" the staff and patients of the Peninsula Hospital Occupational Therapy Department are having a special day of celebration on April 25. More ...
Family Practice Resident Physicians Artemio Perez, D.O. (left) and Margarita Kogan, D.O. recently received Certificates of Recognition from Robin Blackwell, R.N., Vice President of Nursing and Chief Nurse Executive at Peninsula Hospital Center. More ...
By Miriam Rosenberg Contributing Editor On Good Friday, the faithful of Saint Mary Star of the Sea Church joined clergy in recreating the final steps of Jesus Christ as he was about to be crucified in the annual Stations of the Cross procession. Along the way, the life and death of Christ is remembered through prayer and hymns as partici... More ... |
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