Response To Driveway Ticket Story
      Dear Editor, Looking at the picture on page 25 last week, I came to the conclusion that the resident definitely deserves a ticket. The car almost completely blocks the sidewalk. It obstructs the sidewalk for a person in a wheelchair or one with a baby carriage.
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'We Need Answers"
      Dear Editor, The seniors at Seaside Center, 90- 01 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, were dealt a severe blow when it was recently closed down. We need a local center for activities, as well as meals. When will the repairs be made? We need answers NOW!
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Orthodox Community Is Exclusive,Not Inclusive
      Dear Editor, I've waited to respond to Howard Schwach's Editor's Desk column to see the responses he received. As I assumed, they were very negative. Whether all the incidents he wrote about were absolutely correct I cannot say.
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Editorial Is Detrimental To Rockaway
      Dear Editor, I am writing as a resident of Belle Harbor and Neponsit for 45 years. I moved here from Brooklyn as a preteen and have been a graduate of Junior High School 180 and Far Rockaway High School. I have never been so appalled at something I have read in our local paper, the Wave, in all...
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Bay Towers- The New Slum'
      Dear Editor, What is happening to my beloved Bay Towers? Bay Towers has been handed down to management team after management team. I emphasize "down." I moved in when Sonn Salsberg was the managing agent. This is when the property was well-kept. Then there was Dwelling Managers, a slight decline ...
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We Need A Better Pool For Our Youth
      Dear Editor, The developers building the YMCA and our elected officials need to hear that Rockaway community residents think the current plan to construct a four-lane pool will NOT meet the needs of our neighborhood.
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Belle Harbor Kids Help Make Block Better
      Dear Editor, I have enclosed a letter drafted by two of the children that live on our block, Grace Maxfield and Amie McManus. Grace is going into the eighth grade and Amie is going into the sixth grade.
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A Friend's Tribute To Les Cohen
      To Les Cohen Dear Editor, A great citizen of the Rock has recently passed. This letter is to my fellow Rockaway residents, especially, Dr. Robert "Little Rob" Goldman, Dr. Michael "Mike" Crohn, Robert H. "Bobby" Bram, Martin "Marty" Silverberg and Perris Calderone, who were the closest and best...
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How Many Junk Stores?
      Dear Editor, As a former Belle Harbor resident with family history dating back over 100 years in the community, I had the opportunity this past summer to spend three weeks visiting family and reconnecting with old Rockaway friends.
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Accused Of Indicting A Religion
      Dear Editor, Let me add my voice to the chorus of letter writers responding to Howard Schwach's rambling editorial published in the August 10 edition of the newspaper. With a "wave" of his editorial pen, Mr.
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Religiosity Speaks To Life
      Dear Editor, Henry VIII hijacked Catholic England for his own prurient, perverted interest; much the way Osama Bin Laden has recently hijacked Mid-East Islam. Religiosity speaks to the ways of life and death; and so, commandeering eschatology, the Tudor king and the salafifanatic have reached in...
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Carrying Permits For Concealed Weapons
      This letter was sent to Congressman Anthony Weiner from George Greco, New York State Rifle and Pistol Asso-ciation New York City Representative. Dear Congressman Weiner, I am writing this letter to you regarding your appearance on a Sunday, August 19, 2007 news interview with Mr. Marvin...
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Good Old Days Of Broad Channel
      Dear Editor, Boy! Do I remember Broad Channel. In fact, when I was a kid, sand everywhere, no streets and no Boulevard. No cars to get here, only a boat from Hamilton Beach. Swim and play all day. And Grassy Point Hotel on the east side had bowling and golfing out in the open. And great beer part...
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'We Should All Respect The Flag'
      Dear Editor, As a lifelong Rockaway resident and proud American, I was stunned to wake up one day and see a 3x5 sign of beach rules and regulations screwed into the flag pole on Beach 126 Street. That flag pole was put up to honor 9/11 victims, our veterans and our children who are fighting and d...
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