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Life In Orange
Inside Rockaway's Lifeguard Culture
By Sean Connington:
      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,
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Tears And Roses As Rockaway Remembers Its Heroes
Dual Tribute Park Ceremonies Highlight September 11 Events
      Rockaway remembered those who died in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center six years ago, last Tuesday at Tribute Park.
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Teen Busted For Robbery,Attempted Murder
By Howard Schwach
      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 ...
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Boy Burns SelfWith Mother's Lighter
By Howard Schwach
      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.
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Foreclosures Growing At Alarming Rate:Comptroller
Far Rockaway, Arverne Numbers High
By Howard Schwach
      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.
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Richards:Cops Should Respect our Youth
Calls Protest Rally To Address Aggressive Policing
      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.
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Concrete Blocks Are Being Removed
By Brian Magoolaghan
      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.
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LIPA Urges Residents Not to Let Guard Down
      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.
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Weiner Wants Statue Of Liberty's Crown Reopened
      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 Washingt...
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Weiner:More Bank Branches,But Not For The Poor
      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.
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PHC Provides Medical Screening At RMAC Festival
      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.
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Aviation Buffs Drawn To Floyd Bennett Field For Vintage Fly-In
      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.
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Congressman Meeks Salutes Veterans And Their Families
      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.
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PHC Rehab Unit Celebrates 'Coney Island Day'
      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 pr...
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Sautner Accepted Into Leadership Forum
Will Visit Washington, D.C. This September
      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.
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Local Receives Dean's List Honors
      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.
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William J.Greenberg Graduates from the Army ROTC
      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.
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Holmes Graduates From Army Training
      Army National Guard Private Latoya J. Holmes has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
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Far Rockaway's Peninsula Preparatory Academy Charter School Reaches Record
      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...
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SJEH Pastoral Education Gets Foreign Students
      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.
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Swans Swimming,Seagull Staring
      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.
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RMAC Festival Draws Thousands For Art, Fun
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PHC Names New Cath Lab Director
      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.
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Parks Department Sponsors A Cleanup
      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...
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Renovated Playground A Hit With Kids,Parents
      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.
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Peninsula Hospital Auxiliary Is 'Fund-tastic'
      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.
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BCAC: Lawsuit Driving Kids Out Of Business
Costs Of Fighting Suit At $20,000 And Climbing
By Howard Schwach
      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, jeo...
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Sanders To Dish-Out Breakfast And Urge Responsibility
      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.
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SJEH Ocean Walk Raises Funds for Women, Children
      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.
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Council Speaker Quinn Visits Peninsula Hospital
      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.
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Colorful Creatures Fly High At New York City Kite Festival
      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.
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Grant Program Awards Grass-Roots Organizations
Get Involved, Improve Our Community
      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.
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From A Kid's Perspective,Any Shark Is HUGE
      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
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Local Sisters Earn Top Honors At Dance Competition
      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 pl...
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Raegan Grace Sullivan Has Arrived!
      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.
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