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By Howard Schwach With the sixth anniversary of the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 into Belle Harbor only two weeks away, lawyers for family members who died in the tragic crash continue to take depositions and get ready for a court date set for March of next year. More ...
Seek Donations To Aid Wife, Children By Howard Schwach A chance meeting between Graybeard Flip Mullen and a Manhattan surgeon has led to a collaboration that has already helped rehabilitate one soldier gravely wounded in Iraq and is well on the way to assisting a second man. Mullen, an ex-firefighter and Rockaway resident, has been in the forefront o... More ... DOH Urges Flu Shots For At-Risk Residents As the flu season descends on several U.S. states, the Health Department is warning New Yorkers that influenza is a deadly disease and urging all New Yorkers to get a flu shot. The Health Department announced today that flu shots are now available, free of charge, at all of its clinics. Vaccine is... More ... Addabbo Among Top Council Spenders Councilman In Top Five For Taxpayer Funded Ads By Miriam Rosenberg There are many benefits to being an incumbent City Council officeholder. One of those benefits is being able to use taxpayer money to reach constituents through mailings or advertisements in local media. The city charter forbids elected officials from using government funds for any type of media ... More ...
Volunteers answered Councilman James Sanders' call for black and Latino men to help clean up the Rockaway community. Approximately 30 volunteers, men and women, joined Sanders on Saturday, October 20 at 10 a.m., at Conch Playground located on Beach 51 Street and Beach Channel Drive. More ... Sanders Brings a H.E.A.P.of Help to Rockaway With the winter season approaching, Councilman James Sanders Jr. is offering the Home Energy Assistance Programs (H.E.A.P.) to Rockaway residents. The fund was created to help low-income families pay their energy bills. This includes assistance with electricity, gas and oil bills. Payments vary, d... More ...
The 100 Precinct Community Council held its monthly meeting this Wednesday at the Knights of Columbus Hall, and paid honor to Sergeant Joseph Cerrato with the Police Officer of the Month award. More ...
Addressing church and community leaders, as well as business leaders from around the country, during today's Faith-Based Economic Development Conference at the Allen AME Church in Queens, State Senate Democratic Leader Malcolm A. Smith (D-St. Albans) said communities of faith must play a pivotal r... More ... Weiner: Better Plan To End Manhattan Congestion Representative Anthony Weiner appeared before the New York City Traffic Mitigation Congestion Commission on Thursday, to provide testimony outlining his seven-point plan, as an alternative to the Mayor's proposed car tax. More ... New Bidding Opportunities for The Aging Senator Malcolm A. Smith announced that the New York City Department for the Aging has released a new request for proposals (RFP) for case management services. "This is an opportunity for not-forprofits working with seniors to obtain work from the City. More ... Weiner Strengthens Railroad Safety Representative Anthony Weiner, a member of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, helped to strengthen railroad safety by voting to pass the Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2007. More ...
Michael R. Nilsen, son of Michael and Diana Nilsen of Brooklyn, has completed Cadet Basic Training at the U.S. Military Academy. He graduated from Xavier High School in 2007. He plans to graduate from West Point in 2011 and will be commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. The mission of ... More ...
By Miriam Rosenberg Last weekend volunteers and parks employees cleaned and planted shrubs, trees and bulbs in parks across New York City for autumn's "It's My Park! Day" sponsored by the city's Department of Parks and Recreation. According to Jill Weber, the Rockaway Administrator for Parks, several areas in Rockaw... More ...
By Miriam Rosenberg With October designated as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Rockaway residents and institutions have taken part in several events to fight an illness that will strike 1,367 women in Queens during 2007, with 323 women expected to die from the disease. More ... Do Not Call Registry Gets Reprieve By Miriam Rosenberg The Do Not Call Registry, which has prevented people across the country from receiving annoying telemarketer calls, will continue past its designated term without deletion of numbers, as work continues to make the registry permanent. More ... Bloomberg Launches Program For Poor To Become Nurses Mayor Bloomberg today announced a new Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) initiative that will create the Nurse Career Ladder Program for 400 mainly poor and low-income New Yorkers to enter and advance in the nursing profession over the next four school years. More ... DEC 'A-Team'To Return To Jamaica Bay Ateam comprised of nearly a dozen experts from the Department of Environmental Conservation's (DEC) Division of Water, Bureau of Marine Resources, and Legal Counsel has been created to address the rapid loss of Jamaica Bay, DEC Commissioner Pete Grannis announced today. More ... Bloomberg:More Afterschool Programs For Students Mayor Bloomberg has announced that New York City's Out-of-School Time (OST) initiative, the nation's largest municipally-funded after school project, will serve at least 80,000 young people during the 2007-2008 school year, thanks to new funding that will support 14,000 additional slots in 112 new... More ... ENACT To Meet With Developers Edgemere Neighborhood Action Community Team (ENACT) is preparing to meet with developers chosen by HPD for the Arverne/ Edgemere East Urban Renewal project, including Bluestone, L&M Equity Participants and Tri-Angle Equities. More ... Medicare Information Session The CMS Preventive Challenge Kickoff at Aviator Sports and Recreation's, "Seniors In Shape" Program, will hold an information session on Monday, November 5, between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., at Hanger 5, Floyd Bennett Field, in Brooklyn. More ... The Seaside Library Celebrates Friends of Libraries Week The Seaside Library, located on Beach 117 Street and Rockaway Beach Boulevard, will celebrate Friends of Libraries Week on Saturday, October 27. Saturday service will also be returned to the seaside community on this day. Councilman Joseph Addabbo will be on hand for the festivities. More ...
The Queens Region of the American Cancer Society hosted a "Look Good... Feel Better" program this week at Peninsula Hospital Center. More ... RAA Sets Halloween Extravaganza With creaking boards and rattling chains and tattered shroud-like sails, the RAA's Prison Ship Halloween Extravaganza makes port at sTudio 7 at Fort Tilden and brings with it all things that go "Boo!" in the night. The free event carries on with frights and fun for the whole family from Friday, Oc... More ... The Diary of Anne Frank "The Diary of Anne Frank" will be presented by The Bayswater Players, in a run of eleven performances, beginning Thursday, November 8, at The Bayswater Jewish Center Theater in Far Rockaway. The performances on November 10 and 11, will be dedicated to the memory of those Jews who perished in the H... More ...
Following the stormy weather of the previous night, the sun shone but the waves were high as surfers filled the Surfing Beach on Beach 90 Street last Saturday, looking for that perfect wave. More ...
The 100 Precinct Community Council's 16th Annual "Oktoberfest" was held this week at the Bay View Restaurant in Broad Channel and celebrated the community efforts of local musicians, Michael and Sheila Finnegan. Their music education efforts for the children of the Rockaway community were honored... More ... Senator Malcolm A.Smith Urges New Yorkers to Get Flu and Pneumococcal Shots With the start of the 2007 influenza season, State Senate Malcolm A. Smith encourages New Yorkers to get a flu shot before the virus begins its annual spread of aches and pains. "One shot can prevent misery," said Senator Smith, noting that nearly 3,000 New Yorkers died in 2005 due to complicatio... More ...
On Sunday, October 14, a group of actors from the Rockaway Theatre Company had the honor of presenting a one-act play telling the story of the signing of the historic Flushing Remonstrance. The Flushing Remonstrance is considered by many to be a precursor to the provision in the U.S Constitution o... More ...
Peninsula Hospital Center's own chefs, Lisa and Jim, treated the staff and registrants of the Peninsula Adult Day Health Care Center to a culinary event this past week. More ...
By Miriam Rosenberg Volunteers fanned out in 122 schools across the city to spruce up such places as gyms, locker rooms and hallways as part of New York Cares Day last weekend. Among those schools was Far Rockaway High School, where volunteers from seven different organizations came together on Saturday, October 20... More ...
Three Far Rockaway Locals Compete for the Miss Teen NYC/Long Island Title Letiece White, Yubelis Garcia and Danica Bucknor, all Far Rockaway residents, were recently selected to participate in Nationals' 2007 Miss Teen NYC/Long Island pageant competition that will take place on November 11. They will be competing for their share of over $20,000 in prizes and specialty g... More ...
Shane Louis DeCarolis recently celebrated his first birthday with his family and friends. His proud parents are Rockaway residents, Randy and Melani DeCarolis. He is the grandson of Rockawayites Kathleen and Louis DeCarolis Sr. More ...
Angela Rose Millet celebrated her fifth birthday on October 14. Angela is the daughter of lifelong Belle Harbor residents, George and Barbara Millet. More ...
Some children in the neighborhood participated in the Harvest of the Arts and Flowers, a Second District Federated Garden Club Show, at Hofstra University. Children submitted their artwork in several categories, including Three Ring Circus, Dance Recital and others. More ...
JASA Roy Reuther Senior Center went apple picking on Tuesday, October 16 at Fort Salonga Farms in Northport, Long Island. Forty seniors picked one-half of a bushel of apples to take home. Afterwards, the Senior Center went to Sunken Meadow State Park, where they enjoyed lunch on the boardwalk and ... More ...
Live Nation is presenting the hilarious comedy of Louis C.K. on Saturday, November 17, at 8 p.m. As a comedy writer, Louis C.K. has written for "Saturday Night Live," "The Late Show with David Letterman," "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," "The Dana Carvey Show," and "The Chris Rock Show. More ... The Day Care Council of New York Receives $1M Grant The Day Care Council of New York has received an annual grant worth $1.1 million on behalf of the Governor and the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS). The Day Care Council of New York Inc. operates more than 350 publicly funded child care centers and family child care pro... More ... St. John's Hospital Offers Lamaze Classes St. John's Hospital is offering Lamaze classes for expectant parents. The classes, scheduled to be held in three sessions, are taught by certified childbirth educators. Classes will address topics such as breathing, exercise, nutrition, pain medication, warning signs of preterm labor, and the sta... More ...
Far Rockaway High School hosted its annual Homecoming Day festivities last weekend. Although the game was a losing cause, the exciting homecoming activities lent some excitement to an otherwise drab day. More ...
Parents and staff of P.S. 47 participated in a Breast Cancer Walk. This was their seventh year raising money for the cause. Mrs. Loretta Stone, school nurse, presented a workshop on breast cancer awareness following the walk. Pictured are those who participated in the event. More ...
homecoming festivities on Saturday, October 20. Students, alumni, parents and faculty enjoyed the barbeque, the international food court with dishes that represent LWA's diverse population, More ...
Students at P.S. 47 who successfully completed 25 books over the summer received certificates, distributed by Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer. More ... Marine Parkway Bridge Closure Extended Due to weather-related work delays, the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Bridge will continue to be closed Mondays through Fridays from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. until November 16, rather than October 26, as originally scheduled. The closures will allow the MTA to perform steelwork and ensure customer safety. More ... |
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