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Beachcomber
      The joke is that nothing moves in Albany, that our legislature is stuck in some sort of toxic mud that keeps both the Senate and the Assembly from getting anything done - unless it entails giving themselves a raise.
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It's My Turn
By Charles Davis Executive Director, National Freedom Of Information Coalition University of Missouri School of Journalism
      Charles N. Davis, a member of The Society of Professional Journalists' Freedom of Information Committee, serves as the executive director of the National Freedom of Information Coalition at the University of
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Broad Channel Bits
Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year
Commentary By Liz Guarino
      The end of the year comes ever closer to us. To all who celebrate the holiday- a very Merry Christmas- one that is peaceful and serene and memorable. The BCAC Jamaica Bay Little League has scheduled registration dates for the upcoming 2008 season. It is important to register on time so the leag...
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Historical Views of the Rockaways
The O'Reilly Brother's Queens Beach
From The Rockaway Museum Commentary by Emil Lucev,Curator Dedicated To The Memory Of Leon S.Locke
      When Mr. Frank Chaffee sold his Tent City in Seaside at season's end in 1910, the new owners - The Queens Beach Company - announced that the old Tent City between Beach 106 Street and Beach 109 Street would become the site of a new amusement park, similar to Luna Park and Dreamland at Coney Isla...
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Chatting with Chapey
P-16: Strengthening Pre-K through College Programs
Commentary by Dr. Geraldine M. Chapey, Democratic District Leader
      On November 8, 2007 Regent Geraldine Chapey seized the moment to bring the New York State Education Department in Albany to Queens in New York City to a regional Regents P-16 Educational Leadership Forum at St. John's University to discuss important topics impacting P-16 educators and to identify ...
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Looking Backward
      What The Wave Said 20 Years Ago... 20 Emergency Medical Service (city ambulance) corpsmen and at least one anti-crime police officer were injured and hospitalized on December 8 in mid-afternoon after they scaled a wall, rescued children trapped by fire, threw flaming material out of a windo...
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Drawing On Science For Kids
Fish Are Very Happy That Ice Doesn't Sink
Commentary By Stephen S. Yaeger
      Water is the most important substance for life on Earth. We drink it, bathe in it, shower with it, swim in it, sail on it, flush it, and- OK, you get the idea.
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Health & Harmony
Spiritual Healing
By Dr. Nancy Gahles
      Health and harmony, and healing in general, have much to do with spirituality. That is to say, the connection that each of us has to the spirit which animates us and the one that connects us to each other. Often, we tend to associate spirituality with religion.
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MovieScope
'Beowulf'' - The End Of Acting
Review By Robert Snyder
      My mother once told me that animals don't go to heaven. Why? Because animals, she said, do not have souls. An upsetting thought to a child. This was before computer generated imaging (CGI), where animals have more "soulful" eyes than do humans (check out Puss 'in' Boots in "Shrek"). And eyes, it'...
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The Rockaway Irregular
An Old Year and a New One
Commentary by Stuart W. Mirsky
      As we wind down to the end of another year, heading into 2008, this seems like an appropriate time to take stock of where we've been and, of course, to look at where we're going. The past 12 months have been eventful, like most years (how awful if they weren't!) and there's no reason to think thin...
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From The Artists Studio
Rockaway Artists Alliance Of 2008
Commentary by Susan Hartenstein
      RAA CONTACT INFO: Phone: 718 474-0861; Fax: 718 474-4373; e-mail: rockart116@aol.com; website: www.rockawayartistsalliance.org As 2007 draws to an end, RAA looks forward to a new year of exhibitions in and around sTudio 6 and sTudio 7 galleries. Let us briefly look at the shows scheduled for ...
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