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Ten people were taken to local hospitals after an MTA bus driver swerved to avoid hitting a child and crashed into a fence in Edgemere on Sunday evening. Sources say that the youngster darted in front of the bus at Beach 44 Street and Beach Channel Drive at about 7:30 p.m. An MTA spokesperson told The Wave that the drive veered away from the boy, who had stepped off the curb in the middle of the block. The injuries were reportedly minor and all of the passengers who had minor injuries were treated and released, as was the unidentified driver of the bus. Photo by Benjamin Franklin. More ... The New York City Office of Emergency Management (OEM) Commissioner hs announced the successful completion of HURREX 2008, a multiagency field exercise to test the deployment of the City's emergency supply stockpile and the setup of shelters. More ... When police arrived for a call on an emotionally disturbed person (EDP) on the two-hundred block of Beach 100 Street, they found a man barricaded in a bungalow, threatening to harm everybody in the home. More ... A faulty electrical switch at the New York City Wastewater Treatment Plant at Beach 108 Street and Beach Channel Drive created a literal stink all over the neighborhood, officials of the city's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) said on Tuesday. More ... Dozens of firefighters responded to a fire at 1523 New Haven Avenue in Far Rockaway at about 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 1. Fire officials said that the small fire, which blazed through a private, two-story home, was put under control in less than 30 minutes, with no serious injuries reported. More ... Assemblywoman Audrey I. Pheffer has recently announced that the Department of State is currently in the process of updating for July 2008 the Cease and Desist Lists. More ... When Manhattanite Richard George first bought his dream bungalow on Beach 14 Street in Far Rockaway, he believed he had found what he was looking for. He had a comfortable, winterized bungalow home in Rockaway with beautiful views of the beach and the ocean, and an easy stroll to take a quick dip. More ... Governor David A. Paterson was joined on Wednesday by Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, Assembly Spea-ker Sheldon Silver, Senate Deputy Majority Leader Dean Skelos, Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith and Assembly Minority Lea-der James Tedisco as he signed legislation de-signed to protect children who access social networking sites from convicted sex offenders. More ... Senator Hillary Rodham has joined a bipartisan coalition of her colleagues in pushing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to address a shortage in the level of their technical staff. These technicians are charged with the maintenance and certification of the radar, communication and navigation systems that comprise our nation's air traffic control system. More ... Governor David A. Paterson today announced that state funding will be directed to State programs designed to provide jobs for teens this summer. In 2007, similar programs employed nearly 26,000 youths. For many participants, the program is their first exposure to the workforce. More ... CUNY on Wheels, Common Law, Inc. and the Queens Teen Library sponsored a Rockaway Youth Legal Education Community Forum at the Teen Library on Beach 20 Street in Far Rockaway on May 24. Area young people who take part in the Rockaway Youth Legal Education Program moderated it. More ... Faced with looming rate pressure tied to the spiraling costs of natural gas, residual fuel oil, and purchased power, LIPA President and CEO Kevin S.Law today unveiled a multi-pronged rate mitigation package that will allocate more than $140 million in reserve funds to ratepayers More ... State Senate Democratic Leader Malcolm A. Smith applauded the New York City Flood Mitigation Taskforce and its goal to help prepare residents for the upcoming flood season. The taskforce was established last year after a series of storms and flooding battered areas of Queens and Brooklyn. More ... Rockaway's boardwalks, part of the charm that makes this beach community what it is, are falling apart and are being fixed by mostly patchwork repair as, from the east to the west end, residents complained about the rotted and unsafe boards. More ... Governor David A. Paterson has proposed legislation designed to reduce gun violence without infringing on the rights of law-abiding gun owners. The proposed legislation would increase public safety by providing law enforcement officials with more complete information to ensure guns are purchased legally. More ... As part of Senator Malcolm A. Smith's annual health month, a Children's Health Awareness Program will be held on Thursday, June 5, sponsored by Neighborhood Health providers and North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, in conjunction with Walmart. More ... Assemblywoman Audrey I. Pheffer has announced the passage of a series of bills aimed at curbing abusive and unfair debt collection practices in New York State by providing consumers with the information and means necessary to protect themselves from unscrupulous collectors and increasing state oversight of the exploding debt collection industry. More ... The mother of the late Tyrese Johnson, who was murdered two weeks ago outside the Redfern housing complex in Far Rockaway, told The Wave last week that it was his father's side of the family that got her son killed. More ... Donovan Richards is a man on the move who says that he can't wait for his boss, City Councilman James Sanders, Jr., to be term-limited in 2009. "This is a time of change," Richards told The Wave. "I can't wait for another year to address the problems faced by my community. This is my time. More ... The Niagara Health Quality Coalition, a non-profit organization that monitors and rates hospitals across New York State, released its annual hospital report cards this week, and the grades received by Rockaway's two hospitals are simply average when ranked against other hospitals across the state. More ... |
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