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June 20, 2008 / Columnists

Cross Currents

New Digs For Queens To Help Us Better Serve Residents, Businesses

CommentaryBy Joan Foley Director, American Red Cross Of Greater New York - Queens

On June 11, we officially rededicated our Queens location (138-02 Queens Boulevard in Briarwood). More...

From the Editor's Desk

Nobody Asked Me, But (School Edition) …

Commentary By Howard Schwach

Nobody asked me, but … There were so many complaints about last year's inaugural school report cards, particularly from high performing schools, More...

The months of May through August are the most common times to come into contact with deer ticks (Ixodes species), the carriers of the infection named after its first appearance in Lyme, Connecticut in 1977. More...

Horoscope

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Meeks'Message From Capitol Hill

Bad News Encounters Good News

Comment By Congressman Gregory Meeks

Practically every day, news headlines underline bad economic news. For weeks and months we've been hearing report after report about crisis after crisis. More...

Beachcomber

The mainstream media has discovered Rockaway and a number of outlets have run stories about the boom of development on the peninsula and the problems it brings. More...

Broad Channel Bits

BCAC Off To Big Mardi Gras Start

Commentary By Liz Guarino

The Broad Channel Athletic Club Mardi Gras summer is off to a really good start! There are a lot of events planned for the enjoyment of all- all summer! It will be great if the weather cooperates, especially for events that take place outdoors. More...

From The Artists Studio Rockaway Artists Alliance

Visions Into A Distant Culture

Commentary by Susan Hartenstein

Sacred dolls that hold special powers; a wedding scene populated by the recreated traditional costumed dolls and decorations of a distant culture; photographic images bringing the reality of those traditions into flesh and blood human form; a holy More...

Historical Views of the Rockaways

The Edgemere LIRR Station… 1895 to 1943… Beach 35-36 Street

From The Rockaway Museum Commentary by Emil Lucev,Curator Dedicated To The Memory Of Leon S. Locke

When the giant Edgemere Club Hotel opened on the beachfront of old Edgemere in 1895, the Long Island Railroad opened a new station between Beach 35 and Beach 36 Streets. More...

Looking Backward

What The Wave Said Years Ago... 20 Six to 10 girls stood by and cheered on two male blacks who slashed and robbed two 15-year-old girls from Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon, June 15, in Rockaway Beach. More...

Notes from the High C's

Rockaway Music and Arts Council

by Sharon Gabriel

For any RMAC event we are almost always praying for nice weather since we are always outside. However, we never could have dreamed of 98 degree weather for our Literary and Film Festival on June 7 and 8 at Ft. Tilden. Hot was not the word for it. More...

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