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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has now responded to the request for an additional community meeting regarding the remedial actions at the former Manufactured Gas Plant on Beach Channel Drive in Rockaway Park. The last meeting on July 23 left many important questions unanswered. More ... A critical merger of Rockaway's two hospitals, St. John's Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway and the Peninsula Hospital Center in Edgemere, ordered by a state commission has been stalled over considerations of religion and geography, Queens Borough President Helen Marshall said this week. More ... The Breezy Point beach clubs, which have been in operation since the 1960s, are facing a series of changes that have been mandated by the National Park Service (NPS), the agency that allows them to operate on federal property under what are termed Special Land Use Permits. More ... As the height of the 2008 hurricane season approaches, the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) and National Grid conducted its joint annual hurricane season preparednessdrill, which was monitored by the New York State Offices of Emergency Management and the emergency management offices of Nassau and Suffolk counties and New York City. More ... Columnist James Dwyer, writing in Wednesday's New York Times, has outed a Rockaway man who, he says, allegedly admitted to the murder of James Abbott in 1991, a murder that led to the trial and conviction of Kareem Bellamy. More ... With City Councilman Joseph P. Addabbo, jr. term-limited and moving on to a run for the State Senate, some candidates for his seat have come forward in advance of the 2009 election and have begun their fundraising efforts. Both of the candidates now officially vying for the open seat have one thing in common - they are from the mainland. More ... |
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