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Where was City Councilman Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr., when the community he presently represents was in crisis and fighting a zoning plan that would place eight-story buildings on one of its major shopping streets? More ... August is on the way out and the weather, with some exception here and there, has been to the liking of a lot of people. Even the rains have been tolerable. The moderate temperatures in the low 80s during the day that we have been enjoying are on the rare side for this time of summer. More ... Coming soon to RAA: the return of Dzieci-Makbet. Employing haunting folk songs and chants from Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, Theatre Group Dzieci re-explores the classic Shakespeare tale of Macbeth. More ... Nobody asked me, but … The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) is proud that it could get a couple of hundred kids out to protest the fact that there are too many cops inside the schools. More ... This circa 1919 photograph of an old bungalow in the seaside section of Rockaway Beach had to be taken on the Fourth of July holiday. American flags are mounted everywhere, as was the practice in the early days, a practice that has waned over the years in America, and no one seems to care anymore! My four by five foot flag is up every day. Where is yours? More ... Sometimes life is so stressful that we become locked into our emotion. At that time, it is probably a good idea to relax into it, and make decisions, if possible, when the balance returns. If the stress is taking place over the decisions of others, and you get a desire to fix a situation, make sure you know what you are hoping to accomplish. More ... The first part of this comment column appeared in last week's Wave. When further discussing the problems that Black America faces, there is the destruction of the family. More and more African American children are growing up in households with no father. A child being born out of wedlock is an increasingly destructive phenomenon in Black America. More ... What The Wave Said 20 Years Ago... Plans are being prepared to provide additional street lighting on Beach 43 Street and Beach Channel Drive, Edgemere, by the end of the year. Arson is suspected in two fires in Broad Channel Wednesday morning, August 17, in which more than a dozen boats were ablaze. More ... Tuesday, August 5 we started by attending the 100 Precinct Night Out Against Crime. Congratulations to Daniel Ruscillo, president of the 100th Precinct Community Council and his outstanding committee that made their event the number one in the city. Due to their hard work and diligence there were over 100,000 people on the boardwalk to see the fireworks that night. More ... In 1975, Governor Hugh Carey made the call that New York was facing an economic downturn and that immediate steps needed to be taken to keep our economy on track. More than three decades later, New York has been put on notice again after Governor David Paterson brought attention to a similar crisis earlier in the month. More ... If you are a human resource manager and need information to share with employees about Social Security, we have a website dedicated to you. Just visit Social Security's Human Resource Managers page at www.socialsecurity. gov/hrm. More ... As attorneys with many clients who are elderly, we frequently encounter couples and families who live with someone with dementia. This month we decided to write about some of the things we have learned from them. Learn to accept the disease. Loved ones with dementia often do or say things that can make others anxious or embarrassed. More ... My cousin in Italy emailed the other day to inform me he saw my house on a Goggle Search site. In Great Britain police surveillance cameras are ubiquitous. In New York City a policeman was viewed on camera attacking a member of the public. In Los Angles many years ago the police attack on Rodney King was filmed. Riots were started as a result of the attack. More ... |
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