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October 31, 2008  RSS feed
Search For Killer Of Teller, Baby
Detectives have been working overtime this week in the search for the killer of a Rockaway bank teller and her baby in South Ozone Park on October 25, the day she was due to give birth to her first child. Police say that Niasha DeLain had moved into her apartment just the week before, preparing for the birth of her child. More...
Despite Email, Not Stranded In Africa
By Nicholas Briano

Many people would find it strange that in the middle of the heated debate and vote on term limits, a city councilmember's top aide would take flight to Nigeria in a diplomatic and humanitarian effort to aid people there. More...

Shooting Leaves Teen Hopping Mad

Derrick Hardy, 17, in red shirt, stands with police and EMS workers outside of 71-15 Beach Channel Drive on Sunday afternoon after he was shot once in his left ankle as he walked near Beach 70 Street and the Rockaway Freeway at about 5:15 p.m. Police say that Hardy could not identify his shooter. Hardy was transported to the Peninsula Hospital Center, where he was reportedly treated and released. Detectives from the 100 Precinct Squad are investigating. Photo by Susan Locke More...

 Top Stories
• article has image Sullivan Pushes For Education Reform
"The graduation rate at our local high schools is atrocious and appalling," Sullivan pointed out, as he addressed Rockaway Park's Homeowner and Resident Association last Thursday evening. More...
• article has image 100 Precinct "Oktoberfest" Is A Growing Success
• article has image Chinese Delivery At Gunpoint
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 Community
• article has image Sarnoff Honored At Queens Festival
Rockaway's own award-winning filmmaker, Robert Sarnoff, is being honored at the Queens International Film Festival on Saturday, November 8 at 1:30 p.m. The Tribute will include screenings of his three gritty Rockaway films and a preview of the fulllength documentary on which he is now working. More...
• Volunteers Needed To Teach Health Literacy
• article has image Connie Taylor Family And Friends Day
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 Education/Schools
• article has image Advanced Placement Honors At St. Savior HS
St. Savior High School recently received notification that the scores earned by students in the May Advanced Placement examinations soared above the global average in English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, American History, European History, Latin, and Psychology. More...
• article has image Pheffer Honors St. Francis de Sales' Outstanding Readers
• article has image Local Students Study Monet's Waterlilies At MOMA
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 Entertainment/ Lifestyles
• article has image Bayswater Players Back In Rehearsal
The Bayswater Players are hard at work in preparing their next show, Paul Rudnick's comedy, I Hate Hamlet. The play debuts at the Bayswater Jewish Center on Thursday, November 13 for a 4-week run. The ghost of John Barrymore (Jack Tarzik) is shown here giving TV star Andrew Rally (Stuart Rappaport) a Shakespearean lesson - to hysterical results because Rally hates Hamlet. For details, visit www.bayplays. com or call 516-239-2632. More...
• Fort Tilden Highlights
• article has image Humperdinck At Capitol Bank One Theatre
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 Business News
• article has image HSBC Hosts Small Business Seminar
HSBC Bank of Rockaway Park hosted a Small Business Seminar, including a wine and cheese reception, for local businesses on Tuesday, October 28 at 5 p.m. The event was organized by Branch Manager Joan Furey-Palinkas and Business Relationship Manager Erin Rippe. Sean Wynne, HSBC financial advisor, shared his perspective on current economic conditions and answered questions. More...
• article has image 'Racino'A Done Deal, Spade Soon In Ground
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 Columnists
• Beachcomber
Now that the City Council has gone behind the backs of the voters and approved changing the city's term limit law from eight years to twelve, we must make sure that all of those councilmembers who voted for the change More...
• Broad Channel Bits
• article has image Dorothy Dunne
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 Milestones
• Hennessey Graduates US Coast Guard Training
Coast Guard Seaman Michael E. Hennessey recently graduated from the US Coast Guard Recruit Training Center in Cape May, New Jersey. More...
• article has image Celebrating Seven Years
• article has image Look Who's Turning Two
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 Sports
• article has image Beach Channel Dolphins Take Bite Out Of Bulldogs
Last Saturday's miserable weather conditions at Beach Channel High School surely were a sign that winter has made its arrival. The Beach Channel Dolphins had more pressing concerns than the windy and misty rain that fell upon their helmets. Business had to be conducted for a team that wants to secure themselves a spot in the 16-teamPSAL city championship playoffs. More...
• article has image St. Francis Runners Compete In Sectional Championships
• White Shamrock Peanuts End Regular Season In The Rain
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 Editorial/Opinion
• Neither Bloomberg Nor Sanders - Ever!
We know that Mayor Michael Bloomberg thinks that he is the only one who can govern New York City, given the present economic crisis. The mayor has told us so. We also know from insiders that Bloomberg coerced, bribed and threatened a majority of 29 City Council members to vote to steal democracy. What we don't know is what City Councilman James Sanders Jr. More...
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 Letters
• What Will Happen To Fort Tilden?
To Fort Tilden? Dear Editor, To paraphrase the lyrics from the memorable Buffalo Springfield song, "There's somethin' happening here; what it is ain't exactly clear; There's a man with a pen [sic] over there; Telling us [sic], More...
• Media Double Standard
• 1952 PAL City Champion Team Photo
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 Obits
• Ricardo Elton Brown
Station Agent NYCTA
Ricardo Brown, a lifelong Rockaway resident, died October 27. Brown was born in Henderson, North Carolina on February 15, 1954. He attended PS 42 and JHS 198 and obtained his GED in 1985. He served in the US Army from 1972 to 1975. He became a Licensed Practical Nurse in 1991. More...
• Niasha Natief De Lain
• Patrick J. Forrest
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