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November 28, 2008  RSS feed
MTA Tolls Bell On CBB Rebate
In financial distress and scrounging for any dollar it can get, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has announced that it will vote next month to do away with the decade-old fare rebate program that allows local residents with an EZ-Pass device to traverse the Veterans Memorial Cross Bay Bridge for free. More...
Refused Abortion May Be Key To Teller Slay
By Howard Schwach

The boyfriend of a pregnant Rockaway bank teller didn't believe that her baby was his and demanded that she abort it before he fatally slashed both her and the unborn baby, police say. More...

No Consolation For Overtime Loss

Far Rockaway High School running back Adam Rivera (number 6) tries to console quarterback Daniel Marc Sears after the QB threw an interception that led to an overtime 20-14 loss to George Washington High School in the PSAL Cup Division championship game at Midwood field on Sunday. The Seahorses had tied the game at 14-14 late in the fourth quarter, forcing the overtime session. FRHS finished the season with an 8-1 record and then won one playoff game before the Sunday loss. For a story about the game and more photographs, see the sports section. Photo by Pete Borriello More...

 Top Stories
• article has image NYPD Lieutenant Announces For Council Seat
Rockaway resident Glenn DiResto has announced his candidacy for City Council District 32, in the February 2009 Special Election. This election is to fill the seat of Councilmember Joseph Addabbo Jr., who was recently elected to the state Senate. DiResto is looking to bring positive change for all residents in our community. He was born and raised here in the Rockaways. More...
• 101 Precinct: Overall Crime Down; Gun Violence Up
• Local Busted In Nassau County For Murder Try
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 Community
• article has image American Legion Hosts 'Three Kings' Holiday Party
The Daniel M. O'Connell Post 272 of the American Legion and Ladies Auxiliary held their annual "Three Kings" holiday party on Sunday, November 16. The event catered to 65 veterans from the St. Albans Veterans Hospital in Queens. More...
• article has image Dressler Retires From SJEH After 31 Years
• article has image Famous Homeless Man Winds Up In Rockaway
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 Education/Schools
• AP Scholars At Kearney Earn College Board Recognition
Twenty-seven students at Bishop Kearney High School earned the distinction of AP Scholar by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college level Advanced Placement Program Exams. They were among the 18 percent of the more than 1. More...
• article has image Kearney Commissions Eucharistic Ministers
• article has image PS 47 Launches It's First Cooking Club
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 Entertainment/ Lifestyles
• article has image Hamlet Is Alive In Bayswater
Paul Rudnick's comedy "I Hate Hamlet" opened at the Bayswater Jewish Center on Thursday, November 13 for a four week run. This play blends laughter with sentiment, includes a séance and a sword duel, and is heavily sprinkled with fantasy. For details visit www.bayplays.com. Pictured are Jack Tarzik, as the spirit of John Barrymore, revealing himself to TV star Andrew Rally, played by Stuart Rappaport. More...
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• article has image Brian McKnight At Capital One Bank Theatre 12/7
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 Columnists
• Beachcomber
In The Wave's editorial in our November 14 issue, we wrote that Community Board 14 wanted to hold off on the planned development for east end parkland until more parking slots were allotted. More...
• Broad Channel Bits
• article has image Dorothy Dunne
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 Milestones
• Riso To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Vincent L. Riso, a prominent real estate developer, has been selected to receive the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the Queens Chamber of Commerce during the chamber's 96th Annual Dinner and Building Awards Presentation on December 3. More...
• article has image BP Travel Club Boards The Island Princess
• article has image Anglade Named Semi-Finalist In Scholarship Competition
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 Sports
• article has image Heartbroken Seahorses Lose In Title Game
In mid-August, Far Rockaway began a quest to be the last of 15 teams in the PSAL Cup Division to hoist the championship trophy. Far Rockaway made the journey to the championship game and they were only one touchdown away from extending their football campaign in overtime against George Washington. But their title dreams would be dashed on the Midwood Field turf. More...
• article has image Fighters Win At Metro Boxing Championships
• St. Camillus/St. Virgilius Basketball Teams Win Again
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 Editorial/Opinion
• MTA Needs A Dose Of Geography And Politics
The Veterans Memorial Cross Bay Bridge has the distinction of being the only span in the city connecting two communities in the same zip code that also has a toll. Residents of Broad Channel have to use the bridge on a regular basis to get to their children's schools, to speak with police officials and to get to a supermarket. More...
• article has image EDITORIAL COMMENT
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 Letters
• Six-Month Moratorium On Bad News
Dear Editor, Your opinion expressed last week, "Give Obstructionism a Rest," was so insightful, so relevant, so lucid that I read it three times. "We have to stop being our worst enemy," you wrote. Might I suggest that The Wave now take the lead in this endeavor? More...
• Our Prayers Are With You
• I Could Be Disappointed, But …
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 Obits
• Francis F. Gallagher
Businessman
Francis Gallagher died November 25. He was 65. Gallagher, a graduate of Archbishop Molloy High School and the College of Santa Fe in New Mexico, was a longtime member of the St. John the Evangelist Parish Council in White Plains and volunteer at Rosary Hill Home in Hawthorne. More...
• Michael J. Horgan
• Jacqueline A. McBride
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