Chatting with Chapey
Fourth Annual Rockaway Catholic Jewish Council Dinner
Commentary by Dr. Geraldine M. Chapey, Democratic District Leader
      The Rockaway Catholic Jewish Council (RCJC) recently held its 4th annual dinner at the West End Temple. Over 150 people were in attendance. The dinner was chaired by Dr. Geraldine Chapey and Renee Freeman, the co-chairs of the RCJC.
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Eye On Physical Therapy
Commentary By Dr. Tim Rohrs, DPT
      This new year of 2008 is just two weeks old now. How are those resolutions doing? Have they been forgotten or given up on already? I have found that, as with many goals and resolutions in life, the more specific they are the more likely we are to keep them.
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From The Artists Studio
'Get Out Of Town' Comes Into Town
Commentary by Susan Hartenstein
      RAA CONTACT INFO: Phone: 718 474-0861; Fax: 718 474-4373; e-mail: rockart116@aol.com; website: www.rockawayartistsalliance.org The opening reception for "Get Out of Town" is this Sunday, January 20, 1- 3 p.m. in sTudio 6 Gallery.
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Historical Views of the Rockaways
A Look at the Last of the Rockaway Point Ferry Boats in Brooklyn
From The Rockaway Museum Commentary by Emil Lucev,Curator Dedicated To The Memory Of Leon S.Locke
      The Rockaway Point ferryboats stopped running between old Reid's Dock at the point, and their docks in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn in 1980. Today's view shows two of the last boats about to come out of winter storage at their home port, a few years before their runs to the point came to an end, due ...
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The Rockaway Irregular
Bush Alone
Commentary by Stuart W. Mirsky
      As George W. Bush enters the eighth and final year of his administration, it's fitting to step back and look at this president who almost wasn't, save for a court decision that still rankles his political enemies today.
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Looking Backward
      What The Wave Said 20 Years Ago... Members of the Belle Harbor Property Owners Association learned more than they expected Monday night, January 11, in Public School 114 (Belle Harbor), when Police Captain Philip Erickson, commanding officer of the 100 Precinct (Rockaway Beach),
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Making Waves
The Mac Is Back
Commentary Eric Ulrich Republican District Leader 23rd AD
      White House hopeful, Arizona Senator John McCain, ran unsuccessfully, and lost in a bitter primary battle to George W. Bush. This time around, the former POW is taking no prisoners as he prepares to wrest the party's nomination away from the other Republican contenders.
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