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By Nicholas Briano Marq Karpman says he can still remember his family's summer bungalow on Beach 25 Street and when he and his brother would ride from their home in the Bronx to the bungalow on winter days just to be in Rockaway. They would wish the cold weather away so they can ride their bikes up and down the boar... More ... Penny Drive For Wounded Warrior Project The Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) will host penny drives on Sundays, after mass, at St. Francis de Sales Church beginning in April. In addition, children will be going door to door and there is also a drop off at Curran's Meats on Beach 129 Street. More ...
Danny Ruscillo, President of the 100 Precinct Community Council, and 100 Precinct Captain Tom Barrett award officers, Sgt. Michael McClernon and Alex Martins with the Cop of the Month award at this week's community council meeting. According to Barrett, car thefts have significantly increased in 200... More ...
City Councilman Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. was honored at the 96th annual St. Patrick's Society dinner on March 13. Pictured is Councilman Addabbo with the President of the St. Patrick's Society of Queens, James Flaherty and his sons, James and Louis Flaherty. More ...
Firefighters responded to put out a fire that erupted in a van parked in front of 33 Beach 70 Street Monday evening. Two units, an engine and a ladder truck, responded quickly after the FDNY received calls reporting the fire from which smoke could be seen for several blocks. The first call came in a... More ...
Congregation Derech Emunoh celebrated Purim this year in its temporary synagogue located in a double-wide trailer in the Arverne By The Sea development. Two dozen revelers came to celebrate the most joyous of Jewish celebrations. Pictured, the congregants pose for the camera. More ... Return Of The Plover With the return of spring, the migrating Plovers are heading north toward their beachfront nesting habitat in the Rockaways. Join the Urban Park Rangers on March 30 at 12:00 p.m. at Beach 44 Street and the boardwalk and be among the first ones to spot these endangered birds as they arrive along th... More ... Family Seeks Help In Solving Local's Murder By Nicholas Briano The family of a former Rockaway resident, who was fatally assaulted last month, is seeking help from Rockaway residents in tracking down the killers, some of whom they believe may be living in the Ocean Village houses. Floyd Sanders, 28, was born in Brooklyn and later moved to Rockaway. More ...
The Home Maintenance Workshop, created by the Housing Partnership Development Corporation and the Margert Community Corporation, graduated its fifth class on March 19. Firsttime homebuyers demonstrated their "do-it-yourself" skills to major financial supporters of the program, including Senator Malc... More ...
Peter A. Guiney, DO, FACOFP, of Rockaway received his designation as a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians during its Annual Conclave of Fellows Award Banquet on March 14. Guiney has served as Family Practice Residency Program Director at Peninsula Hospital Center since 1... More ... Gunfire Breaks Silence In Redfern Area By Miriam Rosenberg Police responded to two separate incidents of gun violence - one report of two men shot and the other of shots fired - in the area of Redfern Houses, over a two-day period earlier this month. On March 9, at approximately 2:30 p.m., officers arrived at 1310 Redfern Avenue and found two black mal... More ... DEP Payment Incentive Program The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will hold an Outreach Event for those homeowners who are having trouble paying their water and sewer bills. The last information session was held on Thursday, March 27, with representatives from the DEP, Human Resource Administration and the Departm... More ... Incentives Set For Responses To DOE Surveys Scholars' Academy 'Pays' For Parent Response By Howard Schwach A number of parents whose children attend the Scholars'Academy, the District 27 gifted program at Beach 102 Street are angry at what they perceive were "bribes" for handing in "positive" surveys to the Department of Education, which were due to the school on March 17. More ... Total Mind & Body Fitness Program Seniors in Shape's spring 2008 Total Mind & Body Fitness program will run from April 7 to June 21, on Mondays and Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. The program includes tap dancing, red hot ballroom, chair yoga, ultimate workout and many other activi... More ...
City Councilman Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr., hosted his annual Easter Egg Hunt in the playground at Beach 107 Street and Shore Front Parkway last Saturday morning. Hundreds of kids and their parents showed up to find the eggs and win prizes. Pictured, Addabbo presents a prize to a young girl. More ...
Eleven year old John Regan of Breezy Point celebrated his birthday with a pollution party More ...
Residents from throughout the Rockaways came to Peninsula Hospital Center this week to participate in the Hospital Center's Nutrition Day. Clinical Nutrition Manager Rachel Hodelin-Wetzel, MSRD and her staff of clinical nutritionists served as hosts for the event the theme for which was "Step Int... More ...
By Miriam Rosenberg Just days after a New York City Housing Authority representative denied that the community center at the sprawling Redfern Houses would close its doors, a spokesperson for the agency confirmed that the center would indeed be closing, possibly as soon as the middle of next month, but certainly by t... More ... Residents Fed Up With Local Post Offices By Nicholas Briano Many local residents say that they have had enough of Rockaway's post office blunders. They are tired of packages that don't get delivered, checks that are misdirected or returned to sender for no reason, mail that is spread all over building lobbies and the long lines at local postal offices wit... More ... RAA And PS 114 Presents Structure 2 Rockaway Artists Alliance (RAA) in conjunction with PS 114 students and parents presents Structure 2: An Exhibition of Artwork Created by PS 114 Students and Their Parents. The opening reception will be on Tuesday, April 1 from 7-8 p.m. at the sTudio 6 gallery in Fort Tilden. More ... PS/MS 42 Celebrates Excellent Behavior Under the leadership of Principal Madden and Assistant Principal Leone, PS/MS 42 has developed a Behavioral Incentive Program for students. The program titled "Ride the High Tide of Good Behavior," is created from a model of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. More ... Kohn Receives Bachelor From Excelsior College Mattie E. Kohn of Far Rockaway has earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Excelsior College. Located in Albany, New York, Excelsior College is one of the nation's oldest distance learning and online colleges that focus on what students know rather than on where or how they learned it. More ...
The Association of Black Educators of New York (ABENY) honored the recipients of their first African leaders essay competition on February 10. More that a dozen students from PS/MS 225 participated in the competition. Safeta Krcic, an eighth- grade student, was awarded a $50 savings bond for writi... More ...
The graduating residents of St. John's Episcopal Hospital's Internal Medicine Residency Program have all passed the 2007 certifying exam of the American Board of Internal Medicine. Sheldon Markowitz, MD, Chairman of the Internal Medicine Department at St. More ...
As part of the "Request a Street Tree" program, St. John's Episcopal Hospital planted nearly 40 trees, on the sidewalks that surround the hospital. The trees, provided by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, were planted on March 17 and 18. The variety of trees planted around the ho... More ... Free Home Maintenance Class The Housing Partnership Development Corporation and Margert Community Corporation offer the Home Maintenance Training and Repair Program to first-time homeowners. Through this program, homeowners can learn how to maintain their property and protect their investments. More ...
Churches Combine For Stations of the Cross Commemoration Father Jim Cunningham of St. Mary Star of the Sea welcomes worshipers to St. Gertrude The Great as the two churches combined for the Good Friday procession of The Stations of the Cross. More ...
Patrick J. Sullivan has been named Chief Operating Officer of St. John's Episcopal Hospital. He has more than 30 years experience in the healthcare industry. For the last 18 he was employed as Deputy Executive Director at North Brooklyn Health Network/Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center. Sulli... More ... Stephen David Andrew Has Arrived Stephen David Andrew Popelaski was born on March 14 at St. John's Hospital. He weighed 7 pounds and 12 and one-half ounces and measured 20 and three-quarter inches. Stephen is the son of Theresa Ann Keith and Stephen Popelaski of Inwood. His proud grandparents are Dan and Sue of Inwood and Regina ... More ... Thompson Sets 'Cable Consumer Bill Of Rights' New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. has unveiled a "Cable Consumer Bill of Rights" aimed at protecting New York City consumers by demanding significant protections in cable companies' franchise agreements with the City. More ... |
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