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for larger version       Big Losers Win Weight Loss Challenge Thirty people lost a combined 259.6 pounds while participating in Shapewatchers 12-week weight loss challenge. Participants ranged from 11 to 83 years of age. The top three winners lost 66.4 pounds combined. The challenge advised of proper nutrition, food choices, and also encourages exercise and ... More ...
Rockaway youth Billy Moore takes to the air with a running cannonball into a local swimming pool. Billy's parents and grandparents are all long-time Rockaway residents. Oh, to be young in the summertime. More ...
Episcopal Health Services' Vice President of Pastoral Care and Education of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, Reverend Dr. Cecily Broderick y Guerra, announced that a health symposium will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from November 17-21, 2008. More ... Gerald Sullivan Calls On Assembly To Cut Spending Hundreds of neighbors and friends joined Gerald Sullivan, Rockaway's reform candidate for State Assembly, at the Belle Harbor Yacht Club to lend him their support and boost his aspirations as he calls for the discontinuance of spending. "It's up to the State Assembly now, and my opponent to give N... More ...
By Howard Schwach Residents laughed when the condominiums adjoining the foul-smelling wastewater treatment plant on Beach Channel Drive at Beach 104 Street began going up more than three years ago. More ...
Rockaway's favorite biker, Ed "Shevy" Shevlin, continues to ride to Newfoundland, Canada to once again raise money for the research and fight against cystic fibrosis. Last year Shevlin rode his Harley cross-country from Rockaway Beach, New York to Rockaway Beach, Oregon. More ...
West end residents have watched the new headquarters for the NYPD's Transit District 23 literally grow from the ground at Beach 116 Street near the subway station. And, while the building appears to be complete and ready for police officers to move in, the city remains mum on an opening date. One NY... More ... Parent Hearings Set To Kick Off Parents and educators are invited to assist the State Senate Democratic Conference in proposing legislation that will improve the educational system. This is taking place on October 6 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Queens Borough Hall, located at 120-55 Queens Boulevard, 2nd Floor Conference Room ... More ...
The State Board of Elections is reminding all state residents that the last day to register to vote for the September 9, 2008 primary election is Friday, August 15. Mail-in voter registrations forms postmarked by midnight, August 15 and received no later than August 20 are valid for the upcoming pri... More ... CNR Offers Courses At New Location The College of New Rochelle (CNR) School of New Resources for adult learners will continue to offer college courses at a new location. Beginning September 2 Brooklyn Campus Extension Courses will be held at St. Mary's Star of the Sea. Classes begin on September 2 and will be held Monday through Th... More ...
Money, Personnel In Short Supply By Howard Schwach Last year, the weekend of September 7 and 8 was a gala one for Rockaway and Gateway National Recreation Area. On the boardwalk at Riis Park was the exciting and colorful Rockaway Kite Festival, which drew thousands from all over the tri-state region. More ... Beach 84 Street Pier To Be Purchased Governor David Paterson signed into law a measure sponsored by Senate Democrat Leader Malcolm A. Smith and Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer allowing the City of New York to sell the Beach 84 Street Pier to the residents living there. More ...
Two men and a woman spent a scary three hours on Saturday, August 10, when their boat engine seized up and they floated onto the beach at Beach 90 Street. The three unidentified boaters left Sandy Hook earlier in the day for some fishing and sightseeing, but wound up without power. NYPD helicopters ... More ... |
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