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New Diner Management Hopes To Erase Nightmare Beginning
By Nicholas Briano
The Rockaway Diner was much-anticipated by Rockaway residents, but it left many consumers and employees with a bad taste in their mouths when it first opened its doors earlier this summer. There were complaints by customers of poor service, long waits for food, unwashed dishes, and a management t... More...
Rezoning… A DONE DEAL
By Nicholas Briano

The first rezoning of Rockaway since 1961 was approved by the City Council's Zoning and Franchises subcommittee and yesterday by the entire City Council, officials reported. The comprehensive rezoning plan, waiting nearly three years for approval, moved quickly through the subcommittee and the Ci... More...

Visiting Teen Dies In 'Gun Accident'
By Howard Schwach. With additional reporting by Miriam Rosenberg

A Massachusetts teen visiting relatives in Far Rockaway was shot dead Wednesday night in what police officials speculate was an accidental shooting. More...

Rockaway Finds Its Rainbow Connection

Those braving the rain and wind on the boardwalk at Beach 116 Street on Sunday night were treated to a beautiful rainbow, which seemed to grow out of the high-rise buildings on Beach 108 Street and then arc gracefully into the Atlantic Ocean. More...

 Top Stories
•Setting Up An Eye In The Sky
The New York City Police Department has come up with a new twist in fighting crime in high-crime areas. The agency now uses what they call "Sky Towers" to watch over a several block area. The sky towers are portable and can be moved from one area to another rapidly. One of the towers has been locate... More...
•B. 90 St.Worst In City!
•Car-Bus MVA Sends 21 To Local Hospitals
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 Community
•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...
•Celebrating The Summer With A Cannonball
•EHS Hosts Clinical Pastoral Care Symposium
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 Entertainment/ Lifestyles
•Free Concert At Jacob Riis Park
The Gateway National Park Service is happy to present the Greg Trooper Band with special guest, Rockaway's own Indaculture. The performances will take place at Jacob Riis Park on Sunday, August 24 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Attendees are asked not to bring glass bottles or alcohol to the event. Beer wi... More...
•Fort Tilden Highlights
•Cheech & Chong at Capital One Bank Theatre
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 Business News
•PHC Receives Donation For AngioScreen Program
Robert V. Levine (left), President and CEO recently accepted a $30,000 donation from Benefit Fund Trustee, George Greco (right), New York City District Council of Carpenters and Jointers of America Benefit Funds. Greco, a member of the Board of Directors of Peninsula Hospital Center, facilitated the... More...
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 Columnists
•Beachcomber
Both Queens College and St. John's University have made the cut, being among "The Best 368 Colleges," in America, as announced by the Princeton Review in its annual college issue. More...
•Broad Channel Bits
•From The Artists Studio Rockaway Artists Alliance
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 Milestones
•Sophia Turns Three
Sophia Maria Millet of Belle Harbor celebrated her third birthday on Saturday, August 2 with her parents; sister, Angela; grandparents; and her best friend, Oliver. More...
•Giovanni Turns Five And Steps Up
•SJEH Celebrates Patient's Sixth Birthday
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 Sports
•Rockaway Beach Volleyball League Crowns Six Champs for 2008
The Rockaway Beach Volleyball League concluded its 19th season on Saturday with an entire day of playoffs by crowning six different division champions at day's end. More...
•Beach Volleyball League Celebrates Day Of Champions
•Favre Arrival Lifts Jets' Fans Spirits In Upcoming Campaign
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 Editorial/Opinion
•Paterson Cuts Could Mean Real Problems For Local Hospitals
On Monday, Governor David Paterson presented a plan to trim $1 billion from the state's budget this year. Paterson plans to cut pork and higher education funding, but the major cut is reserved for the Medicaid system, and that could mean real problems for thousands of Rockaway residents who use th... More...
•EDITORIAL COMMENT
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 Letters
•Wave Should Know Better
Dear Editor, I would like to respond to your criticism of the ad hoc committee's efforts to get a suitable recreation facility built in the Rockaways. You suggested that all the committee achieved was some notoriety and some ink in the local paper. My reading of the dictionary tells me that notor... More...
•Boycott Olympics
•False Reports Can Not Be Tolerated
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 Calendar
•AUGUST 2008
Community Happenings Broad Channel Mardi Gras Happenings, sponsored by the BCAC: Irish Festival, BCAC Memorial Field, local and Irish vendors, food, raffles, entetainment, pipe bands, "Black 47," 8/16, 12:30 p.m. to whenever. More...
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 Obits
•Dora Mae Rainey Carter
Nurse
Dora Carter, a longtime Rockaway resident, died August 3. She was 68. Carter was born in Cordele, Georgia on April 15, 1940. She was a longtime member of the Allen A.M.E. Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Grady and Minnie Morman Rainey; brother, Grady; and sister, Mozell. More...
•Mary Elizabeth Craig
•Walter J. Dmytrius
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