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March 6, 2009  RSS feed
Court Slams Waterfront Development Suit
In what may spell the end of the community's battle against out-of-scale development along Rockaway's waterfronts, a three-judge federal court has ruled that individuals have no standing to sue either a political entity or an individual developer More...
Man Claims Synagogue 'Stole' His Torahs
By Howard Schwach

A former Rockaway resident, who says he is nearing the end of his life and looking for a legacy, wants to give the unique torah scrolls his grandfather brought out of Russia in 1905 to his nephew. However, a local synagogue, to which he says the family "loaned" the scrolls more than 30 years ago, says that the one they have belongs to the congregation. More...

St. Patrick's Day Parade Steps Off Saturday

The Queens St. Patrick's Day Parade will step off tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m. from Beach 129 Street and Newport Avenue. The parade will march east on Newport Avenue to Beach 116 Street and then south to Rockaway Beach Boulevard and east to Beach 90 Street. The reviewing stand will be located at the end of the parade route. Local residents should note that there will be parking restrictions on Rockaway Beach Boulevard from Beach 129 Street to Beach 90 Street and on a number of other west end streets as well. The MTA has announced many changes in the bus runs for the Q21, Q53, Q22 and Q35 routes on Saturday. Pictured, from last year's parade, flag bearers from the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians carry flags from each of the Irish counties. More...

 Top Stories
• Far Rockaway Fire Quickly Extinguished
A fire in several shipping containers stored in the front yard of a single-family home at 1036 Beach 22 Street in FarRockaway was quickly extinguished by local firefighters, a New York City Fire Department spokesperson says. Fire Department sources say that the first notification for the fire was called to the 911 emergency system at 9:10 p.m. on Tuesday night. More...
• Local Busted In Inwood Stabbing
• article has image Ticket Blitz Riles Rockaway Parents
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 Community
• article has image Roosevelt Dime's Time Has Come
Voodoo Dixie Country Soul, that's how a Belle Harbor native describes his band and their unique sound. Roosevelt Dime is based in Brooklyn, but their lead singer, Andrew green, has deep Rockaway roots. The band's sound is heavily influenced by the basics of bluegrass, but it incorporates aspects of folk, blues, rock and some country. More...
• BC Cell Tower Planned Across From Playground
• article has image Remembering The Fitzgerald Hotel
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 Education/Schools
• article has image School Scope
Nationalize the Schools
I'm dizzy from racing from meeting to meeting about the major push-button issues affecting education: closing schools and the potential creation of thousands of teachers (ATRs) and students floating around the city like nomads looking for schools to land at. And much of it due to the impact of high stakes testing. More...
• article has image PS 106 Community Rally To Raise Awareness
• article has image St. Rose Of Lima Hosts 'Rockin Rockaway Idol'
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 Entertainment/ Lifestyles
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'Coraline' - Scary Tale
Legend has it that theater owners in 1937 voiced complaints to Walt Disney after screenings of his animated classic, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." They were upset that young children were wetting their pants and their seats in mortal fear after the queen-to-hag transformation scene. More...
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 Business News
• article has image SJEH Names Warshawsky Chief Of Oncology
St. John's Episcopal Hospital recently appointed Mendel M. Warshawsky, MD, Chief of Oncology. Dr. Warshawsky will be responsible for the inpatient consultation and the oncology practice at the Hospital. John Gupta, Chief Executive Officer of St. John's, said, "We are very pleased to have a doctor of Dr. Warshawsky's caliber join our medical staff. More...
• article has image Rockaway Development And Revitalization Corp. Hosts Business Gathering
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 Columnists
• article has image Notes On Consumer Affairs
In December of last year, the investment community and thousands of individual investors were shocked to learn that Bernard Madoff, a respected and well-known investment adviser and previous chairman of NASDAQ, ran a $50 billion Ponzi scheme. More...
• The Rockaway Beat
• article has image The Diary Of A Green Thumb
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 Milestones
• article has image Spc. Page-Blake Stationed In Iraq
Specialist Shanna N. Page-Blake, a lifelong Rockaway resident, is currently serving in Iraq. This is her second tour with the US Army. She is the daughter of Rockaway residents Marnita and Ronnie Page and sister of Crystal and Caprice Page of Rockaway Beach and Rebekah Archie of North Carolina. Page-Blake is the spouse of First Sergeant Blake of Kansas and mother of an infant daughter. Spc. Page-Blake is going before the promotion board for upgrade to Sergeant. The Page family wishes the safe return of their child and all of her fellow officers. More...
• article has image Celebrating 60 Years Of Marriage
• article has image Welcome To The World Olivia Grace
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 Sports
• Rockaway Native Sanders Contributes To Rice Title Win
Jermaine Sanders wasn't truly having one of his best games on the court for Rice High school last Saturday afternoon. The Far Rockaway native was struggling on the floor. So was Rice, down by nine points in the Archdiocesan Class AA title game against St. Raymond's. More...
• article has image SFDS Novice Girls Win Title In Exciting Fashion
• Boyle Tournament Begins
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 Editorial/Opinion
• Peninsula Must Be Reunited As One Political Entity
Twenty years ago, the New York State Democratic Party had an idea that it believed would serve two purposes: insure more Democratic legislators and insure that more minorities would sit in both the Assembly and in the City Council. More...
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 Letters
• A Rockaway Tale
Dear Editor, I was hanging on the boards in June of 1974 (Beach 113 Street) and somebody said "hey did you see the news? We are going to have to surf through ice floes in 20 years." This was brought on by the cover of Time magazine "Another Ice Age" http://www.time.com/time/magaine/- article/0,9171,944914,00.html. More...
• Disgusted … With Politics As Usual
• The Tragic Lawrence Fire
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 Obits
• Antonio Biondo
Scrap Metal Dealer
Antonio Biondo, a Far Rockaway resident, died February 19. He was 70. Biondo served in the US Army from 1962 to 1964. More...
• Sally Fitzpatrick
• Thomas J. Haanraadts
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