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Both Broad Channel and Rockaway have scheduled Memorial Day parades for the upcoming weekend to honor those men and women who made the supreme sacrifice for freedom. The annual Rockaway Memorial Day parade, sponsored by the Daniel M. O'Connell Post 272 of the American Legion, will begin with a 10:30 a.m. memorial mass on Monday, May 25 at St. More ... This weekend Gateway National Recreation Area kicks off the 2009 summer season. The swimming beaches at Jacob Riis Park will open and lifeguards will be on duty every day from 10 a.m.—6 p.m. Visitors are reminded that swimming is only permitted in guarded areas. More ... The Belle Harbor Property Owners and the Rockaway Park Homeowners and Residents Association teamed up on May 9 to clean neighborhood beaches. Pictured, Barbara Larkin (president of the BHPOA), Peter Larkin, Linda Beal- Benigno, Brian Hoffman with students from PS 114 and St. Francis de Sales School. More ... State Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer hosted local community leaders, police and park personnel last Friday to discuss issues of regulation and enforcement along Rockaway's miles of beaches for the upcoming summer season. More ... The Rockaway Ferry has completed the first year of its three year pilot run, taking sail from Riis Landing twice a morning, providing residents a viable and quick alternative to get to lower Manhattan. More ... Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca used the promenade on Beach 15 Street on Tuesday morning for a photo shoot for an advertisement for their migraine relief drug Zomig, according to a representative for the city's Department of Parks and Recreation. The permit from the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre, and Broadcasting states that James McEntee Photography would be working from Beach 9 to Beach 149 Streets from May 19 to May 21 with locations to be established by Rockaway's administrator for Parks and Recreation, Jill Weber. Photo by Miriam Rosenberg More ... The Rockaway Rotary Club hosted a Group Study Exchange (GSE) team from Germany during the first week in May. Accompanied by local club members, the team toured historic sites throughout New York and visited the Statue of Liberty. More ... Robert V. Levine, President and Chief Executive Officer of Peninsula Hospital Center, has announced the appointment of Carol Clark, RN., as the new Director of Quality Management. More ... Local historian Vivian R. Carter, left, gives a brief history of Rockaway before Rockaway Waterfront Alliance's bike tour of the peninsula begins last Saturday. Among the subjects she spoke about was the Cornell Cemetery, near New Haven Avenue, which is the resting place for Rockaway's first settlers and their families; and Hog Island, which was located off the peninsula at Beach 17 Street. It was washed away in heavy storms in the early 1900's. More ... On Thursday May 14, board members of the 100 Precinct Community Council, seniors from Saint Francis de Sales Golden Age Club and local Residents took a trip on the 100 Precinct bus to York College for the NYPD's annual talent show, where all of the performers are cops. The 100 Precinct Community Affair's unit was well-represented by Police Officers Brian McCabe and Joe Roberts, the "Kings Of Rock," who put on a terrific show for the audience. There were twenty five different acts in all. More ... With adolescent and teen pregnancy a continuing problem, a program in Far Rockaway is attempting to help these young people by assisting them in receiving various services. To that end, TASA (The Teenage Services Act Program) is running a book drive to collect new or gently used books for children and teenagers to improve their reading skills. More ... The Rockaway Development and Revitalization Corporation (RDRC) held its annual dinner last week, honoring several business and political leaders for their work in enriching Rockaway. More ... Local state government officials and community leaders were on hand last Friday at the Broad Channel entrance of the Cross Bay Bridge to celebrate the preservation of the Rockaway and Broad Channel resident rebate program that was saved with the recent bailout of the MTA by state lawmakers. State representatives on hand included Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith, Assemblymembers Audrey Pheffer and Michelle Titus, and State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. Also present were local community and civic leaders, all of whom loudly protested for months against the threat of once again paying to traverse the Cross Bay Bridge. More ... Nutrition Outreach and Education Program (NOEP) provides information and assistance for the federal nutrition assistance program called FOOD STAMPS. Last year, NOEP helped 25,000 new households in New York State receive food stamp benefits. More ... A new means for transporting seniors living in the Rockaways was unveiled last week when the ribbon was cut on a new Chrysler Town & Country van, equipped with seating for eight and room for wheelchair passengers. More ... The New York Post has once again proven that it has no feel for the lives of real New Yorkers. In the May 14 edition of the paper, there was an editorial pushing the plan of the Atlantic Sea Island Group to place a manmade More ... Disney volunteers, as part of the company's community initiatives program, fanned out across the lower part of Far Rockaway beach last Saturday as the preparations continued for this week's beach opening by Parks and Recreation. More ... St. John's Episcopal Hospital celebrated National Nurses Week, which falls on Florence Nightingale's birthday, May 6, 2009, through May 13, 2009. Nurses at the Hospital began the week with a "blessing of the hands" ceremony hosted by the Pastoral Care Department on Wednesday, May 6, 2009, in the Lobby. More ... The staff of St. John's Episcopal Hospital came together as the Second Annual Green Thumb Team on Thursday, May 14, 2009. The team planted hundreds of impatiens in the approximately 40 plots created when trees were planted on the streets surrounding the Hospital by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation last year. More ... |
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