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Rapist On The Loose
A young woman on her way home from celebrating a special event in Manhattan was brutally abducted and raped at Dayton Towers West early on Sunday morning, police sources say. According to family members, the unidentified woman and a few friends were driven back to Rockaway from Manhattan by limousine. More...
Iconic FRHS Coach Dies

Legendary Far Rockaway High School football and baseball coach Jack Kerchman, who mentored thousands of Rockaway youth during his 35 years at the school, died in North Miami, Florida on June 20 after a long battle with serious illness. More...

Crossing Guard Honored For 30 Years Service

Through wind, rain, snow and the heat of early summer, Mary Ellen Murray has manned the corner of Cronston Avenue and Beach 134 Street in Belle Harbor, keeping generations of PS 114 students safe and sound. Murray, who normally shies away from publicity, has been doing this job day-in and day-out for 30 years. That is why Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly recently presented her with an award for her years of service to the community. Photo by Howard Schwach. More...

 Top Stories
• Local Dies In Rhode Island Custody
On the evening of June 27, 2005, Rockaway resident James Davis-Reed drove away from the peninsula on a journey that would leave him dead this week in a Rhode Island maximum security prison. He drove all night to Middletown, Rhode Island to find his ex-girlfriend, Tiffany Joiner, who had fled to the New England state to escape him. More...
• article has image Probation For Cop-Killer's Sis
• article has image FD Heroes Pull Two From Norton Basin
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 Community
• article has image Relay For Life This Weekend At Riis Park
The American Cancer Society's Relay for Life has quickly become one of the premier events on the peninsula each year, attended by more than a hundred participants who spend the night walking laps and taking part in events, all to honor those who have died of cancer or who have lived to beat the dreaded disease. More...
• 'Ask The Pharmacist Day'At SJEH
• article has image 100 PCT CC Host Annual Spaghetti and Meatball Dinner
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 Education/Schools
• Far Rockaway Student Named to Who's Who
Pershemia Reynolds, a member of the class of 2009 at Wells College in Aurora, New York, has been selected for Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Reynolds, an English: Creative Writing major, is a resident of Far Rockaway. More...
• article has image Commemorating 'Mr. Joe'At PS 114
• article has image Public School 106Q Students Collect Food For City Harvest
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 Entertainment/ Lifestyles
• article has image RAA Hosting Concert July 2
On Thursday, July 2, the Rockaway Artists Alliance will host a one-night only performance with Chris Klein and the Boulevards, out of New Orleans. The Boulevards have long been traveling to the NJ/ NY/ LI regions in the summer months, and will be holding their first show at the Rockaway Center for the Arts (RoCA) in Fort Tildenduring this tour. More...
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• article has image Kathy Griffin At Westbury This Weekend
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 Business News
• article has image Curran's Superior Meats
Where Service Is An Obsession
Curran's Superior Meats, located at 417 Beach 129 Street, in the heart of the Belle Harbor shopping area, promises that service is an obsession. Serving the community for more than 40 years, the butcher is unique in that the purchaser of a meat package may store those purchases inside the store's huge walk-in freezer for as long as needed. One of those specials, for example, consists of two pounds of Kansas City Steak or London Broil, three pounds of chopped meat or a box of beef patties, one pound of hot dogs, one pack of hot dog rolls and one pack of hamburger rolls for only $37.49. More...
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 Columnists
• Beachcomber
It is certainly good news that the Rockaway Music and Arts Council will once again run a Summer Sunset Picnic Concert Series at Riis Park this summer, albeit a shorter season than in the past. More...
• Broad Channel Bits
• article has image Notes On Consumer Affairs
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 Milestones
• article has image Jailene Nicole Caban Born May 30
Jailene Nicole Caban was born on May 30 at 10:04 p.m. weighing 6 lbs. 2 oz. and 18 inches long to parents Jason Caban and Dawn Stroud. Big brothers include Anthony, Tristan, Justin and big sisters are Aryanna and Janisa. More...
• article has image Public School 106Q Principle Retires
• article has image Assemblywoman Pheffer Joins 80th Birthday Celebration
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 Sports
• article has image H.S. Football Star Kelly Heads West
Breezy Point's Seamus Kelly left the Hofstra football field on Tuesday night with a smile, even after his New York City all-star team lost to Long Island, 31-14, in the Outback Steakhouse Empire Challenge. Kelly rushed for only 16 yards on eight carries against a stingy Long Island defense. More...
• Basketball Tournament Begins
• Basketball Players Invited To Compete In Old Timers Tournament
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 Editorial/Opinion
• It's Time For Compromise Because Everybody Deserves Health Care
Everybody talks about the need for universal health care, and rightfully so. Every American deserves top-notch, affordable health care. While the great majority of Americans agree, the devil is in the details, and the details are open to a great debate, which is now brewing in our national legislature. More...
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 Letters
• Save KidsmART
Dear Editor, To Our Elected Officials, We are writing to you in our capacity both as co-presidents of the PS/ MS 114 PTA and as parents. The Rockaway Artists Alliance kidsmART program is many things to many people (adults and children alike). For parents it is a safe, nurturing, stimulating environment wherein their children are exposed to theatre, art, dance and music. More...
• "Nyet" To LPG Island
• Another Times 'Scoop'
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 Obits
• Vernon Henry Archbold
Butcher
Vernon Henry Archbold, 73, a Rockaway resident, died June 17 after a long illness. Archbold was born on August 5, 1935 in Colon, Panama and migrated to the United States in 1964 via Miami and later worked in Manhattan as a butcher. More...
• William Foster
• Herbert Gessler
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