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June 6, 2009 marked the 65th anniversary of D-Day 1944 one of the great turning points in world history. Some of you who read this were not yet born. Others spent that time in the crucible of fear, pain and death in Nazi dominated Europe or in America at war. More ... I have written many times of the need for term limits on the state level that mimic those already in place for city officials. More ... A word on submitting editorial material to The Wave. The best way to reach us is by email, at editor@rockawave. com. You can also use snail mail or bring the copy in to our offices at 8808 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Rockaway Beach. Some tips, however. Don't use all capitol letters in your letter or story. Please use initial caps only. More ... Almost everyone is enjoying the warmth of the sun, which has been a welcome sight after so many wet days. While flowers and lawns did enjoy a lot of rain, they—like most people—were probably beginning to feel soggy! More ... I remember fondly the lazy days of my youthful summers, when I would play and run with my friends in the backyard with not a care in the world. But those summers were also packed full of activities, with my mom having both my brother and I enrolled in everything from swimming and soccer to art and science camp. More ... Happy Fourth of July. I hope everyone has a wonderful day, that the sun is shining and that we all enjoy our "birthday". Next Sunday, July 12 is our first concert at Riis Park and I'm very excited. We are looking forward to seeing everyone again...it's been a long time. More ... I've always admired people who "bloom where they are planted." Perhaps because my family was uprooted when I was 12 and moved like a rhododendron bush from Cleveland to Pittsburgh along with Alcoa's Technical Center, I've had a fascination with the success of those who remain in the place where they were born and raised, More ... Welcome back to The Style Insider. In this week's issue, I will be discussing a very important event for which I volunteered last week. This event was the first of its kind and it reached out to a market that had been ignored and sometimes even looked down upon. More ... I want to extend a heartfelt and patriotic July 4 welcome to all the participants in the upcoming 5th Annual Wounded Warrior Adaptive Water Sports Festival. How fitting it is for the Rockaway peninsula to gear up for the arrival of such heroic Marines and soldiers as we celebrate our great nation's birth. More ... We all like to think well of ourselves, both of our motives and our actions; as Fourth of July celebrations loom once more, most of us want to think well of our country, too. More ... Summer Arts and Gardens: Each summer this column presents a variety of locations in the metropolitan area that offer the visitor communion with the beauties and fascinating aspects of the natural world, while also exhibiting artworks that reflect those qualities. More ... Let us say you own a house in Rockaway. Let us say you have insured your home through the same agent with the same company since you moved here, twenty or more years ago. More ... After facilitating many workshops for the Arthritis Foundation and the premiere of the 10 interventions in my NYIIFVF award-wining documentary "Arthritis up Close and Personal," I notice a common behavior. It is that people of all ages are not getting enough water due to the distractions from Arthritis. More ... Long, long ago … in the Rockaways of that time… we had a viable and wonderful amusement park known as Rockaways' Playland. Since 1901 and up to 1985, there had been an amusement park on the site, located from boulevard to beachfront, between Beach 97 and Beach 98 Streets. More ... What The Wave Said 20 Years Ago... 20 Dennis Brown, son of the Reverend James Brown, assistant pastor of the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church of the Rockaways, was found lying dead on a park bench behind the Carlton Manor building at 71-15 Beach Channel Drive, Arverne, on Thursday, June 29, about 4 p.m. More ... |
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