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Kenny Vance and The Planotones will play the Leon S. Locke Memorial Concert on July 26 at Riis Park as part of the Rockaway Music and Arts Council Summer Concert Series. Songs from their original recordings of classic doo-wop sounds and vocal styles will highlight the second of three summer concerts. More ... National Grid, which is currently remediating the former Manufactured Gas Plant in Rockaway Park, recently completed the cleanup of the southeast corner at Rockaway Freeway and Beach 108 Street. The photo, courtesy of National Grid, shows the completed section of the site and the clean fill used to top off the excavation. More ... Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer recently met with Jonathan Gaska, District Manager for Community Board #14, at the recently installed traffic light at Beach 84 Street and Shore Front Parkway. The community has long fought for the traffic light due to the high volume of traffic and increased number of accidents at this location. More ... Michael Feldman's daughter, Alexis, who is 17, came to him one day with a request. She wanted him to help her with a school assignment to plan a non-profit business. Since Feldman, a real estate broker in Brooklyn, always wanted to work with animals, he suggested collecting money to assist those who needed veterinarian care for this pets but could not afford it. More ... July 2, 2009 marked the beginning of Fresh Air summer vacations for hundreds of New York City children, including many Queens residents. The excited youngsters left Port Authority Bus Terminal to visit volunteer host families in rural and suburban communities throughout 13 Northeastern states and Canada. More ... On Saturday and Sunday, July 18 and 19, Jacob Riis Park, part of the Gateway National Recreation Area, will be participating in the nationwide Fee Free Weekend at America's National Parks. Riis Park, located on the Rockaway peninsula in Queens, has no entrance fee, a beach parking fee of $5 per car is being charged between Memorial Day and Labor Day. More ... The season has officially started for the highly-popular Dancing under the Stars program. The program comes to Rockaway each Tuesday evening with a session at Beach 84 Street and Shorefront Parkway, running from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. More ... Manny Pina is an adventurous guy. During the winter months, he works as a ski instructor near his home in Pennsylvania. His plans for the near future include becoming a certified scuba diver. The fact that he has one leg has no effect on these activities. More ... The Wounded Warriors landed on Rockaway's shores last Thursday evening, with a gala parade that took them from Breezy Point to Beach 126 Street on Rockaway Beach Boulevard, and then to the Belle Harbor Yacht Club, where the wounded soldiers and marines met with their Rockaway host families for the first time. Hundreds of locals lined the boulevard to welcome the men and women who have given so much to insure our freedom. The rest of the weekend was taken up with adaptive water sports at Breezy Point and a Saturday night block party at the home of Graybeard Flip Mullen on Beach 134 Street. All photos by Howard Schwach. More ... More than forty soldiers, wounded in the Iraq and Afghan wars, proudly marched down the beach block of 134 Street last Saturday evening as residents stood on their porches, lawns and sidewalks applauding, cheering and waving the flag in appreciation of these brave men and women's service to this country. More ... The Rockaway Music and Arts Council held the first of its series of Sunset Picnic Concerts last Sunday night at a new venue - Riis Park. After a year's hiatus, organization president Steve Yaeger told the 175 people in the audience, "We're back," and indeed they are. The first concert at Riis Park (past concerts were held at Fort Tilden) drew a crowd to see the Rockaway Theatre Company perform numbers of its hit production of "Oklahoma." More ... During its annual awards luncheon, held at Antun's on Saturday, June 6, 2009, the Women's Industrial Service League, Inc. (WISL) honored five senior citizens for demonstrating outstanding church and community service: Eugenia Angel of First Church of God, Jamaica; Charlie Crawford of St. Luke Cathedral; Minnie Pearl Harris, of First Baptist Church; Ida Mae Harrison of Mt. More ... The Arverne Library held a talent show on June 26 for children ages 5 and up to celebrate the end of the school year and showcase local talent. According to a spokesperson for the library, the talent show began to take shape at the beginning of the month and the kids worked hard to put on a great show. More ... Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced the return and expansion of the Summer Streets program and more than 1,500 free summer events throughout New York City. Summer Streets will again bring temporary carfree streets, healthy activities and free weekend summer recreation - now to a total of 14 locations throughout the five boroughs - through September. More ... Juan Lopez, a Rockaway resident and member of the New York Army National Guard, was recently promoted to rank of Private First Class. Promotions were announced by Major General Joseph J. Taluto, the Adjutant General for the State of New York. More ... The Daniel M. O'Connell Post 272 of the American Legion has come into possession of hundreds of 8" X 10" photographs that were taken between 1951-1956 by William Reinhart III, who was then a member of the post and a professional photographer in Arverne. More ... |
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