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Freeway Repairs Mean Subway Detours
Select Stations Closed Through 2010
In the upcoming months, the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) will begin the first phases of construction along the Rockaway Freeway section of the "A" train. As a result, travelers should expect several station closures and detours, MTA officials said this week. More...
Candidates Debate Before Primary
By Miriam Rosenberg

Candidates in the Democratic primary for the City Council's 31st District seat made their case for election to Bayswater voters during a forum at the Bayswater Jewish Center Monday night. More than 100 people turned out to hear Marquez Claxton; Michael Duncan; Jacques Leandre; Fred Lewis; and the incumbent, James Sanders Jr. More...

Bloody Hammel Houses Assault
By Nicholas Briano

Many residents of the Hammel Houses were awakened from their beds by the sirens of ambulances and police when a man was found lying on the ground outside the public housing complex last Saturday morning with a deep laceration to his head, police said. More...

 Top Stories
• FR Woman Hurt In CT Car Crash
A car crash in Norfolk, Connecticut Saturday sent a Far Rockaway woman and one other to the hospital with minor injuries, according to published reports. The two-car collision occurred Sunday at the intersection of West Side Road and Greenwoods Road West, also known as Route 44, around 10:39 a.m. More...
• 101 Precinct Arrests Car Mirror Thief
• MPB Breezy Point Exit Closes 9/14
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 Community
• article has image New Kids Book Teaches Water Safety Lessons
Blake Collingsworth never intended to become a crusader until the tragic drowning death of his young son, Joshua in 2008 spurred him to take up the mantle of water safety ambassador within his home state of Nebraska and beyond. More...
• article has image TD 23 Headquarters Comes Down
• article has image 9/11 Ceremonies Set At Tribute Park
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 Entertainment/ Lifestyles
• article has image Dan Zanes And Friends Comes To Westbury 10/4
Live Nation proudly presents the 2007 Grammy Award winner for Best Musical Album for Children, DAN ZANES & FRIENDS, at The Capital One Bank Theatre at Westbury for one afternoon only on Sunday, October 4 at 3 p.m. The former lead singer for the Del Fuegos, Dan Zanes launched his career as a "family" music performer in 2000 when he released Rock Ship Beach. More...
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 Business News
• article has image Rockaway Bagels
Makes Bagels The Old-Fashioned Way
Rockaway Bagels, an establishment that has been serving fresh, handrolled bagels at 114-08 Beach Channel Drive for years, is under new management and customers are pleased to find that the store has been completely renovated. More...
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 Columnists
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A SAD MONTH
Ordinarily I look forward to the month of September. We are all back refreshed hopefully by some sort of vacation. Our friends and doctors and merchants can now be reached. We are preparing for the New Year, for a festive holiday season and sometimes even feel the intimation of fall and its crisp air, a welcome antidote to the 99 degree weather and humidity. More...
• The Rockaway Beat
• article has image From The Artists Studio Rockaway Artists Alliance
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 Milestones
• Hasson Deployed Overseas
Army National Guard Spec. Andrew D. Hasson has been mobilized and activated for deployment overseas to a forward operating base in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He is the son of Jo Anne Barry of Rockaway Park and a graduate of Beach Channel High School. Hasson, a military police member, is normally assigned to the 206th Military Police Company, based in Latham, N.Y. More...
• Gilmartin Makes Dean's List
• article has image Spadaro Receives Degree In Nursing
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 Sports
• article has image RBVL Rocks Jameson's To End Volleyball Season
The Rockaway Beach Volleyball League concluded the 2009 season with their annual Awards Dinner on Friday, August 28 at Jameson's with 75 players eager to party the night away. A rocking good time was had by all, and was aided by the music of DJ Bobby Joseph. Good food and cold beer is the usual formula for a fun time with this group and once again it proved successful. More...
• Road Traveling Seahorses Look To Slice Trojans
• BCHS Dolphins Ready For PSAL Bowl Title Quest
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 Editorial/Opinion
• It's Time For A Constitutional Convention
Few New Yorkers would disagree with the proposition that our state government is broken. A recent poll showed that nearly three-quarters of state residents would like to see that government structure changed to make it more responsive to the needs of the people rather than the needs of the legislators themselves. More...
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 Letters
• Upzoning Beach 116 Street
Dear Editor, I can only imagine Maureen Walsh's disappointment upon learning that the Beach Club property on Beach 116-117 Streets may, in fact, not be developed for affordable housing. Ms. More...
• In Defense Of Peter Sammon
• Building Projects In Rockaway
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 Obits
• Michelle Teresa Dozier
Home Attendant
Michelle Teresa Dozier, a longtime Rockaway resident, died August 16. Dozier was born on June 8, 1961 in Nassau County, New York. She attended Beach Channel High School. Dozier is preceded in death by her mother, father, and sister. More...
• Steven J. Koffer
• Colleen Madden
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