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VOL. 2, NO.
27 - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2015
Twas The Day

Before Christmas
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Theres A Harbor Light

At The End Of The Tunnel
Architects rendering of the future Harbor Light

Truth be told, we thought
wed be putting this in the paper months ago. But good things
come to those who wait. And
something good is going up on
Newport Avenue and Beach
130th Street.
Steel beams mean progress
Thanks to the incredible perseverance of the Heeran family, The Harbor Light, the iconic
restaurant that was a like a second home to many in Rockaway,
is rising from the rubble more
than three years after Sandy.
First opened in 1980, The Harbor

Lights comeback was delayed by
red tape and other matters but as
Billy Heeran said in July of 2014,
Folding up and going away was
never an option.
Steel beams went up on Monday
and a full skeleton of the new place

should be in place within a few weeks.
Well-wishers gathered to applaud the sudden burst of activity. Someone passing by called
out to Bernie Heeran, Are you
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Kennedy's
New Year's Eve

Celebration
By Kevin Boyle
Just get me socks and underwear. Preferably new.

Or a pair of gloves. Thosell be
good, until I lose them.
Honestly, I really dont want
anything for Christmas. If you
get me something Im gonna
feel like a bum for not getting
you something. You dont want
to make me feel guilty this time
of year, do you?
I might like the shirt you get
me even though I would have
never picked it out for myself.
In fact, it might become my favorite shirt but I probably wont
remember I got it for Christmas. Truth is, if I like the shirt
enough Ill convince myself that
I bought it.
I dont know how you Christmas shoppers do it. Some of you
see something in July and buy it
and then hide it for months, until the big day. That is the kind
of discipline that impresses me
as much if you flapped your
arms and flew away.
If I bought a Christmas gift in
July Id wind up cracking and
give it to someone for Labor
Day.
We probably wouldnt have
Christmas without my wife,
Kathy. If it were left to me, Id
hand out a few cards with money in it. Maybe turn the TV on
to the Yule log channel.
Im not bah-humbugging.
Im good with the lights and
festivities and Christmas carols in the air. I just cant take
gift buying. The pressure is unbearable. Just tell me what you
want. Ive tried going to jewelry
stores. Each time it was brutal.
Does your wife like thick or thin
bracelets? Does she like silver
or gold? Would she like a ring

or earrings?
Uhhuhh..
Its the same feeling as taking a
big test for which you didnt do
a lick of studying. Then another
thought creeps in my head. How
do I know this stuff is even real?
Maybe Im traumatized by
the story of my father buying
my mother an iron for Christmas. Yeah, an iron. Brand new.
That went over big. I think she
used it to part his hair. Would a
blender have been better, honey?
Ive seen people open presents and do nothing to hide
their disappointment.
Im paralyzed by these memories.
I know Im not alone. Some
of you cant read the Rockaway
Times today because youre
out shopping on Christmas
Eve. You need the pressure,
you work better on deadlines.
So you say. But youre only
out there because you cant be
empty handed on Christmas.
Theres the stress of buying versus the self-loathing youll feel
if you dont have gifts to give.
Its the thought that counts.
And Im very generous in my
thoughts. Ridiculously, overthe-top generous. Im not cheap,
I just dont know what to get.
Im the one who started passing around the fruitcake no
ones ever eaten. At least its
something.
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I stiffed you on a present, please
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On Monday we spotted a huge
crane on Beach 130th Street.
Smiles were in abundance as
steel beams were being set for
the Harbor Light! Many people
say the Sandy recovery wont
be complete until this neighborhood icon is reborn.
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A nice Christmas present.
Thanks for the love, er, likes.

We just passed a Facebook
milestone. Five thousand people have liked The Rockaway
Times page. And were just shy
of 1,300 followers on Instagram
and our full paper is emailed
weekly to 2,961 people. Thank
you all for the awesome support. We might as well keep
this going in 2016.
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More than a few people were
skeptical about one part of
last weeks story in which we
reported the $5 million sale of
the Beach Club property. The
new owner said plans were not
yet set. To that, the skeptics
replied: Five million and he
doesnt know what hes doing?
Ha.
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Much was made of Steve Harvey mistakenly calling the runner-up the winner of the Miss
Universe pageant. Well, it might
have been a disappointment
for Miss Colombia but if a runner-up was ever going to be able
to cash in, thisd be the time.
Miss Colombia, is not to be
confused with Rockaways Ms.
Colombia often seen wearing a
green or orange beard walking
the beach or marching in the St.
Patricks Day Parade.
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Kudos to all the people working
on securing the Rockaway ferry,
slated to return in the mayoral
election year of 2017. Heres a
challenge to our local elected
officials: get the mayor to make
a minimum commitment of five
years. Thatd show hes sincere
about his efforts to make the
ferry system a real part of the
transit system.
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The holidays are upon us but just
ahead is a transportation committee meeting of Community Board
14. On January 6, the committee will
at the Bayswater Jewish Center at 7
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pm. There will be a presentation by
the Department of Transportation
regarding downtown Far Rockaway
(streetscapes, traffic) and a proposed safety plan regarding the intersection at Beach 62nd Street and
Rockaway Beach Boulevard.
*****
Sign of the times. Last week, our
reporter, Dylan Watton, called
the Young Israel of Wavecrest
and Bayswater Center last week
for a quote for the neighborhood profile article. A representative returned a call asking
if he was taking photos of the
building last week and Dylan
said yes. The rep then said he
was relieved because they had
filed a police report because in
this day and age of heightened
security and fear they were
worried he might be up to no
good.
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You might have noticed that
some locals get ink in the This
Week In History column. When
you work at The Rockaway
Times and suffer in our little
cold cube, you get a shout out in
The High Tide: Happy Birthday,
Pat McVeigh!!
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The FDNY is credited for
rescuing a man who had
fallen into Jamaica Bay on
the evening of Saturday,
December 19.
According to a report by
the NY Daily News, two firefighters donning water suits
jumped into Jamaica Bay to
save a man who had fallen
in while working on his boat
near Beach 87th Street at
around 5 p.m., the FDNY said.
The firefighters who performed the rescue were
Christopher Russell, 35,
of Engine 266 and Christopher Barbara, 23, of Ladder 121. Russell has been
on the job for 12 years,
while Barbara has been a
firefighter for three years.
Together, the men pulled
out the victim, believed

to be in his 40s, who was
holding onto a boat connected to a dock. The man
was overcome by the chilly
water temperature and was
unable to pull himself out.
He was in the water for approximately 15 minutes.
The man, who was in serious condition, was transported to St. Johns Episcopal Hospital to be treated
for hypothermia. An FDNY
spokesperson says the man
was in bad shape an unresponsive, but it is believed he is okay.
Eight land units, helicopters and a fireboat were
also involved. They responded within four minutes.
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The Lazer Speaks

The Off Button: A Wish for 2016
I recently had someone very
close to me completely surprise me, in a good way. They
finished an evening of partying,
early. When I asked them why
did they end early, surprised
and happy at the same time,
they told me they had finally
discovered the off button. I
could not have been happier.
We all know that nothing
really good happens between
the hours of midnight and
4 a.m., but it doesnt stop
many from going full throttle
at those hours. Usually, these
activities are accompanied
by cellphones that seemingly have no ability to respond
to phone calls. Although I am
sure that every iPhone has an
answer button. I have experimented myself, purposely
staying up past midnight and
calling myself. Apparently
for some, the answer button
can mysteriously disappear

from the icon menu between
the hours of midnight and 4,
sometimes 5 a.m. Who knew!
The off button is one of
lifes greatest inventions.
Sometimes
people
dont
know that they have access to
it, and finding it can be tricky.
But once found, it can be applied to almost any situation.
With the holidays upon us,
knowing about the off button is more important than
ever. Why? Well, consider
that last drink, not the ones
preceding it, but really that
last one. Thats the one that
always gets us in trouble by
allowing us to say or do something that we really should
not have. Having access to
the off button prevents us
from taking that last drink.
For some the last drink is the
tenth, others the second, and
still others its really the first.
I have undying admiration
for those that understand it is

the first one. They have usually found this out the hard
way, and have spent considerable time searching for
the off button, and have
after repeated failures, finally found it. They are admirable because they understand
what happens when the off
button is not flipped, and
dont want to be that person
anymore.
The off button doesnt
just apply to drinks or drugs,
it applies to anything that can
take us over the edge of poor
behavior and get us in trouble. For me the off button is
usually, although not limited
to, that quip or cutting comment that sounds so smart in
my head, but winds up hurting someones feelings, generally not mine but the people
closest to me. In those situations, I think that I am being
insightful, but really I am just
taking the easy way out by being obvious and stupid.

So with Christmas upon us,
maybe this is the time of year
to flip the off button and to
spread good cheer by knowing
ourselves, and being mindful
of others. I guess being mindful requires active listening,
and really understanding
what others are trying to tell
us. Even at Christmas I find
this hard to do, because it requires turning off the inner
voice, and listening to what
the other person is saying. I
always think the inner voice
is telling me something really important. Not always the
case! But if flipping the off
button is done well, it gives
us tremendous insight into
others and the ability to be
better human beings. Personally, this one is on top of my
list for 2016. Heres hoping we
all find our off buttons for
2016!
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Star Wars Love Reawakened In Rockaway

By Dylan Watton
The cultural and historic

importance of any particular thing can be measured by
whether there is a pre-thing
and a post-thing. For instance
there is a pre-Beatles music
landscape and a post-Beatles
music landscape. Theres certainly a pre-Sandy Rockaway
and a post-Sandy Rockaway. In
the world of movies this ruleof-thumb can be applied to a
few flicks such as Casablanca
or The Godfather. But no movie
quite fits the bill like Star Wars.
When the seventh feature
film in the series, The Force
Awakens, opened in theaters
last week, the post-Star Wars
world was in full view as it
shattered box office records,
consumed local and national
news, and sold us fast food and
cars and toys, toys, and more
toys. When a movie becomes a
cultural phenomenon beyond
compare, its earned its place
as a landmark of American
achievement where all things

before become irrelevant and
all things after are judged to its
standard.
I remember first seeing the
original film, which debuted
in 1977, when it was rereleased
in theaters 20 years later. The
films had been rooted in my
family since its premiermy
mom Lisa Fernandez was
pulled out of school by her
mother to see it on the day it
opened (May 25) at the Ziegfeld Theatre. Instantly I loved
itthe buzzing lightsabers,
the Vader voice that I could
replicate so well before my
tonsils were taken out, Chewbacca and R2D2. My love went
so deep that I had a Darth
Vader piggy bank that played
the Imperial March and told
me that I wasnt a Jedi yet despite how much I paid him.
My brother Matt Watton and I
inevitably saw Empire Strikes
Back when it was released,
then Return, then Phantom
Menace, and so on. It was
good that we saw the original

movies first. Youre not going
to be a fan of the all movies
if the first one you saw was
Phantom, Matt said.
I was in high school and I
must have been a freshman or
a sophomore when I first saw
the original movies, Remy
Krakaeur said. In subsequent
years the three of us and several of our other friends would
congregate in Remys basement and watch the films on a
loop. I realized they came out
in the 70s and 80s and I wanted to see what all the hype was
about. The technology that
went into making all the special effects was mind blowing.
It really did a good job of putting you in a different world.
They had an established universe and made you think that
you were experiencing it.
For my generation, even objectively bad movies like the
three prequels (the aforementioned Phantom plus Attack
of the Clones and the not-
so-bad Revenge of the Sith)

represent an important part
of childhood. Movies that we
see in our formative years, as
in the rest of pop culture, stay
with us the longest and create
lasting bonds to bygone innocence and a pre-cynical time.
We were as young as Anakin
when the prequels came out,
Matt said. And only as we got
older we realized those movies sucked. They still created a
viable and sustainable culture
that could be passed on.
So with an unruly amount of
hype and expectations I saw
The Force Awakens on Saturday night in Manhattan, a rare
time Id see a movie on opening weekend (and an even
rarer time that Id travel two
hours just to see one). Without
spoiling anything, the movie
was everything it needed to be
and more. Director J.J. Abrams
delicately strikes the perfect
balance between nostalgia
and newcomers, and the films
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action scenes, while not as innovative as its predecessors
were, are exhilarating. Character development and dialogue are better than theyve
ever been, and the movies
magnificent closing shot left
me immediately craving more.
I hope its amazing, Remy
said. He will see the movie
over Christmas weekend. I
really hope that they continue
developing the original characters in Luke, Leah, and Han
Solo and I hope they do a good
job developing the brand new
characters. Matt expressed
concern that the new film will
deviate from George Lucass
original vision. Its a story
about justice, fighting imperialism, a number of people
maltreated or neutral going
to fight against a cultish, mystical Empire, or whatever the
dark side is.
Maybe it was inevitable that
the new film would turn out
to be the behemoth that it
has quickly become. After all
it was created in a post-Star
Wars world.
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Local Musician to Appear on Talent TV Show

viewers will have a chance to
vote for Persico as Star of the
Day. There are three performers per episode. The performer with the most points wins
Star of the Day and advances
to the next episode. There are
also four judges. Any contestant
who earns four Star of the Day
scores, automatically earns one
of 12 spots in the finals. Also,
the more public votes a contestant gets, the more likely theyll
be in the finals. The grand prize
winner takes home a new car, a

deal with a major record label
and the title of NYs Star of the
Day Grand Champion.
In the episode that will air on
December 26, Persico, of Ozone
Park, sings one of his original
songs called Lets Stay Home.
Be sure to watch the show and
then head to www.newyorkstaroftheday.com/vote/ to pick
Persico or your favorite contestant. Votes can also be casted on
Twitter and Facebook.
Frank Persico
You may have seen him play

at Daltons, the Community
House or Thai Rock, but now
local musician, Frank Persico is
getting a showcase off the peninsula. He has a chance to be
named a citywide Star of the
Day.
A few weeks ago, Persico
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Dear Editor:
(Regarding the Neighborhood Profile: Bayswater).
Im Carol (Solomon) Marston, vice president of The
FRHS Online Alumni Association. I grew up in Bayswater and loved every second
of living there. I left the year
I graduated (1956, and yes, I
graduated with Bernie Madoff,
but didnt know him) to move
to Chicago due to my dads job
transfer.
I read your article, Rockaway Neighborhoods: Bayswater and noticed one error. I
posted a comment at the end
which corrected the error,
which deals with the year Far
Rockaway High School was
built. (The building seen today opened in 1929).
Thanks so much for this
lovely tribute to my old home.
We really cant go home
againits gone. The last time
I visited was in 1997 and stood
in front of my old house with
tears flowing. The new owners had modernized what had
been a lovely Victorian home
made it into a tenement complete with fire escape.
The house (to me) has lost
its charm. They replaced the
shingles with aluminum siding, fenced the yard, which
did away with the semi-circular sidewalk which allowed
entry from two sides of the
property; cut down the two
gorgeous pine trees and paved
the driveway (under which Id
buried a jar of pennies in the
40s!) I hate what they did to
the entrance above the front
steps. It is phony-looking and
(to me) heartbreaking. Kind
regards,
Carol Marston
Dear Editor:
Yes we have speed cameras popping up all over the
City which of course includes
Rockaway. People constantly
go back and forth with comments that they are just money
makers for the City which also
includes the red light cameras. Then there are some who
say they like the cameras especially near their childrens
schools. Then you have many
people who would like signage
that reads Speed Cameras
Ahead slow down or whatever way the City words them.
Why do so many people
speed, why do so many people
go by stop signs like there not
even there, and why do people
pass the red lights as if they
were colored blind? At times
when Im sitting in my living
room watching television I
have a perfect view of the traffic light on Rockaway Beach
Blvd and Beach 125th street.
I actually will say to my wife
very often There goes another one right through the red
light. I even say this very often, There goes another one
right through the red light and
also speeding.
I do see the NYPD on occasions stop these vehicles when
in the area and issue them
summonses. Well no matter
what your thoughts are on
speed cameras, red light cameras or Signage, please obey
these traffic control devices
before you or someone else
are injured or killed.
Danny Ruscillo
Use Smarts
Dear Editor:
I really do not mind speed
cameras, just put in SMART
LIGHTS! Smart Lights are
lights that have a motion sensor, and will change the light
if there is traffic that needs to
be moved, otherwise the light
stays green for the busiest of
the two roads.
Paddy Tubridy
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LOCAL CHURCHES
AND BUSINESSES
PREPARE
FOR CHRISTMAS
Christmas time is here, as Charlie Brown and friends sing annually. While Charles Schulz based
his Peanuts people on the wholesome Minnesota town he grew
up in, the joy and good feelings
of the holiday season are universal, not only confined to a place
where footballs arent kicked and
adults talk like theyre stepping
on a wah-wah pedal. Much of
Rockaway has strong Irish Catholic roots, making the religious
and cultural aspects of Christmas
all the more important.
St. Francis de Sales on Beach
129th Street has been open since
1906, serving as one of the primary outlets for Christian worship and Christmas cheer on the
peninsula. This year they started

a new tradition of planting and
lighting 100 Christmas trees in
the prayer garden on Rockaway
Beach Boulevard across from the
church. We lit [the trees] with
a big ceremony that 1,000 people came to, Monsignor John J.
Bracken said. We also have a
Christmas nativity set on 129th
Street and the boulevard. They
had carols and cookies and hot
chocolate. People are in awe of
how pretty it looks at night.
This year Monsignor Bracken
said that the church is switching
up their schedule for the holiday
slightly to be more accommodating to all age groups. Well
be changing our Mass schedule
to make it more family friendly.
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Contractor Charged with Stealing From Breezy

Sandy Victims
Someone is on the naughty list. Long Island Contractor
Andrew L. Troiano and his corporation, Alt Design and Construction Consulting Inc., have
been charged with stealing
more than $175,000 from victims whose Breezy Point homes
were destroyed by Hurricane
Sandy and who had contracted
with the company to build new
homes.
According to a Queens DA
press release, on December
16, Troiano, of Maple Grove,
NY, and his corporation were
arraigned on a criminal complaint charging each of them
with violating New York State
Lien Law 79-A-1 (second- and
third-degree
misappropriation of funds of trust), second-,
third- and fourth-degree grand
larceny and first-degree scheme
to defraud. Troiano, who faces up to 15 years in prison if
convicted, was released on his
own recognizance and ordered
to return to court on February

2, 2016. Conviction of a felony
is punishable by a fine of up to
$10,000 or double the amount
of the illegal gain.
A Breezy Point couple on Graham Place hired Alt Design and
Construction as their contractor on July 23, 2013, to purchase
and construct a modular home.
The payment of the contractors
price was spread out over time
based on specified acts listed
in the contract. For example,
it is alleged that a payment of
$63,750 was due to Alt Design
upon completion of the concrete
foundation by a subcontractor.
When the couple received an
invoice from Alt Design for the
completed foundation, it is alleged that they paid Alt Design
$63,750 for the foundation job
only. According to the criminal
charges Troiano hired Malbro
Construction as a subcontractor
in November 2013 to install the
concrete foundation and per-
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partial payment of $13,000 from
Alt Design, but when the job was
completed on April 30, 2014,
Alt Design still owed $49,182 to
Malbro Construction. Despite
demands from Malbro, Alt Design has still not paid the money
owed.
Another couple on Fulton
Walk, whose home was destroyed by fire, hired Alt Design
on July 19, 2013, to purchase and
construct a modular home. The
couple made all of the payments
from the deposit to the delivery
and set up of the home, totaling $270,000. The job was completed in May 2014. After completing the job on or about May
31, 2014, Malbro Construction
requested payment of $66,500
from Alt Design and the company allegedly never paid. For
this job, Alt Design also hired
Masonry Services, Inc., for crane
rental services. Masonry billed
Alt Design $10,248 for this job
and was allegedly never paid. It
is alleged that Masonry Services
placed a lien on the Fulton Walk
property due to Alt Design failing to pay for the work done by
Masonry Services.
A third couple who lost their
home on Hillside Avenue hired
Alt Design on January 27, 2014
to construct their modular
home. As per the construction contract, Alt Design was
obtaining the modular house
from Apex Homes Inc. After
making the first two payments
($30,000 and $15,975,) with
the next payment ($30,650)
payable upon the issuance of
building permits, the couple

was allegedly contacted by
Troiano, who told them that
they could fast track the construction of their home by
paying the amount or a portion of the amount due for the
ordering the house. The couple allegedly paid Alt Design
$55,000 of the $76,625 due for
the ordering the house. Apex
never received any payment.
The couple also paid Alt Design $7,150 for a soil test, foundation design, wetland study,
boring samples and a survey
and again had to pay A-1 Testing $1,500 to release the soil
test report because they never
received money from Alt Design, thus paying twice for the
soil test.
A forensic review of Alt Designs bank records allegedly
revealed that a total of $178,750
was received from the three
Breezy Point homeowners and
credited to the defendants account but no payments were
ever made to the subcontractors. It is further alleged, that after the Breezy Point couple living
on Hillside Avenue paid $55,000
to Alt Design for the ordering of
their modular house, the money was used by the defendants
for unrelated matters, including
cash withdrawals totaling more
than $8,000, payments for unrelated jobs (for electrical contractors at the Fulton Walk property,
for example), payments to attorneys, Cablevision, Verizon Wireless, Goodyear Auto and purchases at various liquor stores
and restaurants.
The defendant is presumed
innocent until proven guilty.
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Ringing in the New Year

Around the Rock
By Katie McFadden
The ball may drop in Times

Square, but glasses of champagne will be raised around
Rockaway to celebrate the New
Year. You dont need to leave
the peninsula to say goodbye
to 2015 or ring in 2016. Several
local bars and restaurants are
hosting events on New Years
Eve and New Years Day, in addition to the popular ocean polar plunge, which may not be so
chilly.
New Years resolutions will
start in 2016, so why not splurge
on the last night of the year?
Several spots will be hosting
special dinners on New Years
Eve. Umas (92-07 Rockaway
Beach Boulevard) will have
some special dishes like chicken Kiev and roasted leg of lamb,
plus the regular menu and
theyll be holding a champagne
toast.
The Community House on

Beach 102nd Street will have
a five-course dinner including appetizers, Caesar salad,
pasta, an entre and dessert
for $65 per person from 4 p.m.
to 10 p.m. A special childrens
menu of chicken fingers, pasta
or sliders with fries, plus dessert
will be available for $19. Reservations are required for dinner
(347-619-9417). Later at night,
from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m., there will
be open bar and appetizer options, plus a DJ. The domestic
bar package including champagne, bottled beer, house wine
and shots and an appetizer buffet is $65 per person, or $45 if
purchased before Christmas. A
premium bar package includes
champagne, premium liquor,
wine, craft and bottled beer and
appetizers for $100 per person
or $80 before Christmas.
If you want to spend your New
Years Eve by the bay, Thai Rock will have a special party which
includes all you can eat Thai
treats, live music by The Mike
Frost Band featuring Lauren
Meccia, a champagne toast,
New Years hats, noisemakers,
gifts and surprises for $50 per
person if purchased in advance
or $75 at the door. Check out
www.thairock.us or call 718945-5111 for reservations.
Daltons Seaside Grill (10802 Rockaway Beach Boulevard)
will be hosting its annual New
Years Eve Gala from 9 p.m. to
1 a.m. For $80 per person, you
get a prix-fixe five-course meal,
which includes an appetizer,
salad, intermezzo, an entre
and dessert, plus an open bar,
a DJ, a champagne toast, noisemakers, balloons and more.
Call 718-634-4384 for reservations.
Playland Motel will have a
four-course prix-fixe dinner for
$50 per person or $75 for the
surf and turf option. The meal
includes a sparkling wine cocktail, an appetizer, salad, entrees
and dessert. Come out for the
party, which includes a DJ and
a free champagne toast. There
is no cover, but there will be
drink specials like $25 bottles
of New York-made sparkling
wine all night and two open bar

options from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
The options are $30 for well liquor, Budweiser and Bud Light
or the $60 option that includes
everything behind the bar.
There are a few options for
those looking to celebrate New
Years Eve on the west end. If
you want to ring in the New
Year by the beach, the new Riis
Park Wildfeast is the place to go.
They are holding a Cocktails
and Caviar buffet including
cuisine from land, farm and sea
from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. for $65 per
person. A four-hour top shelf
open bar (til 1 a.m.) package is
$35. DJ Italiano Frankie will be
playing tunes from 10 p.m. until closing. RSVP is suggested at
wildfeastfoods@gmail.com or
718-964-7554.
Even further west, Kennedys
(406 Bayside) in Breezy Point
will have a special New Years
Dinner menu, followed by a
party starting at 9 p.m. with a
live band, a champagne toast,
hats and noisemakers. Make
your reservations by calling
718-945-0202.
Some spots are all about the
party. Brendans Bar (112-08
Merry
Christmas!
May I take this opportunity
to wish all of you a very Merry
Christmas! Yep, I said it Merry Christmas! Not Happy Holidays or Happy Winter Solstice.
Not Happy Festivus or Merry
Yuletide Season. Not Happy
Winter Break or some other politically correct and utterly inane
nonsense. My wish for a Merry
Christmas is sincere and goes out
to everyone without exception,
including all those politically
correct, safe space seeking, and
overly sensitive, special snowflakes out there who get out of
bed each day secure in the fantasy that the world and life in general revolves around them.
Christmas is a time that provides all of us an opportunity
to reflect upon all that we and
our families have to be thankful
for. We should all keep in mind
Thanksgiving and Christmas
2012 when we celebrated, as best
we could, amidst our Sandy ravaged homes with turkey dinners
at the American Legion, Santa
Claus and toys for children and
at the VFW. Our first post-Sandy
was perhaps more memorable
than any other holidays past, as
each of us had the opportunity
to realize just how much we had
to be thankful for and were encouraged with the knowledge
that we were all pulling together
to restore our community! I think
most of us were keeping farm

hours back then, up and about
at sunrise working, cleaning up
and liberally bleaching anything
that didnt move in the house
and then crawling back into bed
at sunset.
Four Christmases have now
passed since that wicked witch
Sandy visited our fair town. As
terrible as the days following
Sandys visit were, there was
something good that came of
it as well. Together we shared
laughter, tears, frustration, elation, sorrow, hope, food, drink,
showers, towels, soap, deodorant, clothes, tools, cell phones,
gasoline and much more. But
most importantly, we all endured
the Nightmare Before Christmas
of 2012 and came away from that
experience with a new sense of
hope and community spirit, that
only a small, close knit community such as Broad Channel could
engender.
Although many of us are still
struggling with the storms aftermath, today when the sun sets
over Jamaica Bay, Broad Channel
transforms itself and takes on an
almost fairytale ambiance with
bright festive lights hung across
Cross Bay Boulevard accented
by the myriad Christmas lights
and decorations which adorn
the homes of our town, many of
which were uninhabitable not
so long ago. People who are out
and about greet each other with
warm smiles that seem to be reserved solely for this time of year.
The local VFW and American Legion halls are busy with holiday
charity events and parties and
our Broad Channel Vollies are
out and about making sure that
Santa Claus visits the children of
our town who are, after all, our
most precious commodity.
Christmas is truly a special
time and should be shared by all
of us. If you have a neighbor who
is alone, elderly or infirm on
this Christmas, you might want
to give some thought to playing
Santa yourself and drop in to see
how they are doing and check to
see if they need anything.
Remember, a little smile, a
word of cheer, a bit of concern
from someone near, a little gift
from one held dear, best wishes
for the coming year all serve to
make a Merry Christmas!
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Witness to a Transportation Tragedy

Part II
By Marty Ingram
This is the final installment of

a two-part series on ideas for
preventing traffic jams in and
around Rockaway.
Two of our local heroes, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder
and New York City Councilman Eric Ulrich, immediately
called a meeting of all pertinent parties to resolve some of
the problems and to prevent a
reoccurrence. NYPD, Gateway,
Metropolitan Transportation
Authority, Triborough Bridge
and Tunnel Authority were invited. My good friend Dan Ruscillo and I serve as Co-Chairs of
Community Board 14s Trans-
portation Committee and we

were invited. The elected officials facilitated the meeting
and everyone worked in a positive manner to find root causes
to prevent a replay.
We found out the traffic light
south of the Belt Parkway allowed priority to the pedestrians and bicyclists crossing
Flatbush Avenue. The volume
of crosswalk traffic caused a
near continuous red light to
north and south vehicular
traffic on Flatbush Avenue.
Many of our motorists came
without E-ZPass and the cash
toll booths became rapidly jammed. The southern off
ramp to Gateway had a recently
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installed traffic light at the base

and this predictably caused a
back-up on the bridge.
There was an insufficient
amount of parking attendants
assigned to collect the parking
fees. This also contributed to
the grid lock. With the lack of
hospitals on the peninsula we
were lucky that we didnt have
many serious medical situations. Our conversations even
discussed the possibility of
overflow parking at Floyd Bennett Field with a shuttle connection to the Rockaways. We
also discussed the need to have
helicopter medevac support
for the peninsula. The agencies
acted swiftly to correct these
problems and fortunately we
did not experience a reoccurrence. What about the future?
There are several factors that
are coming together that we
need to anticipate. The Renaissance of the Rockaways is
real and it started before Hurricanes Irene and Sandy hit
our shores. Jamaica Bay is being restored to its pristine nature and we are getting some
trendy restaurants. The recovery work from Hurricane Sandy
ironically is giving us a facelift
and contributing greatly to
the Renaissance. In 2017 our
boardwalk will be completed
which will be an even greater
attraction to the area. We are
fortunate that we have the ferry service starting in 2017. It
is obvious to me that we need
to develop two transportation
plans for the area, one for our
residents and the other for our
visitors or tourists.
Our visitor plan should ensure that the quality of life
issues for our residents are
not adversely affected. I have
checked around for some average numbers and found that
cars carry on the average 1.5
people, busses with seats and
standees carry approximately

70 people and a ten-car train
can carry approximately 1000
people. The ferry will vary and
is dependent upon the amount
of life preservers onboard.
Hopefully, they will schedule
a vessel that can handle the
heavy loads of a summer weekend. The seasonal influx of visitors will be a boom to small
businesses and to property values.
Right now we still have a lot
of work ahead of us to handle
the anticipated crowds. Our
roads and sidewalks remain
in poor condition and present a hazard to pedestrians,
bicyclists and motorists. Seasonal visitors to the peninsula
should be encouraged to use
mass transit. Rockaway has an
inadequate supply of parking
and mass transit.
The Resident Transportation
plan should include a variety
of options and should be able
to allow our people to travel
to their work and school locations in an efficient manner.
We need to support the Queens
Rail Line and to take a critical
look at the proposed Select Bus
System. A sound intermodal
transportation plan for residents and visitors is vital to the
future success of the Rockaways.
(Martin J. Ingram is the CoChair Transportation Committee, Community Board #14 and
a member of the Queens Public
Transit Committee).
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Theres been lots of complaints about noise and beach

access designs from the reconstruction of the Rockaway
boardwalk. Of course every
neighborhood within earshot
will hear and feel the banging
of the pile driving as the process slowly drags on. As slow as
it seems to be going and as annoying the whole process is, I
am amazed that in just six short
months we will all be able once
again run, walk or bike the entire six-plus mile stretch which
makes up the Rockaway boardwalk.
Just think about how awesome it will be to jump on a
bike at any beach on the boardwalk and ride to either end to
Beach 9th or Beach 126th without ever leaving the boardwalk.
Prior to the devastation to
our old boardwalk, I always
wondered why, according to
the Guinness Book of World
Records, the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey has always held the distinction of the
longest continuous boardwalk
in the world. The distinction
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has always confused me, especially when ours was over six
miles and Atlantic Citys comes
in at just 4 1/2 miles.
I guess the Rockaway boardwalk never had the distinction
of worlds longest due to the fact
that between Beach 9th and
21st has always been a sand
level concrete promenade.
Similarly the wood boardwalk
from Beach 109th to 126th was
also called a promenade as it
was nearly at sand level as well.
In 2017 we will have a fully
completed continuous boardwalk that will be close to 6 1/2
miles long with 5 1/2 miles of
it at the same height and exact
same decking. Even though it
will be made of concrete, I believe its time to stop the insanity of Atlantic City having the
Guinness Book Of World Records distinction of having the
longest boardwalk in the world
and the Rockaway peninsula
should take its rightful place
as having the worlds longest
boardwalk.
The Rockaway boardwalks
time has come!
Holy Number 2
This little mishap took place

last Thursday on Cross Bay
Blvd as a Call-A-Head truck
found itself on top of a barrier.
We were going to have a cap-
tion contest but we knew readers couldnt keep it clean. The

slogan on the side of the truck:
Were Number 1 at Picking up
Number 2. Well leave it at that.
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The Rockaway Times
The Real Diehl

Gift Ideas From A Bad Santa
By MJ Diehl
CRAP GIFTS. Weve all given and received them. Rockaways garage sales thrive
on this junk. And, no matter what we tell ourselves,
when it comes to gifts, its
not always the thought that
countsespecially when its
an afterthought. The road to
hell may be paved with good
intentions, but the holidays
are not. Strategic gifting is
an art form, and mastering it
gets you the ultimate gift in
returnan authentic thankyou smile to warm your heart
better than a hot tub of hot
chocolate. So, whether your
shopping list is lagging, or
you simply need a little help
cracking the code of the crap
gifts youve received, heres
a little insight into the most
common present pitfalls:
THE HATE GIFT: If youve
got the Christmas Balls to do

it, its that gift you dont want
to give, to that person you
dont like, but youre obligated, anyway. Sample recipients include: the teacher who
made your kid sit on the bench
all year; the drunk uncle who
confuses your rose bushes for
a urinal; your jerk-boss who
spends 100k for a month of
sailing in the Caribbean, but
cant afford a one-percent
raise in these difficult economic times. This Handle
with Care gift takes strategy
and diplomacy worthy of a
world leader. However, if you
actually want to keep the relationship going, give a classy
gift-card. If not, I suggest the
Duane Reade sale display,
Family Dollar Store, or a very
insightful For Your Own
Good Gift (see below)
THE FOR YOUR OWN
GOOD GIFT: This gift is
goodin theory. Its thoughtful. It shows youre aware of the

recipients issues. But, thats
what tissues are made for not
the holidays. If your spouse
needs to lose a few, I hope you
bought her a NutriBullet or Fitbit HR, rather than a Weight
Watchers Membership. One
gift says, I support your newfound, healthy lifestyle choices. The other says, Youre
making a dent in the couch that
competes with the Grand Canyon. (See Good intentions
clich above).
THE RE-GIFT: Im not opposed to passing on a gift you
had no use for. Its efficient
and eco-friendly. For example, I have well-intentioned,
kid-less friends and semi-senile relatives, that dont realize that children grow, and
come in boy and girl styles.
Im still getting boy-themed
onesies for my nine-year-old
daughter. Rules of the re-gift:

age appropriate, no sweat or
under-arm stains, and the recipient can not have given you
the gift-- at least in the past
two years.
THE GIFT CARD GIFT:
When you care enough to shop
the very least. If youre 40 and
getting carded at a bar, thats
pretty cool. But, if youre 40
and getting carded as a gift,
not so much. Classy gift cards
are the exception; especially
for people you dont know intimately, such as distant relatives and colleagues you actually like.
Remember, whether youre
giving or receiving, its better to look a gift horse in the
mouth than the other way
around. Happy holidays!
(Rockaway native, MJ Diehl
is an acclaimed designer, writer and artist. For more on her
work: www.HouseofDiehl.com).
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Cashless Bridge Tolls Are Coming

At A Price
By Katie McFadden
Cashless tolls are coming to

Rockaways bridges. On December 17, AM New York reported
that no cash will be accepted at
the Marine Parkway and Cross
Bay Bridges starting in the second
half of 2016.
The Rockaway Times reached
out to the MTA for further detail
on the program. A spokeswoman
said that there is no set timeline for
when a cashless toll system will be
implemented, but confirmed that
Rockaways bridges will be the
next crossings to see the program
that is already established on the
Henry Hudson Bridge.
The AM New York report
claimed that a spokesperson said
the plan would be adopted after
a public comment period ends
in April. A spokesperson told the
Rockaway Times that there is no
set date, but more information
would become available at a later
You wont see that CASH lane much longer

time and referred us to past MTA
information regarding how the
plan works on the Henry Hudson
crossing. The MTA is planning
to eventually establish cashless
or all-electronic tolling systems
on all of its crossings. This is the
future for all of the MTA bridges.

Were bringing it in, a little bit at
a time and were testing it out in
the Rockaways next, the MTA
spokeswoman, Amanda said.
The Henry Hudson pilot began
in January 2011. The first phase
was to eliminate gates from all of

the E-ZPass lanes on the bridge so
E-ZPass users didnt have to wait
for a gate to go up. Cash was still
collected at the cash lanes during
the first phase, which proved suc-
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Beach 92nd Street) started

a tradition of Purple Day, in
honor of their employee, Emily Hutton, who passed away in
August 2014. Purple was Huttons favorite color, so guests
are encouraged to wear it that
day. A portion from the proceeds will go to the St. Camillus Special Olympics in Emilys
honor. Last year, the Bungalow
Bar raised $1,100. The 2nd Annual Purple Day kicks off at 12
p.m. There will be a brunch
and lunch menu available and
a DJ. To show their support for
the NYPD, Jamesons Pub (421
Beach 129th Street) will be
hosting Blue Day. There will be
food and music and discounts
will be available to those with
an NYPD ID. A portion of the
proceeds goes to the NYPD
Widows and Childrens Fund.
If youre just looking for some

good music on New Years Day,
popular band Wine With Sue
is playing at the Belle Harbor
Yacht Club (533 Beach 126th
Street) at 4 p.m. The event
is free and tickets arent required. If you want to skip the
party scene, you can ring in the
New Year with a beach walk.
Join Mickey Maxwell Cohen
and Don Riepe on a two mile
hike around the beach and
woods, starting in Fort Tilden
at 11 a.m. Look for Saw-whet
and Snowy Owls and warm up
with refreshments after. Call
732-291-0055 for info.
If youre one of those thrill
seekers, the annual New Years
Day ocean plunge is expected to take place at various locations along the beach. One
of the biggest events is Beach
145th Street, with Beach 127th
being a close second. These
plunges take place around
noon. Its too early to predict
the weather for New Years Day,
but current forecasts say the air
temperature will be in the high
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champagne toast, party favors
and a DJ from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Sayras Wine Bar (91-11 Rockaway Beach Boulevard) is hosting its annual New Years Eve
Masquerade Party starting at 6
p.m., with half-off champagne
bottles and glasses, for those
wearing a mask.
If youre saving your celebration for New Years Day, the 1st
is all about colors and brunch.
The Wharf started a tradition
more than 30 years ago with
Red Day. In its 36th year, those
who wear red to the bayside
bar and restaurant will receive
half-price drinks. Other bars
have caught on to the tradition and will be holding their
own color days. Brendans Bar
will celebrate Green Day and
those who wear green will get
drinks at happy hour prices.
There will also be a DJ from 4
to 8 p.m. at Brendans. Last
year, the Bungalow Bar (377
Some places will have special

New Years Day brunch special and all-day deals. Riis Park
Wildfeast brunch starts at 11
a.m. Playland Motel will have
all day 2-for-1 brunch cocktails
and $25 bottles of NY sparkling wine, as well as brunch
specials like make-your-own
lobster tacos, filet mignon and
eggs and lobster benedict. The
Community House will have
brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
which includes $5 bloody Marys, Mimosas and screwdrivers.
From 3 p.m to 6 p.m., there will
be live music by The Andy Mac
Band, which plays todays hits
and Irish music. There will be
a free appetizer buffet from 3
p.m. to 4 p.m. and a DJ to close
out the night. Although more
of a bar, there will be a brunch
buffet at Healys Pub (108-07
Rockaway Beach Dr) and halfprice drinks until 6 p.m. Some
other popular brunch spots are
Pico and Daltons and many
other bars and restaurants may
have specials for New Years
Eve or New Years Day, but they
were not confirmed by press
time.
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DISHING THE DIRT

The Scary Truth About Food
My inspiration for this weeks
topic came from an NPR article I read a few days ago titled,
How the Food Industry Helps
Engineer Our Cravings. Now
is the perfect time for this discussion because the end of the
year is approaching and we are
beginning to think of how we
can better ourselves for 2016.
Most people will choose to lose
weight or exercise more. Ultimately that leads to one goal,
which is to live a healthier lifestyle. But why is it that so many
of us will fail to reach our goals
and wind up making the same
resolutions year after year? Understanding what food does to
us, and the role food companies play in our consumption,
will help us to create a plan
that will make us more successful.
and fat) that creates the most

amount of craving for more.
Google bliss point and you
will be shocked at how much
research has gone into making
us fat. If you are apprehensive
at all about Big Brother controlling us, this should be setting off alarms for you. While
you are consuming that bag of
Doritos, someone is in a lab
trying to figure out how to get
you to eat more of them. Food
just doesnt satisfy us anymore. After a snack we are still
hungry and looking for something else to munch on.
You may be thinking, so Ill
just reduce my intake of junk
food then. Unfortunately, the
food companies werent satisfied with junk food and created bliss points for foods like
breads and dairy. These days,
you cant find any items in the
supermarket aisles without
sugar and salt added. Have you
ever looked at a yogurt label?

Many of them have more sugar than cookies. I dont know
about you, but if I were to eat
badly, Id rather eat cookies
than yogurt.
In order to achieve our
health goals, we must attempt
to eat as many whole foods as
possible. Vegetables and fruits
should take up most of our diets. You wont ever find a diet
that can argue this. When eating processed foods, remember that they are not all created equal. If you want to eat
peanut butter then read the
label. The ingredients should
be ground peanuts and thats
it. Read labels and try not to
eat foods with more than five
ingredients, especially if they
contain ingredients you dont
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Rockaway Neighborhoods: Roxbury

This is the last of a series of articles profiling Rockaway neighborhoods. Weve talked to residents and business owners about
their little slice of the peninsula.
This week is Roxbury.
Roxbury was mostly barren
on a rainy but warm Tuesday in
December. Some people were
walking their dogs along the
perennially sandy streets while
delivery men made last-minute
Christmas drop-offs. Bereft of
any vehicles, the streets of the
quaint neighborhood were se-
rene, and if not for the bay on

the north side the community looked like it could be taken
right out the Saturday Evening
Post.
Roxbury is directly north of
Fort Tilden and is in fact an inholding of the Gateway National
Recreation Center, meaning it is
privately-owned land within the
boundaries of a national park. As
part of the Breezy Point Cooperative, Roxbury is a private community with its own security and
gates at the entrance, a singular
sanitation service, and a board
of directors that makes rules and
regulations for the area. In order
to move in to the community
prospective residents must first
be recommended by three current members of the co-op and
then approved by the Board of
Directors. While residents own
their homes, the cooperative
owns the entirety of the area and
residents hold the shares in the
co-op. The co-op was founded in
1960, but like its sister neighborhood, Roxbury has a long history as a summer getaway spot for
mostly Irish Catholic families.

Many of the homes in Roxbury
still retain the classic bungalow
look, but even more now look
like the two- and three-story
homes found elsewhere on the
peninsula. Roxbury has a volunteer fire department and is
served by St. Genevieve Roman
Catholic Church. Theres a baseball field, basketball court, and
a playground on the west end of
the area. Roxbury eschews the
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Women of Rockaway:
Liz Smith-Breslin and Jeanne Jamin of The Blue Bungalow
By Katie McFadden
Who runs the peninsula? Women. A large number of local businesses and organizations are
owned and operated by females
or female co-owners. And they deserve recognition. As part of an ongoing series, the Rockaway Times
is profiling local female entrepreneurs each week. This week is Liz
Smith-Breslin and Jeanne Jamin,
owners of The Blue Bungalow.
Growing up in the area, Liz
Smith-Breslin and Jeanne Jamin
always drew inspiration from the
beach. Both Smith-Breslin, of
Belle Harbor, and Jamin, of Breezy
Point, were also born with creative
sides and in 2007 the local ladies
came together to bring Rockaway The Blue Bungalow gift shop,
which features beachy chic items,
most of which are handmade by
the ladies themselves.
I always used to go out to the
Hamptons and I loved the shops
out there, Jamin said. I was making things like beach writings out
of my home for about a year before, Smith-Breslin said. It was
always a dream to open a store.
With both of us being so creative,
we wanted to make a place where
people didnt have to leave the
peninsula to get a one-of-a-kind
gift. In 2007 we chatted about it
and went looking for a space.
The ladies first opened a shop
on Beach 113th and Rockaway
Beach Boulevard, where rent was
a bit more affordable for a startup. In 2009, The Blue Bungalow
moved to its current home at 165
Beach 116th Street. At the shop,
youll find unique beach-inspired items like starfish ornaments, jewelry, wine glasses,
candles, flags made out of shells,
picture frames and more. Jamins specialty is painted beach
signs and driftwood work, while
Smith-Breslins personalized beach writings and flag photo are
also a big hit. Smith-Breslins
major projects were inspired
after losing close loved ones. I
started beach writings after my
brother died in 1999. I did one
with his name in a thank you card
and it took off. Its probably one
of our best sellers. After 9/11, I
Jeanne(left) and Liz of The Blue Bungalow
took a photo of a flag on a jetty in

memory of my boyfriend, Mike,
who died on 9/11, Smith-Breslin
said. Mike Andrews worked for
Cantor Fitzgerald. He was also
Jamins brother. Im no stranger
to people dying. There have been
a few deaths in my life but it motivates my heart and inspires me,
Smith-Breslin said.
The Blue Bungalow served as
a career change for both women. Previously, Jamin was doing
marketing and promotions for
Billboard Magazine. I worked
there part time while I was raising
my daughters, but I wanted to go
out on my own, Jamin said. She
gained experience as a business
owner while owning Carvel on
Beach 116th Street. An opportunity came up at Carvel and I took
it, so I could be close to home with
my kids, Jamin said. She owned
Carvel for about 10 years, until
July 2014. Smith-Breslin previously worked in education. I was
a teacher for eight years and a
guidance counselor for seven, so
15 altogether. I had the pleasure
of teaching Nicki Minaj, she said.
Smith-Breslin says she left teaching after marrying Kevin Breslin
and having her son, Quinn. I
left because I was an older mom
at 40, she said, but it wasnt long
before she started her new venture. I think we started talking
about the store when Quinn was
just three months old, Jamin
said. I could never just be home.
When Jeanne and I discussed it,
I thought this was a good idea,
Smith-Breslin said. With Jamins

experience owning Carvel, she
knew what they would be getting
into. I wasnt afraid to go into
business. I knew a lot of hard work
was involved, Jamin said.
With the exception of some local sales associates, Jamin and
Smith-Breslin run the store on
their own. From traveling and
getting furniture from secondhand places, Jamin said, to making everything, gluing, ribboning,
pricing, stickering, Smith-Breslin
added, the two of us do it on our
own. Its always been that way,
Jamin said. They may not always
be at the store themselves, but
Smith-Breslin and Jamin are always working. We do our own
social media, we make our items,
we run the business. I dont think
people realize what happens
behind the scenes with making everything and operations,
Smith-Breslin said.
However, when the ladies are at
the store, they make sure everyone is treated like family and they
provide a personalized experience. A lot of people know us
and we know them, Smith-Breslin said. When people walk in,
well ask how their parents or
kids are doing, Jamin said. We
not only take care of our customers, but we connect with them.
The ladies try their best to accommodate customer requests.
Some guy came in recently and
he had a bag of shells that meant
something to his fianc and said,
What can you do with this? I
took the shells and went down

to the beach and created a heart
with the shells and wrote their
names and wedding date inside.
Its that personal touch that you
cant get elsewhere. I was able to
make something that meant a lot
to him, Smith-Breslin said. We
truly appreciate the people who
come in and support us throughout the years. We couldnt do it
without them, Smith-Breslin
added. As a bonus, the ladies offer
daily discounts to their customers, so no one ever pays full price
on items.
Besides connecting with their
customers, the ladies do what
they can to connect with the community. Were very community based. We try to connect with
local artists and sell their stuff.
This year weve also done a lot of
cross promoting. For instance,
we had shopping pop-ups with
new stores like Lola Star and Zingara Vintage at Thai Rock and the
Community House to try to connect newer businesses with older
ones and promote them. We also
hold community events and donate to fundraisers. Rockaway is
one of those places where if you
ever need help, everyone comes
together, Smith-Breslin said.
Smith-Breslin and Jamin have
been successful, but are always
improving. I love creating new
products and keeping my mind
creative. Its very refreshing to
come up with something new,
Smith-Breslin said. The ladies are
also working on improvements to
their website and wholesale line
so that other stores can carry their
items. They expect to launch these
improvements in January.
Many of the items youll find at
Blue Bungalow include positive,
inspirational sayings, like Love
Life, which the ladies stick by.
Life is stressful. Were not saving lives here, so you cant get too
stressed. Were just creating an
environment thats nice and visually appealing, where you can
buy something nice for yourself or
as a gift.
The Blue Bungalow is open from
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., seven days a
week. For more information check
out www.thebluebungalow.com.
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LOCAL CHURCHES
Christmas Eve masses are now at
4:00, 6:00, and at 10:00 p.m. Were
trying to appeal to all of the ages.
The childrens choir will sing at
4:00, an adult folk group leads
singing at 6:00, and the traditonal
choir sings at 10:00. The church
will eschew the typical midnight
mass in favor of the 10 p.m. service. There was no interest in
staying up until midnight. People
in Rockaway waned something
a little bit earlier, Monsignor
Bracken explained.
At the joint parish of St. Camillus-St. Virgilius in Rockaway
and Broad Channel the season
has been underway for weeks.
Were finishing up [Tuesday]
with distribution of food and toys
early enough so that family can
put them under the trees, Father Richard J. Ahlemeyer said.
We contact the parents to see
what toys they need. We then try
to distribute them in time for the
holiday. The previous night students at the school took part in
their annual Christmas concert.
The school had a Christmas play
on Monday night that all of the

grades participated in, Father
Ahlemeyer said. Everyone from
the universal pre-K to the eighth
graders did something. The band
played and each grade did a song
or some sort of a skit. St. Virgilius will hold Christmas Eve mass
at 4 p.m. with the adult choir and
a childrens pageant, and later at St. Camillus Church mass
will be held at 5:30 p.m. Similar
to St. Francis a 12:00 a.m. mass
isnt feasible for the parishioners
at the church. It just doesnt fly
to have a midnight mass here,
Father Ahlemeyer said. Its too
tough for the elderly who worship here.
Rockaway has certainly been
firmly on the path of rebounding from the damage Hurricane
Sandy incurred just before the
holiday season in 2012, but
things still arent completely
back from where they once were.
This year turned into a good
year for business, but its still
way off for normal Christmases,
John Moroney of the Mini-Mall
said. For over 35 years his bike
repair and plant shop has turned
into a hub for Christmas trees,
wreaths, and accessories around
this time of year. Nobody buys

bikes until around St. Paddys
Day at least. People dont realize how seasonal it really is in
Rockaway. For Christmas I try
to guesstimate whats going to
sell, and if I guess correctly then
I dont have anything left over.
Maroney said he is grateful for
his loyal customer base this time
of year and is hopeful business
will rebound to pre-storm levels. Until this point nobody was
really doing much of anything.
When the boardwalk comes back
we have to hope business will
come back too, he said.
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Despite the lingering struggles

from Sandy, Christmas should
serve as a reminder of what is
positive in the community, Monsignor Bracken said. Its about
putting the past behind us and
looking to the future. Rockaway
has gone through so much that
its enough looking back. Christians should be people of joy,
not of sadness. Pope Francis reminded us of that at a recent talk
in Rome. Thats a big part of what
were trying to do at St. Francis.
You cant curse the darkness.
We are trying to light a beacon of
light this time of year.
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glue.
Once everything is in place,
apply a straight line of finishing nails, one-inch finishing
nails should work fine. Apply
two nails per board in a row

across the outer edges (about
3 in from the edge), Then one
row down the middle. You can
draw a light line with a pencil
to keep your nails in a straight
line.
Using a sandable wood fill,
fill all the seams or cracks between the wood planks. For a
nice added touch you can sand
the edges using a piece of 80
grit sandpaper.
To finish the top, use any
stain and clear coat in one.
Apply multiple coats until you
get the desired color. Be sure
to allow proper drying time between coats. Once you achieve
the color you like apply two to
three clear coats to protect the
surface. Now that old table you
were ready to throw out has a
whole new look and is ready to
use.
Tell me what you would like
to read about in future DIYer
articles, email me at rocktimesdiy@gmail.com.
The Rockaway Times
This Week in History

DECEMBER 24
Ryan Atwood was born.
Elizabeth Gardner was born.
1818 - Silent Night was composed by Franz Joseph Gruber.
1943 - Gen. Dwight Eisenhower was appointed Supreme
Commander of Allied Forces
by President Franklin Roosevelt.
al-Qaeda prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

DECEMBER 28
Marty Keating was born.
1832 - John C. Calhoun became
the first vice president in U.S.
history to resign from office.
1945 - Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance.
1981- Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the
first American test-tube baby,
was born.
DECEMBER 25
Jesus of Nazareth was born.
1776 - George Washington
crossed the Delaware River and DECEMBER 29
Chris Boyle was born.
surprised the Hessians.
James Hasset was born.
DECEMBER 26
1845 - Texas became the 28th
Brian Boyle was born.
state in the United States.
Nicole Frontera was born
1851 - The first Young Mens
Jessica Lepore was born.
Christian Association (YMCA)
2004 - In the Indian Ocean, a opened in Boston.
9.0 magnitude earthquake, the
largest in 40 years, triggered a DECEMBER 30
tsunami that ultimately killed Pat McVeigh was born!
Katie French was born.
more than 220,000 people.
1940 - Californias first freeway

DECEMBER 27
1932 -Radio City Music Hall in opened.
1993 - Israel and the Vatican
New York City opened.
signed an agreement of mutu2001 - The U.S. announced al recognition to put an end to
plans to hold Taliban and Jewish-Christian hostilities.
One Pan Balsamic Chicken

By Sharon Feldman
8 oz sliced mushrooms
1 cup grape tomatoes, halved
Ingredients:
Instructions:
1/4 cup Italian salad dressing
1. Mix together dressing, bal3 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
samic vinegar and honey in
2 Tbsp honey
a measuring cup.
1 lb chicken breast tenderloins
2. Heat 1 Tbsp of the oil and 3. Remove the vegetables from
2 Tbsp olive oil
the pan, add the remaining
saut the mushrooms for
tsp Kosher salt and pinch
oil and the chicken tenders.
4 minutes until they have
freshly ground black pepper, to
Sprinkle with salt and pepstarted to brown, then add
taste
per and saut until brown
the green beans and cook
1 lb fresh green beans, trimmed
on each side.
for another 4 minutes or
of tough ends, chopped into
until the green beans are 4. Remove from the pan. Add
2-inch pieces or sugar snap
in the sauce and stir for a
crisp-tender.
peas
couple minutes until thickened into a glaze consistency. Add the chicken, green
beans, and mushrooms
back into the pan and add
the tomatoes. Stir to coat
everything evenly with the
sauce.
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Shine Your Light
CASHLESS BRIDGE
cessful, as there was a 25 percent
increase in the number of vehicles
that passed through during peak
hours. The second phase, which
launched in November 2012, is
when the Henry Hudson became
completely cashless. This phase
included eliminating gates from
all lanes, so that no cars would
have to stop at the toll crossing and
any car could use any lane. Those
with an E-ZPass continue to use it
as normal and those without an
E-ZPass, or those that would typically pay cash at a booth, are instead sent a bill in the mail. Photographs are taken of these cars
license plates and the registered
driver receives the bill of the current cash value of the crossing.
The idea behind cashless tolling
was to allow traffic to move more
smoothly. The long lines for the
cash lanes on Rockaways bridges
on hot summer days show that a
fix is needed, but elimination of
cash lanes may catch some beachgoers by surprise, especially when
they receive an $8 bill for entering
and leaving the peninsula, with
the current price for both bridges being $4. Its $2.08 for E-ZPass
users and $1.36 for residents with
E-ZPass.
It has also been found that
many motorists simply dont pay
the bills that are mailed out. In
the first year of the pilot program
on the Henry Hudson Bridge,
30 percent of drivers never paid
their bills within the 30 days that
they had to pay it. The MTA sent
out violations, tacking on a $5 late
fee to the bill, but most still didnt
pay within 60 days. The MTA then
sent out more violations, upping
the fine to $50, but the MTA cant
collect.
The NY DMV and Governor Andrew Cuomo recently proposed
harsher punishment for toll evaders. A proposal was made to suspend the registration of drivers
who fail to pay five tolls, fees, and
other charges resulting from violations on different days, within a
period of 18 months. Persistent
violators will have to pay the toll
or have the charges dismissed
in order to avoid registration
suspension. The proposal is
undergoing a public comment
period which is set to end on
January 4 and the regulation is
expected to be enforced in the
spring.
The Rockaway Times
By Paulette Mancuso
As the year approaches its

closing, we are reminded of all
that happened in 2015 personally, in our community, in our
country and in the world. We
may be disconcerted and concerned, and maybe feel that
there is nothing we can do to
make positive changes come
about. I, for one, do not believe
that. I believe that the light that
originates in the heart center
can make all the difference in
the world.
There is much more good
than there is evil. There are
many more good times than
bad times. There is much
more full heartedness than
heartache. We must be overwhelmed by the good and not
the bad. We must not succumb
to that which tries every cell in
our bodies. Our hearts, minds
and bodies go through a lot in

our lifetimes just think about
it illnesses, grief, imbalance
yet we are still here. Our bodies
are resilient, our minds are durable, our hearts are strong.
From that perspective, we can
imagine our feet grounded to
the earth unshakeable and
a warm bright light from within
the center of our beings. That is
what makes each of us unique.
Take time during the passing
from 2015 to 2016 to feel what
it is that makes you, you. What
is your individual gift? What is
your individual light? It could
be as simple as making someone feel good or as grand as
having the knowledge and skill
to save a life. One is not better
than the other. It is all goodness
coming from the light within.
The only way to move forward
in this world is to foster the
goodness within ourselves and
those around us. Recognize the
goodness in someone else and
call attention to it. Let the judgments fall by the wayside, let
the past be the past. We make

our lives to a certain extent, and
then part of life just unfolds. It
is what we do with that part,
that makes us stand out as human beings. The inner light can
take front center and direct how
we react. There is no mystery,
it is our consciousness and our
ability to feel deeply. Take some
time to ponder these thoughts
and rest your body, mind and
heart. Just rest, for a little while.
Be the light that changes the
world. May the New Year bring
you peace, joy and love. May
you be happy. May you be free.
May you be grateful for all you
have and do not have. May you
let go of things that do not serve
you. May you have inner peace.
SIDEWHEEL STEAMERS
TO ROCKAWAY
By Emil R. Lucev, Sr. & Daughter, Katie Lucev
Sidewheel steamers with walking beam engines such as the
Grand Republic shown today
were built in the late 1870s for the
Commodore White Line located
in Manhattan.
Along with her sister ships,

Columbia & General Slocum
(to name a few) many trips were
made to Rockaway Beach docks
in Jamaica Bay from Manhattan
and Brooklyn piers. Each vessel could carry upwards of 3000
passengers who were treated
to a very large variety of entertainment including band music,

snack bars & restaurants and of
course a bar!
Round trip excursion fare was
fifty cents with better first class
accommodations available on the
triple deck steamers.
In Jamaica Bay stops were made
at various docks located at Beach
116, 105, 104, 103, 102, 98, 92, and
Beach. 87 streets.
Steamers ran to the Rockaways
up until 1926. The opening of
Crossbay Road brought automobile and bus trips to the beach and
steamboats revenues dropped
sharply!
In later years a few modern
boats came to the Playland dock
at Beach 98 Street, but died out
over time. The first steamers ran
from the Canarsie dock in Brooklyn to Seaside dock at Beach 103rd
Street after the Civil War in 1866.
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A Train Improvements Coming
Broad Channel Station last summer.

suring that crews will be available for on-time train departures.
Timetables will also be adjusted
to better reflect actual running
times in the morning peak and
on weekends to provide more
even A train spacing.
The review also noted the
opening of the South Channel
Bridge south of the Broad Channel station in Jamaica Bay is a
major cause of delays on the A,
as well as on Rockaway Park
Shuttle trains. While there are
currently short periods of time
during the morning and evening
rush hours during which the
bridge is not opened for maritime traffic, NYCT will work with
the U.S. Coast Guard to expand
these moratorium periods to
cover more of the rush hours to
reduce delays.
Long-term plans call for improved communications infrastructure on the A/C lines. The
review recommends prioritizing
these planned communications
upgrades, pending capital funding, with real-time information
in upper Manhattan, new dedicated announcers in Downtown
Brooklyn, and expanded information about the three A terminals in Queens with a focus on
connections to JFK Airport.
The line review uncovered
opportunities to make entering
and leaving stations more convenient at some A/C stations.
NYCT will improve station access by reconfiguring entry and

exit turnstile layouts, widening
stairways, and opening new or
currently closed entries and
stairways, based on capacity
needs, potential time savings,
and the availability of capital
funds. If funding is identified,
NYCT will look to reopen closed
entrances at the Franklin Ave,
168 St, and 50 St (southbound)
stations, where existing Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
compliance makes such work
relatively cost-effective.
Planned capital improvements include upgrades to signals, train-tracking infrastructure, and the replacement of
subway cars that are among the
oldest in the system. The older
cars that run on the A/C (R32s
built in 1964 on the C and R46s

built in 1976 on the A) lack features found on newer cars but
are still in a state of good repair,
and the review noted car problems are not a major cause of delays. As part of the line reviews
recommendations, NYCT has
already swapped approximately half of the C train fleet for the
newer R160s. Upon delivery of
R179 cars that are currently on
order, the entire C fleet and a
small portion of the A fleet will
be replaced with the new cars.
The remaining A R46 fleet will
be replaced with the upcoming
car order of R211s included in
the current proposed 2015-2019
capital program.
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crowded cars to tardy trains on
the longest line in the city, the
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York City Transit (NYCT) recently completed a comprehensive
study of the A and C lines to determine ways that service, reliability, regularity and customer
convenience can be improved.
The study found several problems and NYCT has already started to implement some changes.
The A and C lines serve 800,000
customers a day. The A train
connects with every subway line,
except for the 6. The A runs from
207th Street in Inwood and ends
at three terminals including
Ozone Park-Lefferts Blvd, Far
Rockaway-Mott Av, and Rockaway Park-Beach 116 Street. The
trip from Inwood to Mott Ave is
32 miles, the longest line in the
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Among the findings, it was
discovered that the average A/C
customer loads and service frequencies follow NYCT loading
guidelines, with some exceptions. It was found that there is
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a.m. The A has long scheduled
headways on the Far Rockaway
A in the early midday on weekdays. To fix this, NYCT has adjusted the timing of peak A service to meet increased ridership
demand in the late morning
peak and to even out customers
loads. By the end of 2016, timetables will be adjusted to decrease
headways in Far Rockaway.
In order to improve reliability on both lines in the coming weeks, NYCT will facilitate
on-time terminal dispatching
through new internal communications tools. Platform controllers will also be deployed to
Hoyt-Schermerhorn Street in
the morning peak to minimize
dwell times. By mid-2016, additional crews will be added to
the A Line, when feasible, further improving reliability by
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Friday, January 1, 9 a.m. til
late
RED DAY AT THE WHARF
Wear red for half-price drinks.
Friday, December 25,

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Thursday, December 31, 10

p.m. to 1 a.m.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
NEW YEARS EVE AT BRENDANS

Brendans Bar
DJ, Champagne toast, party favors,
beer, wine, soda, well drinks, $25.
Tuesday, December 29,

3 p.m.
TEEN MOVIE AFTERNOON
Peninsula Library
See 2015 movie Pixels. Teens only.
Thursday, December 31,

7 p.m. to 1 a.m.
NEW YEARS EVE AT WILDFEAST
Riis Park Beach Bazaar
DJ, $35 open bar package.

9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
NEW YEARS EVE GALA
Daltons Seaside Grill
Open Bar, 5 course meal, DJ, party
favors, champagne toast, $80.

9 p.m
NEW YEARS EVE AT KENNEDYS
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Party with live music, party favors,
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p.m. to 2 a.m.
NEW YEARS EVE AT THAI ROCK
375 Beach 92nd Street
Thai treats, live music, champagne
toast, party favors, $50 advance,
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p.m. to 1 a.m.
NEW YEARS EVE AT PLAYLAND
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NEW YEARS EVE AT COMMUNITY
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Open bar and appetizer packages
$60/$100, DJ.
Friday, January 1,
11 am. To 1 p.m.
NEW YEARS DAY BEACH WALK
Fort Tilden, Building 1
Meet at Fort Tilden for a hike along
the beach and woods. Look for
Saw-whet and Snowy Owls. Enjoy
light refreshments afterward at the
Rockaway Artists Alliance building.
Call (732) 291-0055 for more info.
Friday, January 1, 11 a.m.

til late
BLUE DAY AT JAMESONS
Wear blue to support the NYPD.
Friday, January 1, 12 p.m.

NEW YEARS DAY PLUNGE
Beach 145th/ 127th/ Other
Ring in the New Year my jumping in
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Thursdays, 6 p.m.
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NEIGHBORHOODS
of Rockaway for streets and instead there are names of former
residents, the community itself,
and its natural surroundings.
The community is almost entirely residential, as an auto repair
shop and a closed-for-the-winter food shack make up the main
extent of the commercial business in Roxbury.
The beach at the bay is pristineno garbage, no lifeguard
chairs, no surfers, just flat water

and uninterrupted views of the
Marine Parkway Bridge and the
iconic Coney Island landmarks.
Tall sand dunes and a pile of
rocks serve as the main protection from the bay since the bay
wall ends closer to the bridge.
Tom Durante made summer
trips to Roxbury from Glendale
for the entirety of his youth and
moved to the community full
time 15 years ago. My mothers
parents owned a bungalow there
before the Breezy co-op was
formed, he said. What dont I
like about living there? Between
family members we probably
have 15 homes down there. I
can walk down block and see
my parents. In a hop skip and
a jump I can walk to the ocean
on one end, the bay on the other, and everywhere in between.
Like many Breezy residents
commented, Durante likes the
small-town aspect of Roxbury. I
know the name of every neighbor. It has everything, and the
schools are good. Its what I was
looking for when I had kids.
A resident who was walking on
the beach and only wanted to be
credited as Mrs. R said that scenery is unmatched. I have a view

like no other, she said. She has
lived here for 35 years and her
husband for nearly twice that
length of time at 69 years. Mrs. R
stated that Roxbury, like everywhere else in Rockaway, was
walloped by Hurricane Sandy.
It was hit hard. We lost a number of houses on the bayfront
which fortunately have mostly
been rebuilt. Indeed Roxbury
was thankfully lacking in copious amounts of construction vehicles and boarded-up
property like Breezy Point has.
Many of the homes look like
they have fresh siding and are
structurally sound despite the
extremely close proximity to
the water.
Change has been minimal for
the most part over the years.
Sometimes the personalities
of people change, but the basic
group here have houses handed
over from generation to generation, Mrs. R. said. It went from
a majority summer community
to a majority winter community. Its better in many ways for
my children and the sports programs since they have more kids.
They might not have had that

years ago. When I was younger
as a summer kid I always felt bad
for the kids that lived here full
time because I thought they had
nothing to do in the winter. All in
all, its one of the only communities left in the city where you
can go in and say its what most
people want out of where they
live.
We hope youve enjoyed this
series on Rockaway neighborhoods! Any questions, comments,
or future neighborhood story ideas can be sent to dylan@rockawaytimes.com.
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Diary of A Fat Man
Pols To Mayor:
Dont Screw Up
Ferry
No End In Sight
By Bruce Bernfeld
I think I may have crossed the

line.
I had been worrying that my
weight loss journey was going
to end up like the other diets
that I have gone through in
the past. After a period of losing a lot of pounds and dropping a few sizes, the maintenance kicks in which leads to
a bit of cheating which leads
to a lot of cheating...and
BOOM, all the weight comes
back and then some. It had
me terrified
But... there are some telling
signs that this time is going
to be different. I am eating to
live... not living to eat.
Food is no longer the center
of my existence. My life doesnt
revolve around it. Yes, I enjoy a
good meal or restaurant but I
enjoy many things in life.
I have entered uncharted ter-
ritory for myself and it is very

exciting.
I have taken home half my
meal at a restaurant. I am getting more turned off to meat
every day. I cant even imagine
myself eating a piece of cake
and as far as I can tell, I dont
miss it at all.
I wish I knew what clicked
in my brain, because then I
can tell you how to change
your mindset as well. I am no
longer afraid of gaining my
weight back. It is a remarkable
feeling.
People ask me when I am going to stop? What is my goal?
I have been answering: Stop
what?
There is no end to healthy living.
And after all the preaching
is done, and all the diet hints
are put out there and after all
the noting of accomplishments
it really all boils down to one
thing: It makes you feel good.

And isnt that the real goal?
Wishing all my Rockaway
peeps a Merry, Merry Christmas and a healthy, happy and
fulfilling New Year. Enjoy this
time with your family and
friends.
May you always have walls
for the winds,
a roof for the rain, tea beside
the fire,(NO OREOS!!)
laughter to cheer you, those
you love near you, and all your
heart might desire.
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June 9. 288 lbs
July 6. 275.
Aug 5 259.
Sept 9. 247.
Oct 7. 236.
Nov 4. 226.
Dec 2. 217
Dec 9 213
Dec 23. 209
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Concerned City Councilmembers sent a letter to Mayor Bill

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regarding the imminent selection of an operator for city-wide
ferry service. A New York Daily
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that the operators must establish
a consistent, reliable schedule
and organize a fleet of ships large
enough to accommodate any riders who want to take the ferry.
If the operator cannot guarantee scheduled service, passengers
will abandon the service, return
to their previous commuting patterns and the ferry network will
not thrive, the letter stated.
The council members also requested that the existing East River ferry routes be merged with the
new routes in an efficient manner
with free transfers. City-wide ferry service is expected to begin in
2017, with a ferry operator being
selected in Winter 2016.
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