Approximately $25,000 was raised to support the intensive, cardiac and emergency services for St. John’s Episcopal Hospital at the Far Rockaway’s facility’s Development Board Billy Joel Premiere Show benefit at the Woodmere Club on March 29.
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4/19/12
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For passengers searching for some calm before or after the workday, the Long Island Rail Road, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) launched a Quiet Car pilot program on certain peak hour trains on the Far Rockaway Branch to give commuters a place with no cell phone conversations, noise from electronics or loud conversations.
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ANN E. FRIEDMAN
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1/26/12
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Chief executive officer Todd Miller plans to bring an entrepreneurial spirit and business sense to his effort to revive the Peninsula Hospital Center in Far Rockaway.
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JEFF BESSEN
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12/22/11
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Russian seniors mark Thanksgiving at North Woodmere Park
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The JCC of the Greater Five Towns held its annual Russian Thanksgiving luncheon for members of its Russian Come Alive Social Day Program in the social hall of North Woodmere County Park in North Woodmere on Nov. 22.
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12/1/11
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Three women allegedly threatened harm and robbed another woman of her jewelry, passport and cell phone outside of a pharmacy on Broadway in Woodmere on Saturday at 3 p.m., police said.
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JEFF BESSEN
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10/17/11
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As Trinity St. John’s Church in Hewlett celebrates 175 years, Rev. Owen C. Thompson and Rev. Walter V. Hillebrand will be in charge of carrying on the legacy and creating a new future for parishioners.
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ANN E. FRIEDMAN
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10/13/11
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Train service will be suspended for switch surfacing, drainage and rail replacement work
MTA Long Island Rail Road customers planning to ride the Far Rockaway Branch this Saturday evening through …
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10/5/11
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The 104-year-old Peninsula Hospital Center in Far Rockaway will remain open, thanks to Brooklyn-based Revival Home Health Care, which has acquired the hospital.
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JEFF BESSEN
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9/8/11
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Peninsula Hospital Center and Revival Home Health Care have finalized an agreement that has the Brooklyn-based for-profit agency acquiring the Far Rockawway facility, hospital officials said.
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JEFF BESSEN
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9/1/11
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Long Island Rail Road has restored service on the Far Rockaway branch.
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8/29/11
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