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Far Rockaway Bungalows Offer Welcome Escape for Beach-Starved City Dwellers

DNAinfo

A beachside community in Far Rockaway is welcoming newcomers who are restoring its historic bungalows. »

Queens Teacher's Aide Charged With Raping Student

NY1

A teacher's aide in Far Rockaway, Queens was arrested earlier this week and charged with multiple counts of rape and after being accused of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student. »

VIDEO: Far Rock Mom Wins $1K Shopping Spree

Five Towns Patch

A Far Rockaway woman on Wednesday claimed the second $1,000 shopping spree prize from the Cedarhurst Business Improvement District. Leah Mond, 27, received the prize at Lulu's, which he says is her favorite store. »

Far Rockaway charter school takes its fight 23 miles to Tweed

GothamSchools

Parents from Peninsula Preparatory Academy get in one last chant before jumping on a chartered bus. Parents of Peninsula Preparatory Academy believe politics is what doomed their school to closure in the first place. Now, they’re hoping the very same f... »

At P.S. 161, a renewed call for more time to show improvement

GothamSchools

Parents and children hold a brief press conference to oppose the closure of P.S. 161's middle school. At the same time that supporters of Satellite III were laying blame for their school’s decline Thursday night, backers of Crown Heights’ P.S. 161 said... »

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Weekend work impacting 14 subway lines

Second Ave. Sagas

Have a great weekend. Subway Weekender has your map. From 4 a.m. Saturday, January 28 to 10 p.m. Sunday, January 29, downtown 2 trains operate express from East 180th Street to 3rd Avenue/149th Street due to track panel installation at East 180th Stree... »

Deal to Save Cabrini Center Is Off the Table

The Local East Village

The new owner of the building that houses Cabrini Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation has failed to come to terms with a for-profit operator vying to buy the building and keep the nursing home at its current address, making it likely that it will clo... »

LIE is the "Heroin Highway"

Queens Crap

From the Times Ledger:District Attorney Richard Brown coined yet another unflattering nickname for a Queens thoroughfare Friday morning when he announced the results of a massive drug bust involving suspected dealers in the borough and well-to-do custo... »

Weekend work impacting 15 subway lines

Second Ave. Sagas

As Friday evening dawns, we’re on the verge of a three-day weekend. NYC Transit will operate trains on a regular weekday schedule on Monday, but the intervening pair of days, service changes abound. Subway Weekender has the map. From 12:01 a.m. Saturda... »

Qpocalypse starts as work impacts 15 subway lines

Second Ave. Sagas

For weekend straphangers, December is always a welcome month. Weekend work slows down considerably, and taking the trains on Saturday and Sunday is a decidedly humane experience. Now it’s January, and well, things are B-A-D. The MTA is conducting work ... »

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