Beach Channel High News

Growing Pains  Wave of Long Island

Overcrowding at Waterside Children's Studio School (PS 317) was one of the main topics discussed at the CB14 Education and Youth Services Meeting on ...

Feds to send $4.9M to repair Beach Channel High School  TimesLedger

Three lawmakers have announced that more than $4.9 million in federal funding has been allocated to help complete repairs to Beach Channel High School ...

Remembering John Elges, Long Beach firefighter  liherald.com

“He was my best friend, and he was lots of people's best friend. He just kind of had that way about him. He touched a lot of people's lives, and he's going to be ...

Belle Harbor Renaissance Man Fondly Remembered  Wave of Long Island

The death of Rockaway cultural icon, car expert and wine connoisseur, John Musumeci, 81, was announced by his wife, Lori Zweifler-Musumeci, who recalled ...

Jets draft Queens’ Fatukasi in sixth round  Newsday

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The last day of the NFL Draft for the Jets involved three trades, two of which with the Vikings resulted in a Queens native getting drafted ...

Ex-FDNY firefighter dies of 9/11-related illness  Newsday

John Elges, a retired Long Beach volunteer fire captain and FDNY firefighter, died Sept. 15 of 9/11-related cancer after a career with three bravery citations for ...

Just in Time for Summer, the A Train Is Fully Restored  New York Times

Seven months after Hurricane Sandy wiped a portion of the A train from the subway map, full *service* was restored to the peninsula on Thursday.

State Education Department eyes closure of Newtown High School  New York Daily News

Alumni and community members vowed on Wednesday to fight the possible closure of Newtown High School in Elmhurst - one of 10 Queens high schools the ...

4 Schools Still Without Fire Alarms After Hurricane Sandy Damage  DNAinfo

ROCKAWAY BEACH — Four public schools are still without a working fire alarm nearly two years after Hurricane Sandy damaged their buildings — and city ...

Low-performing Queens high schools face closure after poor grades on city's annual report card - NY Daily News  New York Daily News

The city is recommending the closure of Beach Channel High School, in Rockaway Park, and the Business, Computer Applications and Entrepreneurship High ...

Rockaway Ferry  The New Yorker

One of the few good things Superstorm Sandy brought to Rockaway residents was the chance to commute to work on a boat through New York Harbor.

Panel for Educational Policy will decide on possible closures of four Queens schools - NY Daily News  New York Daily News

It's the moment that parents and staff from four struggling schools in Queens have been waiting for - or dreading.

Beach Channel HS lands $5M for Sandy repairs  The Forum Newsgroup

Located a stone's throw from the Jamaica Bay shoreline, Beach Channel High School was devastated by the waters that came rushing into the Rockaway ...

Despite pleas, school's out: Influential panel votes to phase out PS 30 - NY Daily News  New York Daily News

An influential panel has voted to phase out an embattled Jamaica elementary school - the fourth and last Queens school that the city had recently recommended ...

Top city officials face the public in Rockaway for Hurricane Sandy town hall - NY Daily News  New York Daily News

Queens residents can bring their recovery problems directly to top city officials Monday at a Hurricane Sandy town hall. The public meeting at Beach Channel ...

See How Much Your High School Spends on Boys' and Girls' Sports  DNAinfo

NEW YORK CITY — The Public School Athletic League, the country's largest and oldest sports league, shares roughly $27 million a year to support more than ...

Beach Living, 22 Miles From Manhattan  New York Times

With its abundant nature and tight sense of community, Breezy Point, Queens, seems much farther in spirit from Manhattan than actual distance would suggest.

FDNY firefighter from Long Island dies at 58  Newsday

Robert Tilearcio, an FDNY firefighter from Massapequa Park who pressed Congress to fund medical benefits for first responders suffering from 9/11-related ...

BattleRock brings first sanctioned Muay Thai bout to Rockaway - NY Daily News  New York Daily News

Muay Thai comes to Rockaway on Saturday night when the first ever Battle Rock takes over Beach Channel High School.

Jewish naval academy student in Amtrak derailment given full military honors at funeral  Jewish Telegraphic Agency

NEW YORK (JTA) — A Jewish 20-year-old sophomore at the U.S. Naval Academy who was killed in Tuesday's Amtrak train derailment in Philadelphia was ...

First Lady Chirlane McCray hosts shower for inmates with kids to stress importance of reading, talking for bab  New York Daily News

The city's First Lady Chirlane McCray held a baby shower Tuesday morning for inmates who are pregnant or have young children. The soiree, held at the Rose ...

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