NEW YORK (1010 WINS)  -- New York City officials say two charred bodies were discovered in the trunk of a burning luxury car. Officials say firefighters responding to a call of a car fire found a Porsche engulfed in flames about 9:38 p.m. Saturday at Cross Bay Boulevard near 14th Road in the Far Rockaway section of Queens.

This week I would like to tell everyone about the Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department's 103 Anniversary Installation Dinner Dance. The dance will be held on February, 9, 2008 from 8:00 p.m. till midnight and will be held at Roma View in Howard Beach. Anyone needing tickets or information are encouraged to call Chief Dan McIntyre at 347-678-5857 or President Edward O'Hare at 718-318- 5504. Tickets are going so please call early to reserve your chance to give thanks to the men and women sworn to protect your community as Volunteers. There will be a D.J, food, drinks and as always a good time will be had by all!

Hello again, all my faithful readers. Happy holidays to each one of you! Well, I'm back after I had some oral surgery done; the doctor pulled 14 teeth from the top of my mouth! I know it sounds painful, but I really didn't feel any pain.

A Rego Park man, who was allegedly driving while intoxicated, plowed into a stopped NYPD School Safety auto, sending the two agents in the car to the trauma ward at Jamaica Hospital.

The annual Broad Channel Labor Day Parade and Mardi Gras benefiting the Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department stepped off on time and under clear and sunny skies on Monday. The parade featured more than 100 infants, toddlers and youngsters in a series of innovative floats. For more photographs, see page 79. Photo by Howard Schwach

The annual Broad Channel Labor Day Parade was held on Monday, September 3, under clear skies and without controversy. Dozens of kids and their parents took part in the parade, which finished up at Bayview Restaurant, the winner of this year's contest.

On August 26, the city's Office Of Emergency Management (OEM) held a massive emergency drill at Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan. Participating in the drill were two local volunteer fire departments - The Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department and the Rockaway Point Volunteer Fire Department. The drill started at midnight and lasted until 3:30 a.m., with units from all over the city, the New York City Police Department and the Fire Department of the City of New York participating. Pictured, emergency vehicles block off all the streets around Penn Station. All photos by Chris "Bubba" Kalisak.

Hello again, all my faithful readers. How is your summer going? Mine has been great so far; I just came back from Nags Head, North Carolina and Virginia Beach on a long-deserved vacation! I have been told that many of you have been supporting the Mardi Gras for the BCVFD, and we appreciate it! As always you can help support us until the countdown night and dancing in the streets. There are still plenty of chances to win our $10,000 giveaway!

Moments before Justin Noel Van Wert, 53, was killed, the driver of the vehicle that hit him, Nidia Merino, 24, diverted her attention from the road to a 2-year-old boy strapped into a child seat in the back of her 1995 Ford Escort coupe, according to a copy of the accident report obtained this week by The Wave.

Senator Shirley L. Huntley cools off with the Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department during the third of four Children First Festivals, recently held in Broad Channel Park. Below: Everyone was a winner at the festival, where Senator Huntley gave away more than 300 Mets tickets.