A Nor’easter that brought near hurricane strength winds of up to 75 miles per hour wreaked havoc along the Rockaway peninsula last weekend, dropping several inches of rain and knocking out electricity for more than one third of the peninsula’s residents. More...
While information was still sketchy at press time, police say that one man is dead and another remains in critical condition in the hospital as a result of a shootout that started on Seagirt Boulevard at Beach 3 Street at about 4 a.m. on Thursday and ended on the southbound lanes of Route 878, the road that separates Rockaway from its Nassau County neighbors. More...
Police have arrested three men in connection with the stabbing death of a young Hispanic man who was found with multiple stab wounds on the beach at Beach 12 Street early in the morning of Wednesday, March 17, police sources say.
Police sources identified the dead man as Mario Alberto Canton Quijada, 25, of Beach Channel Drive in Edgemere. More...
Two investors who bought into a local apartment complex are now suing their partners for hundreds of millions of dollars because the apartments remained affordable housing instead of changing to market rate. More...
Belle Harbor resident Missy Reder is getting ready for the jog of her life – 20 miles from Rockaway to Red Hook in Brooklyn.
“I’ve never run more than ten miles at one time in my life,” the vivacious blonde told The Wave this week. “This is going to be a new experience, but one way or another, I am going to make it.” More...
Recently, PS/MS 183Q Girl Scout Leaders Lisa Cooper, Della Jackson, Nancy Rodriguez, Elaine Williams, Keisha Cunningham and Maria Boucher escorted their scout troops to the Girl Scout National Historic Preservation Museum Center, located at 420 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. More...
The Comedians of Chelsea Lately, starring Jo Koy, Whitney Cummings, Chris Franjola and Chuy will perform at the Theatre at Westbury on Saturday, March 27 at 8 p.m. More...
I mean the evil 1960s version of Klingons, not the benign 80s version. But then again you can spell it with a “C” but I won’t go there (but if you have the stomach, check your wicki). If you go to any charter school hearing, the operators who show up pushing their pet schools into public school space seem to be reading from a script. They don’t intend to infringe. More...
Jim Barnes was appointed as an aide to the Grand Marshal, NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly, for the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade along Fifth Avenue on March 17. More...
No matter how frustrated Joseph “Mack” Williams was getting in the ring on March 12, the 21-year old amateur boxer wasn’t going to let his emotions get the best of him.
Williams did not appreciate what the constant grabbing and holding his opponent Frederick Samuels was doing in the semifinals of the Daily News Golden Gloves. More...
Beach dunes are honored throughout the world. In many beach areas in this nation, one can go to jail simply for sitting on a beach dune. Go to the Cape Cod National Seashore or the Outer Banks of North Carolina and see the dunes lining miles and miles of beach, each with a sign stating “Do not touch the dunes.” Dunes are made by Mother Nature. More...
Dear Editor, Well, first I wrote a letter to The Wave mentioning presidential hopeful Sarah Palin, but really talking about the recent Tea Party convention. Then naturally enough a reply to that letter appeared in The Wave. More...
Troy Atkins, 19, a longtime Rockaway resident, died February 26.
Atkins was born January 21, 1991 in Queens, New York and attended Beach Channel High School.
Atkins is preceded in death by his mother, Sharon Atkins. More...
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