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for larger version       Beachcomber City Councilman James Sanders called on Thursday of last week to give us a "heads-up" to the fact that he would soon be on the council’s "worst attendance" list. More ... Broad Channel Bits By Liz Guarino Each season has its own charms. One of the nice things about this time of year is that everyone is getting out and about after huddling at home during the cold, icy winter. More ...
News Events/Travel Editor/Host • WNYX - TV Morning News • 12:00 noon on UHF Chs. 35 & 26 Monday - Friday Kentucky Derby Day is also the reunion of some members of the B.P.S.C, who meet annually at Kennedy’s. The Wunder couples, Ellen and Lenny; Claire and John Hughes; Anita and Jack Wilkensen and several more, made their appearance, none looking worse for the wicked winter we struggled through, though ... More ...
Rockaway Artists Alliance by Susan Hartenstein BWAC opens its expansive Pier Art Show Saturday, May 8 at 499 Van Brunt on the Red Hook Pier in Brooklyn. The reception and the following weekends through June 27 feature live entertainment. More ... Boyle And Sarnoff Launch Oral History ProjectIn Search Of Rockaway Glory Days... "In Rockaway, landmarks are like sand castles… They’re short-lived, full of fleeting beauty, too vulnerable to the elements…so much of old Rockaway continues to disappear. More ... The Inner Voice by Marilyn Gelfand It is important for us to trust ourselves and follow our own hunches rather than always use logic to solve a problem. Sometimes there is so much that may be transpiring that we do not know about. More ... Looking Backward What The Wave Said 20 Years Ago... More ...
‘The Alamo’ – Billy As Davy In an early scene in "The Alamo," we see an anonymous actor in a humongous coonskin cap making faces and applying makeup. He is about to take the stage as the legendary Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier. More ...
Editor’s Desk By Howard Schwach This column first appeared in The Wave on June 27, 2003. More ... It Happened In Rockaway By Stephen S. Yaeger As the sun rose on the morning of Thursday, 8 May 1919 a slight haze curtained the mud flats and grasslands of what is now Kennedy International Airport. More ...
of the Rockaways From The Rockaway Museum by Emil Lucev, Curator Dedicated To The Memory Of Leon S. Locke Early Naval Aviators Were Also Sailors On The Open Sea in 1919 Many photographs of the NC-4 or Nancy Four, or Navy Curtiss Four have been published in The Wave’s Historical Views column over the years, simply because the NC-4 was the first to fly the Atlantic, achieving that feat in May of 1919. More ... On The Bayfront By Elisa Hinken Bringing wild birds under some sort of population management is a noble act in theory. We have tons of Canadian Geese who have never VISITED Canada! More ...
With Beverly Baxter An Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Mink Bikini? More ... School Scope By Norman Scott Mathematically Declined Teachers at Thomas Jefferson HS in the late 50’s and early 60’s used to tell us it was a shame they couldn’t teach us more interesting material because they had to spend so much time preparing us for the Regents. More ...
From the Desk of Lew M. Simon, Democratic District Leader, 23rd A.D. Part B Once again, its been a hectic time since my last column. Recently Mayor Bloomberg made a much-awaited announcement that all private franchise busses in Queens would be taken over by the MTA. More ... The Progressive Letter to Rupert Murdoch By John Paul Culotta Our own Rockaway Irregular in a Letter to The New York Times stated "There’s no need for the Times to stoop to running misleading images, headlines, etc. in its pages, though it seems to do this more or less routinely." More ... |
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