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Gotham Gridiron

  Are you ready for some football?  Though the upcoming season may prove challenging for both the New York Jets and New York Giants, there’s an abundance of exciting storylines throughout the NFL. First things first, let’s look at the divisions the locals play in. NFC East The Philadelphia Eagles are many experts’ preseason pick to win the division due... READ MORE >

Carter Pens Rockaway Photograph Book

If you’re interested in learning about the earliest Rockaway residents, we have a book for you. Vivian Rattay Carter, who writes the popular monthly Wave column, “Rock Solid,” has penned the newest addition to Arcadia Publishing’s “Images of America” series, “Rockaway Beach.” Carter proves that the American frontier did not just consist of western prairie, but also included the marshes... READ MORE >

RTC’s ‘Crossing Delancey’: Big Hit At Fort Tilden Theater

Company and Director Michael Wotypka have brought a delectable nugget to the stage at the Post Theater – “Crossing Delancey,” written by Susan Sandler. This 1985 romantic comedy is a favorite of community theatre companies for more than one reason. There is a manageable cast of just five actors, and a simple, 3- part set where the action moves back... READ MORE >

RTC Reprises ‘Lend Me A Tenor’ To Benefit Peggy Vivino

Talk about an encore! Longtime aficionados of the Rockaway Theatre Company may be experiencing déjà vu. “Lend Me a Tenor,” Ken Ludwig’s critically acclaimed Broadway comedy, was staged once before by the local troupe, in 2002. What a treat to see the show brought to glorious, hilarious life again, by cast veterans David Risley in the role of Max; Cliff... READ MORE >

It’s My Turn

The January 6 meeting with the Department of Education officials was an event that cannot be forgotten. Members of the community, hard working faculty and dedicated students gathered to demand the much needed answers to why the DOE has decided to “phase out” Beach Channel High School. Of course these demands were not met; the officials never answered a single... READ MORE >

‘Back To The Garden’

It was the summer of ’69 and Pete Fornatale had just landed the DJ gig on WNEW that would make him a New York radio icon. The first commercial he read live on the air just twenty minutes into his radio debut on July 27, 1969 was for the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. Three-day passes cost just $18, but... READ MORE >

‘A Candle Before Midnight’

It is not often that a Rockaway resident has a chance to read a gripping story of an immigrant family in Rockaway in the decade prior to World War II, when the Great Depression was in full thrall and the peninsula was generally thought of as a summer resort. “A Candle Before Midnight” is one such story; a gritty, true-to-life... READ MORE >

From Rockaway To The USN To The FBI

John Hauss and I have lots in common. Hauss grew up in Rockaway, and so did I. In fact, he first came to Rockaway in 1939, the year I was born here in the old Rockaway Beach Hospital. Hauss lived in Wavecrest Gardens on Beach 20 Street, and so did I. Hauss spent several years in the U.S. Navy, and... READ MORE >

MovieScope

Though Hollywood refuses to believe it, lightning doesn’t strike in the same place twice, much less three times. The box office success of the movie version of the hit TV series, “Sex and the City,” can’t be reproduced by taking four established actresses and expecting the same chemistry as that between Sarah Jessica Parker and company. The recent update of... READ MORE >

MovieScope

Lately, on both sides of the Atlantic, films are dealing with aging males sexually obsessed with girls three decades their junior. From the United States, we have “Elegy,” the Philip Roth novel-based soap, featuring a stellar performance by Ben Kingsley as a lecherous 70- something professor. Out of France is “A Girl Cut in Two,” a Claude Chabrol film also... READ MORE >