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April 26, 2003
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SCA Claims No Money for repairs
The Beach Channel High School boat ramp, the only one of its kind in the Rockaway area, will remain closed for the coming boating season, according to a representative at the agency responsible for its repair. More...

Acting on a drug warrant, police officers from the 100 Precinct and the NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit (ESU) raided two apartments at 150 Beach 115 Street in Rockaway Park, last Wednesday, April 23, netting more than 20 bags of crack cocaine as well as a quantity of marijuana and illegal pills. More...

A Chelsea-Piers-like sporting center will soon be built at Floyd Bennett Field, as part of a $34 million facelift for Gateway National Park, Congressman Anthony Weiner announced on Tuesday. More...

When spring comes, can a sliding pond in a cool playground be far be­hind. This young Rockaway boy is enjoying the sunshine at the newly-refurbished playground at Beach 71 Street and Shore Front Parkway. More...

On Sunday, April 27, the Rockaway Council Knights of Columbus and Columbiettes will hold their Seventy-Fifth Annual Corporate Communion Breakfast. More...
The first water rescue of the summer season took place on Sunday morning, when three young men decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather to go surfboarding off Beach 135 Street. More...
Far Rockaway played their varsity baseball game against Transit Tech last Wednesday thinking that the game was makeup due to a rainout on April 1. At the time of the postponement, Transit Tech was leading 6-0 in the first inning; so Far Rockaway manager Ken Hernandez expected the game to start fresh... More...
We have traveled throughout the nation, from Maine to Florida, to places where water-related activity is a main attraction. Wherever we went, wherever there is a lake or a river, a bay or an ocean, there was a place for residents to launch their boats. More...