The Belle Harbor Property Owners Association hosted a beach cleanup on neighborhood beaches last week. Pictured, the Beach 131 Street Crew, (from left) Robert Klein, Bob McNamara, Hank Iori and John Murray. More...
The Church of God Christian Academy boys enjoy a lesson in soccer, thanks to a donation received through Edu-Care International from the Passback Program, which redistributes equipment to underprivileged children in the community. More...
On Saturday, May 15, a hoard of "Graybeards" descended upon the old Post Theater at Fort Tilden, GNRA. By the day's end, the metamorphosis of that structure was nothing short of remarkable. More...
Dr. Sanjay Kirtane, located in Lawrence was granted accreditation by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories (ICAEL). More...
Anthony Brian Fiallo was born on Good Friday, April 9, 2004, weighing in at 7lbs and 2oz, to parents Melissa Fiallo and Tony Hernandez. Anthony More...
A near-fatal one car automobile accident that sent an unidentified Hammel woman to Jamaica Hospital with life-threatening injuries tied up Beach Channel Drive at Beach 108 Street for several hours on Thursday afternoon at approximately 2 p.m. More...
Emergency response vehicles from the police department and department of parks line Beach 69 Street from Rockaway Beach Boulevard to the boardwalk as police from the NYPD More...
Students in four Fifth Grade classes participated in weekly dance and movement workshops developing their own group dances based on the theme of conflict resolution with the Mark DeGarmo Dance/ Dynamics Form Group. More...
On Friday, April 16, three hundred Beach Channel High School Students joined millions of youth across the country in performing volunteer work on National Youth Service Day. More...
On Tuesday, March 23, Felice Brenner, Attendance Improvement Dropout Prevention (AIDP) Facilitator, hosted a "Drug Awareness" Parent Workshop at M.S. 180. More...
On March 31, M.S. 53 hosted its annual Principal for a Day Program. This year, M.S. 53 had two principals in addition to regular principal Ken Graham. More...
A 14-year-old student, who remains unidentified by police officials because of his age, was arrested on Wednesday for bringing a semiautomatic pistol and ammunition to Beach Channel High School. More...
New York City Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner Thomas R. Frieden has reminded New Yorkers to help prevent the spread of West Nile virus (WNV) by reporting dead birds and eliminating standing water from their property. More...
With $ 450,000 in funding put into the City capital budget by Councilman Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr., needed repairs to the Beach Channel High School boat ramp have been made enabling the ramp to open for the summer season for boaters to use. More...
A Harbor Porpoise was spotted in Jamaica Bay just off Beach 75 Street this week and seems to have decided to stay in the area to feast on baitfish. More...
Sisters Lisa Williams and Lailah Boyd are graduating from college this year. Williams, a resident of Rockaway Park is receiving a B.A. in Psychology from York College on June 4, 2004. More...
Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Luis J. Reyes, son of Florentina Polanco of Rockaway Park was recently selected as Petty Officer of the Year aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, currently homeported in Norfolk, Virginia. More...
For several months, planners have been working on the many details that will go into putting on the 3rd Annual Rockaway Multicultural Family Festival being held on August 7 in O More...
New York City will face its worst blood shortage ever this summer, according to the New York Blood Center (NYBC). Officials at the NYBC are predicting life-threatening shortages of all blood types this summer. More...
Peninsula Hospital Center and the American Stroke Association are joining forces on Monday, May 24 to offer free stroke assessments in the Meditation Room in the Rehabilitation Division of Peninsula Hospital Center. More...
Two of the most popular entertainers in Rockaway will perform at the gala fundraiser for the Rockaway Museum, which will be held at Pier 92 Restaurant at 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 13. More...
This postcard, circa 1906, shows the entrance to the community of Belle Harbor on Beach 126 Street and Washington Avenue (what is now Rockaway Beach Boulevard). More...
The Parents as Arts Partners Program of PS 114Q in Belle Harbor concluded its activities for the year by staging a recital on Wednesday, May 12, 2004, at 6:30 p.m. More...
Students at M.S. 180 went to see the archives of Super Bowl commercials and learned about the marketing strategies that made the marketing campaigns successes or failures. More...
The Cover the Uninsured Health and Enrollment Fair, held on Saturday, May 15, at the Ocean Bay Community Center, drew hundreds to its free health screenings and information regarding health insurance enrollment. More...
Proposed cuts in library service in his district prompts Councilman Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. to schedule rallies at 32nd Council District libraries. Rallies will take place at the following branch library sites within the 32nd Council District: May 25 More...
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