Governor George E. Pataki announced recently that he has signed legislation into law that will require New Yorkers under the age of 14 who ride skateboards to wear safety helmets. More...
The Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, Local 1, will conduct recruitment through March 25 for 12 bricklayers and three stonemason apprentices. More...
The editorial that the Wave ran in its November 12 edition commemorating those who died when American Airlines Flight 587 crashed into Beach 131 Street and Newport Avenue on November 12, 2001, was flawed, having come from what was called a final list More...
Holiday shoppers in Cedarhurst will be given a treat this year: free holiday parking. Beginning December 1, holiday shoppers will be able to park in all Cedarhurst municipal parking fields without feeding the meters (except in permit only areas). More...
Navy Seaman Recruit Olay O. Akinsanya, son of Bola B. and Billy B. Akinsanya of Far Rockaway, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. More...
Laci Ann Smallman was born on August 20, 2004, weighing 7 pounds, 3 ounces and measuring twenty and a half inches to parents Kathi and Jimmy Smallman of Broad Channel. Laci More...
Belle Harbor residents Ellen Moran and Mark Mina dressed up as Superman and Superwoman for Halloween. The two gave candy to dozens of area children. More...
The Friday after Thanksgiving is the biggest shopping day of the year. For those who brave the crowds, there are plenty of bargains to be had out there. More...
Local artist Leigh Walls (left) stands in front of the new mural he designed and painted on the outside wall of the Arverne Library. Joining him is one of the teens who helped him paint the mural More...
On November 12, as Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Pataki spoke to a rain swept memorial ceremony in Rockaway, hundreds of family members of those who died in the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 sat in the First Cathedral of the New World in the D More...
It has been nearly a month since residents residing at the 249 Beach 15 Street in Far Rockaway have experienced the warm feeling of having heat or hot water in their apartments. More...
Work at the Job Lot store, 192 Beach 116 Street/115-15 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, caused concern last Friday when passerby saw what they thought was asbestos being carried out to dumpsters sitting on Beach 116 Street. More...
Victoria Jean-Louis, a Syracuse University senior majoring in international relations and African American studies from Far Rockaway, recently participated in the Syracuse University Literacy Corps program. More...
20 Years Ago... Somewhere in Rockaway there still are as many as two-dozen electrical devices with PCB-laden oil waiting to explode and spew out cancer-causing spray, according to the Long Island Lighting Company. More...
A rise in the theft of automobiles has led to the release of a letter by Captain Walter Salowski, the Commanding Officer of the 101 Precinct, to warn residents about the problem and inform the community about the measures that can be taken to protect More...
In conjunction with the Rockaway Artists Alliance, Far Rockaway High School students (left to right) Paulos Bernard, Kalvin Rodezno and Liliana Munoz recently exhibited their drawings at the Oak Ridge Building in Forest Park, Queens. More...
