Sean Strongreen, a twelve year old student at Saint Francis de Sales, was the only youth member of the New York City Department of Corrections Pipe Band this Saint Patrick More...
Michael Anthony Caprio of Breezy Point celebrated his third birthday on February 27, with his little sister Alyssa, parents David & Katie and all his family and friends. The Caprios are expecting their third child in October. More...
On November 12, 2001 American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300-600, crashed into the corner of Beach 131 Street and Newport Avenue in Belle Harbor killing all 260 aboard the aircraft and five Rockaway residents on the ground. More...
There have been many calls in the past week from readers connected to Far Rockaway High School to say that they were told that the school would close in June and reopen as a re-organized, renamed school in September. More...
In the wake of a week that brought more than 20 arrests at the school, staff and local police officials are calling for Beach Channel High School to be designated as an More...
20 Years Ago... Captain Harold Leibowitz, commanding officer of the 100 Precinct, in a lengthy message to members of the community council, has laid out his plans for the summer of 1985. More...
Assemblymember Audrey I. Pheffer has announced that a new law that she sponsored will go into effect March 27 requiring appropriate child restraint systems for automotive passengers aged 4, 5, and 6 years (Ch. 509 of 2004). More...
From The Rockaway Museum by Emil Lucev, Curator Dedicated To The Memory Of Leon S. Locke
In 1915, the Western-Union Cable Company built a cable station at 260 Beach 84 Street in the Hammels section of the Rockaways. The brick building, covered with ivy, was near the Long Island Railroad tracks. More...
John and Sue Ellen Sullivan of Rockaway Park have announced the engagement of their daughter, Ellen Elizabeth, to David Andrew Sayles, the son of Dale Arnold Sayles of Mount Kisco. The wedding will take place in April 2006. More...
The Good Government Regular Democratic club has announced that Fernando (Freddie) Ferrer, the leading candidate for the Democratic nomination for mayor, will address the community on Thursday evening, March 31. More...
An Arverne man was arrested last Saturday morning after he allegedly fired a handgun several times as he stood with a group of people on the street, police said. More...
Members of the Board of the Rockaway Museum met on March 16 to discuss the upcoming exhibit dedicated to the history of Far Rockaway High School. More...
Class by class the students come to purchase books.
The students of Peninsula Preparatory Academy, a charter school housed in M.S. 53, operate a bookstore one Friday a month as part of their life skills program. More...
