A brazen bank robber made off with thousands of dollars last Saturday after he passed a chilling note to a female employee at a Far Rockaway bank, police said. More...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) last week ordered detailed inspections of the rudder sections of all Airbus 300-600’s and Airbus 310’s, aircraft flown on passenger routes in the United States by American Airlines, and on cargo routes by FedEx. More...
Sometime next month, Brian O’Connell will leave his post as principal of Public School 114 in Belle Harbor, moving instead to take the reins of the new Scholar’s Academy at Middle School 180 in Rockaway Beach. He will be replaced by Steven Grill, who will be moving from his post as an assistant prin More...
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly (left) shakes hands with Paul Piekarski, commanding officer of the 100 Precinct, during a ceremony last Friday at One Police Plaza. Piekarski, a 21-year NYPD veteran, was promoted from captain to deputy inspector. A celebration was held later that day at The Beach Club.... More...
The good news for Congressman Anthony Weiner is that a recent poll shows that he is now slightly ahead of Council Speaker Giff Miller in the mayoral race. The bad news is that he and Miller are behind everybody else – way behind. The prestigious Quinnipiac University poll shows that former Bronx Bor More...
It may be April, but the rainy, windy weather that comes our way some days has made some folks wonder where the spring is hiding! It’s probably tucked in behind some clouds because it does peek out on certain days, bringing great temperatures and bright sunny skies with it. More...
The grass is freshly cut. The pitchers’ mound is in place. White chalk runs from home plate to the outfield walls. The infield dirt hasn’t been trampled by very large men running at a high rate of speed yet. More...
Many Rockaway residents looked askance at the National Transportation Safety Board’s final report on the November, 2001 crash of American Airlines Flight 587 into Beach 131 Street and Newport Avenue. That report, which blamed the crash on First Officer Sten Molin, who was flying the departure from J More...
Samantha J. Caban Queen of the Color Purple Samantha J. Caban, the granddaughter of Dennis and Barbara Morris of Rockaway Beach, died April 4 at the Fletcher Allen Health Care Facility in Burlington, Vermont. She was 13. More...
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