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Ozone Park resident Gabriel Costa shows us a parking summons he received last Saturday when, he says, he had valid proof he paid the meter. Costa, who admits playing the feed-the-meter-on-the-hour game, said: “I still had 15 minutes left and they gave me a ticket. They said they couldn’t see the [pa... More ...
The Coalition of Institutionalized Aged and Disabled held a community meeting in Far Rockaway on August 10 to demand free air conditioning for adult homes. Residents from seven Rockaway nursing homes, Assembly member Michele Titus and staff from the office of City Councilman James Sanders were in at More ... BBC Seeks Out Rocky Relationships BBC U.S. Production is looking for New York couples on the brink of separation that are willing to give their rocky marriage one last chance by participating in a 7-day intensive program, that will be aired on TV, with divorce-busting therapist Michele Weiner-Davis. More ... B.C. Vollies Parade August 19 By Alyssa Goldstein The Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department is in for a busy weekend with a four-day carnival that began Thursday and a parade honoring the department’s 100th anniversary set for tonight, Friday, August 19. More ... Woman Missing From Surfside Manor Police are asking for the public’s help in locating Grace Barnes, a 75-year-old woman described as being in good physical condition but poor mental condition. Barnes, who is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs approximately 150 pounds, disappeared from the Surfside Manor Nursing Home at 95-02 Rockaway B More ... Far Rock Man Pleads Guilty In Slaying A Far Rockaway man pleaded guilty Monday to murdering his ex-girlfriend’s new lover inside the woman’s Long Island City apartment, according to Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown. More ... Bloods Tried To Prostitute Teen: DA A female Bloods gang member and two male associates were indicted this week for kidnapping a 15-year-old runaway, imprisoning her in Far Rockaway and attempting to prostitute her in a scheme to raise bail money for another gang member. More ...
A new sign – yellow paint on plywood – has popped up in Broad Channel with a plea to stop building near Jamaica Bay’s vanishing wetlands. It was unclear if the sign opposes a specific project and who placed the sign just off of Cross Bay Boulevard, but the tall marsh grasses that stood in the distan... More ...
The Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center celebrated National Community Health Center Week with its second annual Legislative Breakfast on August 8 in the boardroom of their Far Rockaway site. Photo: Sandy Fogg; Chief Operating Officer, J.R. Peter Nelson; Executive Director, Zandra Myers; Director ... More ...
Please join the thousands of people who will attend this year’s New York Kite Festival at the Rockaways on August 20th & 21st! Produced by the Chamber of Commerce and Sky Festival Productions come see exotic and creative kites soaring high over the beach at Riis Park Bay 9 from 10am to 4pm. Enjoy an More ...
Strands full-service unisex hair salon was founded by Diane, Gerri and Sal (pictured) in April 2004. They believed the Rockaways needed and deserved something more. Their services include complete hair care and facials. They also carry a full line of retail products, including flat irons and brushes More ... Fun Filled Family Day In Far Rockaway Councilman James Sanders Jr. will host a Family Day Event with Eddie O’Jay at O’Donohue Park on Beach 17 Street and Seagirt Boulevard on Saturday, August 20. More ...
Hurricane season is hitting its peak in the northeast and the city’s Office of Emergency Management has launched a new awareness campaign and is taking precautions to prepare New Yorkers for the potential danger they face. More ...
Peninsula Hospital Center, partnering with the Far Rockaway Weed and Seed Program, Rockaway Development and Revitalization Corporation, the 1199 Mentoring Program and A Forum for L.I.F.E. Inc., recently “graduated” 18 young men and women from a “Medical Exploring” program. More ... Kite Festival Blows In To Riis Park This Weekend Usually we pray for surf, but this weekend we pray for wind as a dazzling display of creepy nylon creatures and strange, soaring creations are set to blow into town when the fourth annual New York Kite Festival takes flight. More ...
These two black and white photographs, one of them held together by yellowed tape, are in The Wave’s archive under “Hotels Past.” The photo (top) of the Embassy is stamped “Photo By A. Krebs.” We wonder where the Embassy stood and where photog Krebs had a studio. The bottom photo shows a boardwalk b More ... LIPA’s Simple Steps To Cool With Energy Star As the Long Island region faces its fourth heat wave of the summer season, The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reminds homeowners that the best way to cool the home without wasting money or energy is with Energy Star. More ... Weiner Outlines Plans For Fast Ferry Service Equipped with $15 million dollars in federal funding, Representative Anthony Weiner announced on August 13 his plans to expand ferry service in New York City. The first step is to have a ferry line from Rockaway to Brooklyn to Manhattan, he says. More ...
Special To The Wave In 1958, Neil Sedaka was busy playing his hits on the piano at the Esther Manor Hotel in Monticello, NY, while I was learning how to stay afloat in the Pine Lodge Hotel’s swimming pool just up the block from him. Later on I became a busboy and a waiter en route to colleg More ...
James and Carol Albert of the Rockaways announce the engagement of their daughter, Kelly Albert, to Ryan Scerbo. A July 2006 wedding is planned. More ...
Mr. and Mrs.. Gary Johnson of Cape Cod Massachusetts, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Amy Lee Johnson of Brooklyn, to Patrick Joseph Murphy also of Brooklyn, son of Bridget Murphy and the late William Murphy of Rockaway Park. Johnson is a 2001 graduate of Catawba College in ... More ... Loftus Graduates From Binghamton Sarah Loftus, a resident of Broad Channel, graduated in May 2005 from Binghamton University, with a Bachelor’s degree in Communications and Marketing. More ...
Eric Steinberg and Jennifer Hurley were engaged on May 20, 2005. Eric is a partner in Steinberg Communications and Jennifer is a high school English teacher in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. The couple will be married next summer on August 12, 2006 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Parents of the couple are More ...
Michael Joseph Benn was born on August 14. Pictured are grandparents Michael and Christina Benn holding the newest member of the Benn family. More ...
Story & Pix By Alyssa Goldstein A local woman, who transformed herself into a no-nonsense real estate mogul while at the same time sponsoring popular local events and earning the title “The Heart of Rockaway” from friends, announced her retirement this week. More ... Soaring Heat Temps Set New Electricity Records Two major power authorities in the area announced that scorching temperatures are breaking electricity demand records. Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) Chairman Richard M. Kessel announced on August 15 that LIPA set a new weekend day peak record on Saturday August 13, when 5141 megawatts of electr More ... Pataki Signs Legislation To Increase Boater Safety You can hear their engines roaring, as jet skis slice through the waves in the Atlantic Ocean or Jamaica Bay. However, some younger thrill-seekers will have to wait a few more years to legally use these vehicles. More ...
Volunteers Needed For Beach Cleanup By Alyssa Goldstein Buses do it, taxis do it and a new agreement announced this week in Broad Channel lets garbage trucks do it too, but only for a special, beach-related cause. More ...
The Clinical Pastoral Education Program at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in South Shore recently held a graduation ceremony for 39 students from the George Mercer Jr. School of Theology in Garden City, New York. More ... Transportation Act Has More Money For Rockaway The massive transportation spending measure signed August 10 by President George W. Bush included an eye-catching $15 million for a Rockaway ferry service, but there were several other nuggets for the peninsula tucked away in the vast document, The Wave has found. More ... Sanders To Host Health Fair Councilman James Sanders Jr., the NYC Housing Authority NAACP Chapter, and the Ocean Bay Apartments Residence Association will host a Community Health Fair on Saturday, August 27 from 12 noon until 5 p.m. The Fair will be located at Arverne Park on Arverne Boulevard in Far Rockaway. More ... |
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