Peninsula Hospital Center will hold its Annual Spring Luncheon on Wednesday, May 10, at Russo's on the Bay in Howard Beach, honoring two "Nurses of Distinction," Grace Benjamin, RN, Assistant Head Nurse, Department of Surgery at Peninsula Hospital Ce More...

stars of the Emmy nominated television show Who's Line Is It Anyway? have teamed up to present an evening of extraordinary improvisational comedy at the North Fork Theatre at Westbury on Thursday, May 11 at 8 p.m. More...

The men and women who fight the fires, keep our streets safe and take us to the hospital in times of need were honored during the 2006 Bravest and Finest Awards Luncheon on April 20. More...

The City Council threw out 40 year-old zoning regulations on Wednesday when it passed a proposal to downzone Bayswater and parts of Far Rockaway by a unanimous vote. More...

The State University of New York (SUNY) Queens Educational Opportunity Center (EOC), located in Jamaica, New York, in collaboration with the Ocean Bay Community Development Corporation (OBCDC) was selected among 31 citywide recipients and received a More...

Congressman Anthony Weiner and Ambassador Arye Mekel, the Consul General of Israel, participated in a special Yom Hashoah commemoration at Young Israel of Hillcrest in Forest Hills. More...

Complaints come to The Wave from people who believe that they have been mistreated in local eating establishments. Recently, however, the number of complaints has been escalating at a feverish rate. More...

State Senator Malcolm Smith recently announced that the Legislature added millions of dollars in funding to the State budget for programs that enhance public safety and aid victims of violent crime. More...

A local man was sentenced Thursday to 50 years to life in prison for the 2003 shooting of two men, who were sitting in a car in Far Rockaway, Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced. More...

by Dr. Geraldine M. Chapey, Democratic District Leader More...

The National Park Service (NPS) and the Federal Highway Administration's Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division (EFLHD) have completed transportation studies of the Brooklyn and Queens portions of Gateway National Recreation Area (Gateway). More...

Peninsula Hospital Center has been awarded a comprehensive grant from the NYS Department of Health to enhance the quality of care in the hospital for the Rockaways' growing geriatric and elderly population. More...

The installation of new sewer lines has been slowing traffic and, at times, causing detours along Beach Channel Drive from Beach 39 Street to Beach 47 Street for the last several weeks. More...

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State Senator Malcolm Smith recently voted to override Governor Pataki's veto of funding approved by the Legislature for the development and improvement of disaster preparedness plans and equipment for New York City and Long Island, saying "we cannot More...

In commemoration of the conclusion of Passover, the celebration of the Jewish people's freedom, Representative Anthony D. More...

A "Read to Me / Read Aloud Contest" was held at P.S. 106Q to initiate the spring season. More...

St. Edmund Prep High School has become a member of the Metropolitan Opera Guild's Met School Membership Program. The Met School Membership Program introduces students to opera in one of the world's greatest opera houses. More...