A 27-year-old man remained in critical condition at St. John's Episcopal Hospital at press time after he was repeatedly stabbed in the head, neck and back Wednesday near a busy intersection in Far Rockaway. More...
A fast-moving fire that brought firefighters from many parts of the peninsula, wiped out a private two-family home at 299 and 301 Beach 15 Street in Far Rockaway on Thursday evening, March 16. Nine residents as well as a number of pets were safely evacuated by firefighters and were given shelter by ... More...
The Claddagh INN - once a busy soup kitchen that served the community during dark times, more recently one of Rockaway's biggest eyesores - began to crumble under the teeth of a backhoe Tuesday as demolition commenced, making way for a YMCA. More...
Local skateboarders, City Councilman Joseph Addabbo Jr. and Department of Parks and Recreation staff reopened the Rockaway Skate Park last weekend - about a month ahead of schedule. The early opening is a victory for a determined group of local skateboarders who collected about 500 signatures on a p... More...
The only way out now for Barry Bonds would be to die young, and even that might not do it. Bonds will not only linger like Pete Rose, some sort of illegitimate public boil, but will continue to play baseball. More...
Exactly one year ago, thanks to City Councilman Joseph Addabbo and Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer, Rockaway got its first-ever "Surfing Only Beach," a place where surfers could go to ply their avocation without worrying about lifeguards and silly beach access rules. The two local politicians had to do More...
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