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August 11, 2006
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Guns, Estimated $100K In Pot, Coke Seized
A Bronx man armed with two guns and a knife repeatedly stabbed a local man and put two foot-long gashes in his neck last Friday night during a drug-related attack in the victim's Rockaway Beach apartment, police said. The victim was arrested the next day, after officers got a search warrant and seiz More...

A local security guard who reportedly shared information with police may have been lured last weekend to the quiet spot in Far Rockaway where he was shot several times and then crashed his car into the boardwalk in a desperate attempt to escape. More...

The license plate on this Chrysler Sebring says "BERNIE 1," but it could have said "Burn, Bernie, Burn." The owner, whose last name was not known at press time, left his car with its convertible top down Wednesday afternoon on Rockaway Beach Boulevard at Beach 91 Street. When the man came out of one More...

A 28-year-old Far Rockaway man was shot in his pelvis Monday night as he rode his bike past the Ocean Bay Houses on Beach Channel Drive, police said. More...

A patent-pending computer program that provides an alternative to standard email, created by locals Rick Horan and Bill Hanson, premiered last month through a children's newsletter created by the duo and their company, PushPrint LLC. More...
The Minimum Achievement Congress: We Need A New Direction
My colleagues and I in the House and Senate have recessed for the month of August. Ordinarily, most of us spend part of the recess working in our respective districts as well as spending time with our families who see far too little of us. Ordinarily, Congress takes its August recess without much fa More...
The Sorrentino Recreational Center in conjunction with Health Plus/Police Athletic League/ City of New York will present the 2006 Parks and Recreation Queens Little League Baseball Championships this Saturday at O' Donohue Park. More...
Ask about the first transatlantic flight across the Atlantic Ocean and nine out of ten people will respond with the name of Charles Lindberg and the year of 1927. While Lindberg was the first man to fly a solo, nonstop flight to Europe, the first flight across the Atlantic actually took place in 191 More...
Some Vitriol Directed At Wave Dear Editor, You have once again demonstrated that your publication is a complete joke. Miriam Rosenberg's article ("Developer Tries End Run Around New Zoning Rules"), demonstrates clearly that you have no clue. Your "reporter" who is clearly biased against More...
Gateway Happenings
Floyd Bennett Field: (718-338-3799): After Work Bike Tour Fridays, July and August, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Bring your own bike. Helmets required for all riders. More...
Anthony Boswell Entrepreneur
Anthony Boswell, a lifelong Rockaway resident, died July 31. He was 68. More...