The Department of Parks and Recreation has appointed a veteran administrator with more than a quarter century of experience to oversee the Rockaways, a significant move that comes in response to the ongoing building boom and population surge here. More...
Usually we pray for high surf in Rockaway, but this weekend we pray for good wind as a dazzling display of creepy nylon creatures and strange, soaring creations are set to blow into town when the annual New York Kite Festival takes flight at the mall in Riis Park. The festival, which the Chamber of More...
The Department of Parks and Recreation will host a Crafts for Kids Day on Saturday, August 19 from 12 to 4 p.m. at Playground M at Beach 84 Street and Shore Front Parkway. More...
Describing himself as a hands-on person with experience in the Rockaways, the new commanding officer of the 101 Precinct in Far Rockaway, Captain Brian McMahon, talked with The Wave about some of his objectives for his time in Rockaway. 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...
The Department of Transportation added insult to injury last week by changing the 'No Parking" signs on the south side of Shore Front Parkway to "No Standing Any Time." That might seem like a benign change to those who live on the beachfront parkway, but to those who come to the beach from other par More...
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