City Councilman Joseph Addabbo, Jr., who represents the western end of the Rockaway peninsula visited the Rockaway Point Volunteer Firehouse on Wednesday to show his support for them in relation to a national contest in which the volies are one of the 10 finalists, the "Across America" contest, which will hold online voting starting April 28 to determine the winner. More...

At three minutes and four seconds after 2 a.m. on May 6, the time and date will be 02:03:04 05/06/07. This will never happen again, according to Wave columnist Marilyn Gelfand, who sent us the information. Nearly 100 people have signed up for the upcoming 50th Reunion for the Far Rockaway High School class of 1957. More...

Last year, the losses and the long travel were some of the factors that added up to a dismal 0-12 tennis season for the Beach Channel men's team. One year later, the tide has turned. After a move from the PSAL 'A' to the 'B' Division, the Dolphins clinched an undefeated season and a Queens B1 title in thrashing Hillcrest 4 sets to 1 on Tuesday afternoon. More...

The old saying, "The proof is in the pudding," was never truer than what happened on Rockaway's beaches as a result of the Nor'easter that hit the peninsula on April 15. We have been writing for years that Rockaway needs dunes to protect the beach. That fact, and it is a fact, is accepted everywhere in the world except, apparently, in New York City in general and specifically in Rockaway. More...

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Jeannette Louise Anderson, a longtime Rockaway resident, died April 19. She was 69. Anderson, a teacher's assistant, was born in Brooklyn on April 13, 1938. She was baptized at First Baptist Church in Far Rockaway, and was a member of the First Baptist Church Choir and the Seniors 50 Plus Club. She was known to many as "Terry. More...