One of Rockaway's own residents, Jorge Vega III, is on the fast track to comic book gold. Vega entered the AT&T/Platinum Studios' Comic Book Challenge in May, and his entry, which focuses on the old west, was recently chosen to compete in the final round. More...

I registered to vote as a Democrat shortly after I got out of college. My father made me do it. Although he often voted Republican, he'd always been a Democrat and so had our entire family. There was something, we thought, unsavory about being a Republican. More...

There may be no trading deadline in the NY-Penn League, but after getting super utility-man J.R. Voyles back from a series of injuries, the Brooklyn Cyclones may have just regained the key ingredient to continue what has been a magical season at Keyspan Park this summer. More...

The good news is that Rockaway is finally getting the swimming pool that it has coveted since then Representative Chuck Schumer said that we would get one at Riis Park nearly 15 years ago. The bad news, or at least what a number of Rockaway residents believe to be the bad news, is that the pool will not be everything that those residents believe that they were promised. More...

The commentary that you printed in the August 10 issue of your newspaper concerning the Rockaway Orthodox Jewish community is disturbing for many reasons. The language that you use is inflammatory; it is laced with inaccuracies; and is obviously written from ignorance. More...

Clarence Akers Sr., a longtime Rockaway resident, died August 9. Akers, a longshoreman, was born in Jefferson Township, Pennsylvania on June 23, 1935. He served his country in the U.S. Army and was proud of being a paratrooper in the 101 Airborne, according to family, who also said Akers was always there to lift up everyone's spirits. More...