An 86-year-old Rockaway resident was declared dead on arrival at St. John's Episcopal Hospital on Saturday, March 10, after he reportedly suffered a heart attack while he was behind the wheel of his 1990 Ford automobile. More...
A Dayton Towers West resident was stabbed several times Tuesday night behind one of the complex's buildings, and now police are searching for his attackers as the victim recovers at Jamaica Hospital. Police identified the man as Danny Dickesheid Jr., 31, a resident of 105-00 Shore F... More...
A man was shot in the groin last Friday night when an argument between young men escalated and gunfire broke out inside a liquor store near the Hammel Houses, police said. The shooting took place at about 11:20 p.m. last Friday night inside Dave's Liquor, located at 87-04 Rockaway Bea... More...
Five members of New York's Emergency Medical Service will represent the city tomorrow as they march in the Dublin, Ireland St. Patrick's Day Parade. Among them will be Lieutenant Peter Jakubowski of Station 47, which is located on Beach 49 Street. More...
As the new President of the Broad Channel Civic Association, it is my personal opinion that our biggest fault as a community, and maybe as individual human beings, is our failure sometimes to believe in ourselves and invest in our own potential. More...
Malik Boothe felt the chill in the air. Then his Christ the King teammate Ryan Pearson felt the same in the final eight seconds of the city catholic 'AA" title game at Fordham University last Sunday. Last year in the city championship, the Pearson, Boothe and the Royals watched Rice w... More...
Here is your first question: Rockaway is _________________. These are the possible answers. Pick one: (A) A peninsula. (B) Connected to Brooklyn by the Marine Park Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge. (C) Surrounded on three sides by water. (D) Connected on the eastern end to Nassau County. (E) All ... More...
Spectacular Celebration At St. Mary's Dear Editor, I believe I speak for the entire parish community when I say "Thank You" for the splendid photographs of the 150th Anniversary Mass at St. Mary Star of the Sea Church in Far Rockaway. More...
ARF ARF (Allied Rockaway Foundation for Animal Recreation and Fitness) Meeting on Dog Park proposal, Parks House (86-01 SFP), 3/25, 11 a.m. Info, email at valerie7409@hotmail.com. More...
James Richard Campbell Jr. Maintenance Engineer James Richard Campbell Jr., a longtime Rockaway resident, died March 10. Campbell, a maintenance engineer, was born in Laurinburg, North Carolina on December 5, 1941. According to family members, his greatest joys were recreati... More...