Deborah Blakla, 47, of Lake Grove, Long Island, was driving her 2004 Jeep southbound on Cross Bay Boulevard near West 5 Road on Sunday, March 18, when the snow and ice on the road caused her to lose control, police say. The Jeep Grand Cherokee flipped over several times, according to officials of t... More...
Rockaway's population grew by more than 5,500 people in 2005 - a number that surpasses the impressive growth from the year before and beats the total increase seen during all of the 1980s and 1990s combined. More...
Two of the most respected organizations in Broad Channel are locked in a battle over the same piece of land that split the community down the middle in late 2001 and early 2002, when St. Virgilius Church turned over the rights to the land adjacent to the American Legion's Cross Bay Boulevar... More...
The Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians held their first Family Ceili at St. Francis de Sales on Saturday, February 24. A large turnout of young and old enjoyed a fun-filled Irish dancing night. More...
The old days in the Rockaways contained many local baseball teams. Far Rockaway had the "Domestics" who played on their home field north of Everdell Avenue in the 1880s. In later years Arverne, Hammels and Rockaway Park formed athletic associations- and all played each other and visiting teams on t... More...
Malik Boothe didn't believe what occurred. Boothe's Christ the King teammates Andrew Gabriela and Ryan Pearson could not believe what happened as time expired against Rice at Fordham University on Sunday. Their body language could be described many different ways. Pick one and the wor... More...
Police officers in New York City have a tough and sometimes dangerous job. Cops never know what to expect when they respond to a radio call for a domestic dispute, a possible weapon or "shots fired." Often, the familiar blue uniform turns its wearer into a target that enrages an already-incen... More...
I would like to encourage my fellow Rockaway residents and the local Community Board to demand that the NYC Department of Transportation and our elected officials give us back our roads. By now it must be obvious to everyone, even the DOT, that two lanes are needed in each direction on ... More...
2007& Broad Channel Bits Broad Channel Theater Group, "One Night Only," an evening of theater, dinner and dancing, American Legion Hall (CBB), 3/24, 8 p.m., Info at 718-318-0388. Sauerbraten Dinner, Christ Presbyterian Church (Noel Rd. More...
Carmen D. Alvarez, a Rockaway resident for 35 years coming from Brooklyn, died March 18. Alvarez, a postal supervisor, was born in Puerto Rico. She was preceded in death by her son, Gilbert J. Evertsz Jr. Alvarez is survived be her daughter, Diana Lyons-Dillard; four g... More...
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