Community board members, local elected officials and the Parks Department say they're optimistic after sitting down late last week with top city and union officials to discuss important lifeguard testing and training issues. More...
Just days after indictments were handed down in the shooting death of Rockaway resident Sean Bell, his fiancé Nicole Paultre-Bell was honored by a Rockaway public school and spoke exclusively to The Wave. "I'm going to keep Sean's name in everyone's memory," she told The Wave on March 2... More...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has some good news for Rockaway residents as well as some bad news. The good news is that travelers will have fewer delays either in the air or on the ground and their flights are more likely to be on time than at present. More...
The 101 Precinct is looking to increase the ranks of its auxiliary police officers, an official announced at this month's Precinct Community Council meeting last week. Captain David Turk, of the precinct's auxiliary police, spoke to community members about the volunteer program. More...
The Organizers of the Far Rockaway High School Class of 1957 Reunion are looking for lots of alumni to attend the upcoming event on June 23 at the Long Island Marriott. We've agreed to print some of the names of those they're looking for. More...
Beach Channel's inaugural home game in the PSAL 'A' Baseball Division on Monday went something like this. The cold, windy winds were howling from Jamaica Bay, the field was a hard surface which contained no grass and they could not have chosen a more formidable opponent to begin the ... More...
The criminal indictments against three police officers who took part in the shooting of Sean Bell in Jamaica are not the end of the controversy, but the beginning of a long legal process that will probably take a year or more and might well wind up in the courts of Albany or Schenectady. More...
Suggestion for 2007 tolls on the two Rockaway bridges: they should be collected in one direction, only twice. This will reduce labor costs for the TBA. THOMAS FITZPATRICK Saddened By His Death Dear Editor, Rockaway residents sustained a great loss this wee... More...
2007& Sun. 4/22. 2 to 5 p.m. Rockaway Rotary Ocean Run , sponsored by Sweet 'N Low, begins at Riis Park Golf Course, 4/29, 10 a.m. 5K adult race, ¼ mile children's race. After-race party at Riis Park Golf Course. More...
Robert "Bob" Berry, a former Broad Channel resident who moved to Massapequa, Long Island, died March 21 after a heart ailment. He was 80. Berry, a retired 35-year phone company employee and local television repairman, was born March 1, 1927. He served his country in the U.S. Navy ... More...
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