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April 27th, 2007
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They came, they complained, they made light of a trying situation - they definitely made an impression. And in the end, Rockaway's highest-ranking elected official on hand said they sent a "strong message" to City Hall but only took "a possible baby step forward. More...

A suitcase found floating in Jamaica Bay by a Broad Channel resident might well hold crucial evidence in a high-profile home invasion case in Connecticut, local police sources say. More...

Police are investigating a shooting incident on Tuesday afternoon that left two residents of a city housing complex in Edgemere with gunshot wounds to their extremities. Aaron Gray, 23, and Ethel Lorre, 43, both of the Beach 41 Street Houses, were shot at the complex at about 12:30 p.... More...

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" contes... 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 F... 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 Q... 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 e... More...
All letters submitted to The Wave, including those sent via e-mail, must contain names, addresses and phone numbers. All letters are subject to editing and publication at the discretion of the editors. The Wave will no longer publish letters in which the name is withheld, unless, in the opini... More...
Aviator Sports Bits Jr. NBA/WNBA Clinic, Knicks and Liberty, 4/28, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. NY Sharks vs. Washington, Woman's professional football, 5/5, 4 p.m. Brooklyn Knights vs. Vermont Voltage, Professional soccer, 5/12, 7:30 p.m. More...
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... More...