The weather was perfect for running and the venue was Riis Park rather than Beach 116 Street as 170 runners stepped off for the annual Rockaway Rotary Run, sponsored by Sweet'N Low. With temperatures in the 60's and a flat race course, runners turned in some of the best times in the long hist... More...
Peninsula Hospital Center earned poor grades last week in an annual report card issued by two nonprofit coalitions that rate all hospitals across the state. The hospital scored below average in six areas of the report related to death rates for certain procedures. More...
The community board is throwing water on the city's idea of using the site of the decommissioned firehouse in Edgemere for more housing. Jonathan Gaska, the board's district manager, says he made that clear to the Mayor's Office and other city agencies at a meeting of the firehous... More...
An anonymous call spurred an evacuation of a Far Rockaway middle school Tuesday morning, sending all of the students into the chill for several hours. The students and staff of Middle School 53 on Nameoke Street in Far Rockaway were driven into neighborhood streets at about 8:50 a.m. ... More...
The shopping area on Rockaway Beach Boulevard between Beach 108 Street and Beach 116 Street has always played second-fiddle to the Beach 116 Street shops, but now the area is becoming more upscale with the inclusion of a new children's shop and Patrick Clark's glass studio and other new shops a... More...
The Gray Beards basketball team was happy to host the Harlem MagicMasters in a charity basketball game at St. Francis De Sales Gymnasium on April 21. The Graybeards and MagicMasters not only played the game but Harlem would perform basketball tricks with the young children throughout the day. More...
There was a time when parents had a real say in the education of their children. Even though there were problems with the Community Board system and some of the local board's members were guilty of transgressions, it seems now that those were the Golden Days of Parental Involvement.Every pare... 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...
Kathleen L. Brantley, a Rockaway resident for seven years coming from Brooklyn, died April 28. Brantley, a Registered Nurse, was born in County Leitrim, Ireland. Brantley was preceded in death by her husband, Karl. More...
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