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June 15th, 2007
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Police have intensified their manhunt around the sprawling Redfern Houses in Far Rockaway, looking for the shooter of up-and-coming rapper Stack Bundles, who was fatally shot as he headed into his Redfern building at 5 a.m. on Monday morning. More...

Relatives of Thomas Bain, the teenager whose father was recently convicted of killing his mother in a drunken-driving crash, want him to know that they care about him and are worried that he's being used to win sympathy for his father in court. More...

The community board has unanimously endorsed Freeway Park as the site of a trial dog run. The vote came Tuesday night at the board's monthly meeting, after Dan Mundy, the chair of Community Board 14's Public Safety and Parks Committee, told board members the location emerged as the front-runner a... More...

Cleaning up never paid off so well. At least that's true for the Northeast Chapter of the American Littoral Society, which was awarded a $43,200 grant for their leading role in cleaning up the Jamaica Bay marshes, according to a June 7 press release. More...
With the summer season come two annual problems - beach access and the lack of lifeguards and the onslaught of the shooting season. We are, unfortunately, again in that season. There have been four shootings on the peninsula in recent weeks, one of them, the most recent, ending in the death of... More...
Week three of the Rockaway Beach Volleyball League Wednesday night contained mostly calm but cold and partially rainy weather. When you think about it, it was actually almost perfect volleyball weather. Many matches were intense and close battles that shaped the standings in each division. More...
For years, we have argued that Rockaway residents should have "Resident- Only" parking stickers that would allow them to park nearby their homes, particularly during the summer months, when parking is at a premium. City officials have told us time and time again that it was not possible to de... 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...
Hadassah Annual Heart Luncheon, in memory of Fay Cohen, Lawrence Country Club, Lawrence, LI, 6/28, 11:30 a.m., Info at 718-634-3519. Queens Civic Council Meeting in Rockaway, PS 114, (B. 135 St.), 6/18, 7:30 p.m. Beach Access on agenda. More...
Edith Louise Coston, a longtime Rockaway resident, died June 8. Coston, a homemaker, was born in Elizabethtown, North Carolina on March 19, 1925. She was well-known for her work in the community at a local senior center. More...