Two young police cadets visiting a Rockaway beach, only one day away from graduating from the police academy, assisted local police officers in identifying and arresting a Brooklyn teen who cut another bather with a box cutter after an argument. More...
The permit was denied, but only time will tell if that's enough to keep tens of thousands of Guyanese celebrants from jamming Floyd Bennett Field on July 8th. "We don't know what's going to happen," a spokesperson for Gateway National Recreation Area told The Wave this week. "Only the Guyanese co... More...
Aman who graduated from Far Rockaway High School in 2004 before joining the U.S. Army to get money for college was killed in Iraq on June 21. An Improvised Explosive Device planted by insurgents exploded under the Humvee that he and four other men were using to patrol in Baghdad, Iraq. More...
It is probably one of the least known, but one of the most important community programs the New York City Police Department runs - the Explorer program, which brings together area youth and officers of the NYPD. We're always looking for new explorers, said Officer Lakeisha Smith, the youth offic... More...
There is nothing like a reality check about your own mortality than attending a fiftieth reunion of your high school class. That happened to me last weekend when the Far Rockaway High School, Class of 1957, held its reunion at the Marriott Hotel in Uniondale. More...
The Rockaway Little League Major Girls Softball Division held their annual all-star game on June 15. The National League consisted of 13 players and four coaches from the following teams: Laurence Pump &Well, Caiazzo Plumbing and Walsh Properties. More...
Another young Rockaway native has died in Iraq, this time, the victim of what is euphemistically called an IED - an Improvised Explosive Device. Sergeant Alphonso Montenegro, 21, graduated from Far Rockaway High School in 2004, when he was 19 years old. More...
The following letter was sent to the special projects director for the New York City Department of Buildings and to The Wave. Dear Mr. Ferrante, First let me thank you for your letter dated April 10 2007 (ref. C#3485), an answer to my April 4 letter to Mayor Bloomberg. More...
Aviator Sports Bits New York Rangers Youth Hockey Camp, 8/27 to 8/30. All skill levels are welcome. Broad Channel Bits "It's A Fluke" Fishing Tournament, Shad Creek Assoc., 529 CBB, Captain's meeting, 7/5, 5 p.m. Tournament, 7/7, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. More...
Jessie Rasile, a Rockaway resident for more than 20 years, died June 26. She was 99. Rasile was born in Brooklyn on November 15, 1907. She was a factory worker and a parishioner at St. Edmund Roman Catholic Church in Breezy Point. More...
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