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August 10th, 2007
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A17-year-old Richmond Hill youth died at Schneider's Children's Hospital in Floral Park two days after he was pulled from the Rockaway surf by an off-duty lifeguard. Sources say that at about 1:45 p.m. on Friday, August 3, the youth, identified only as Angel, went into the water at Beach 116 Stre... More...

How rude! A major magazine disparaged Rockaway this week by printing one of the most unflattering - and inaccurate - blurbs ever written about the peninsula. More...

Kids cool off Wednesday afternoon in the fresh water gushing from an open fire hydrant on Beach 63 Street. More...

Department of Sanitation Worker Ed Shevlin is on his way across America, riding his Harley from Rockaway Beach (New York) to Rockaway Beach (Oregon) to raise funds for research to find a cure for cystic fibrosis. He is also doing it for Anthony Smith, a baby with the disease, whose father, Erick, ... More...
Last Monday was the first Congressman Tom Manton Golf Tournament, named after our former Democratic County Leader. He was a master on the golf course and helped to raise tens of thousands of dollars for the Queens County Democratic Organization. More...
The RBVL concluded the 2007 regular season Wednesday night, and the playoff picture cleared. Although an F4 tornado touched down in Brooklyn earlier in the day, the sun shone on Rockaway yet again for another perfect night of volleyball. More...
The fatal bridge collapse in Minneapolis has officials all over the nation taking a second look at their bridges and other infrastructure. In many cases, they don't like what they see. Anumber of bridges in New York City, for example, have been rated as some degree of unsatisfactory. The two bridg... More...
To my "Angels on the boardwalk"… Patty Murphy, Firefighter "K" and Joe Courtney…thank you for your kindness! Friday evening, July 27 at the Graybeards Run, I was on the return trip when I tripped and fell face down on the boardwalk. Scared and bleeding, I was quickly helped up by fe... More...
Emwinorowanekue O. Ehigie died July 23, 2007. She was 77. Ehigie, a trader, was born on September 6, 1929 in Ogbenson, Nigeria. She was visiting relatives in Rockaway at the time of her death. She was a strong and active woman in the community, according to family members, who said she was a devo... More...