An aspiring rap promoter from Edgemere was killed on Saturday when his car was broadsided by an allegedly drunk driver on Beach Channel Drive at Beach 63 Street, police say. Daniel Girvan, 22, of Beach 22 Street, was driving his Ford Taurus westbound with two passengers on board at about 2:40 a.m... More...
The summer shooting season went into high gear last weekend, with two shooting incidents that left four Rockaway residents in the hospital with gunshot wounds, police sources say. On Saturday, August 11, at 9:50 p.m., officers from the 101 Precinct received a call of shots fired at 125 Beach 17 S... More...
Rockaway's first dog run is open to the public and the Department of Parks and Recreation and a local dog group are planning an official opening celebration, The Wave has learned. New "dog run" signs, additional fencing and trash cans have been installed at Freeway Park, which is located north of... More...
One of Rockaway's own residents, Jorge Vega III, is on the fast track to comic book gold. Vega entered the AT&T/Platinum Studios' Comic Book Challenge in May, and his entry, which focuses on the old west, was recently chosen to compete in the final round. More...
I registered to vote as a Democrat shortly after I got out of college. My father made me do it. Although he often voted Republican, he'd always been a Democrat and so had our entire family. There was something, we thought, unsavory about being a Republican. More...
There may be no trading deadline in the NY-Penn League, but after getting super utility-man J.R. Voyles back from a series of injuries, the Brooklyn Cyclones may have just regained the key ingredient to continue what has been a magical season at Keyspan Park this summer. More...
The good news is that Rockaway is finally getting the swimming pool that it has coveted since then Representative Chuck Schumer said that we would get one at Riis Park nearly 15 years ago. The bad news, or at least what a number of Rockaway residents believe to be the bad news, is that the pool wi... More...
The commentary that you printed in the August 10 issue of your newspaper concerning the Rockaway Orthodox Jewish community is disturbing for many reasons. The language that you use is inflammatory; it is laced with inaccuracies; and is obviously written from ignorance. More...
Community Happenings RMAC Fall Festival Riis Park, 9/8 and 9/9, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Arts, crafts, games, food, entertainment, free. Park in Riis Park parking lot. New York City Kite Festival Riis Park Boardwalk, near bathhouse, 9/8 and 9/9, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. More...
Clarence Akers Sr., a longtime Rockaway resident, died August 9. Akers, a longshoreman, was born in Jefferson Township, Pennsylvania on June 23, 1935. He served his country in the U.S. Army and was proud of being a paratrooper in the 101 Airborne, according to family, who also said Akers was alwa... More...
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