The community board is likely to ask the developers of the YMCA at Arverne By The Sea to hold off seeking final approval so that additional funds can be raised to expand one of the proposed facility's pools, The Wave has learned. More...
Young adults are known for getting into trouble by over-swiping their plastic at the register, but one teenager from Far Rockaway may have to pay a debt to society to end her credit card woes. More...
The MTABus Company has released a schedule for the expanded QM-16 express bus service it promised last month. The service, which has started at Beach 116 Street since the company took over the public bus companies in 2006, will begin at Beach 147 Street and Rockaway Beach Boulevard beginning Tuesd... More...
Citing overfishing, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis announced today the closure of the summer flounder (fluke) season effective Tuesday, Sept. 4. Preliminary data indicates New York has likely already exceeded its 2007 recreational fishing q... More...
Have fun this weekend- here's what's happening this coming week: Dan McIntyre sent an e-mail telling what the weekend holds: "The firehouse will be holding countdown night at the firehouse from 7 p.m. till midnight on Friday, August 31."Dancing in the Streets" will have fun events for all. More...
The dog days of late August is the time of the season where people try to escape the sticky and sultry weather that permeates the air. Victor Nazario doesn't mind this weather at all. This is the time of the year when he ignores the "hot temps" and prepares his Beach Channel football team for the... More...
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein are betting more than $40 million dollars in private money that they can bribe poor, mostly minority students to do better in school and to develop an intrinsic desire to learn. "If you're not motivated to learn, it's very hard to love lear... More...
Dear Editor, Looking at the picture on page 25 last week, I came to the conclusion that the resident definitely deserves a ticket. The car almost completely blocks the sidewalk. It obstructs the sidewalk for a person in a wheelchair or one with a baby carriage. More...
Electrician Shaun Emmett Doherty, a Florida resident who was born in Rockaway, died August 15. He was 60. Doherty was born in Rockaway Beach on June 19, 1947. He served his country in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. Doherty lived in the northeast before moving to Florida. More...
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