Two hangman's nooses, long the symbol of slavery and oppression of black people, were found wrapped around the collars of clothing in the lockers of two Parks Department supervisors when they opened their lockers at a Rockaway facility on Saturday morning, police officials say. More...
An unidentified bus driver allegedly abandoned a three-year-old on a small school bus in an Arverne parking lot last Friday, after she and the matron assigned to the bus walked off, leaving the child asleep on the back seat. The child, identified by sources as DJ Montalvo, was on his way to his H... More...
It has been a year since the ugly, racially charged, egg-throwing incident that led to the arrest of four Broad Channel residents on charges of aggravated harassment, resisting arrest, obstructing governmental administration and inciting to riot. More...
The Queens County St. Patrick's Day parade kicks off its fundraising season with a dance on Saturday, November 10 from 7 to 11 p.m., at the Knights of Columbus Hall, at 333 Beach 90 Street. James Callahan, business manager of Local 15 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, has been se... More...
Torrential rain postponed last Saturday's P.A.L. / N.F.L. Parks & Recreation and the Sorrentino Recreation Center flag football games. Flag football will return on Saturday starting at 10:30 a.m. with makeup games and regularly scheduled games. Doubleheaders will start a 10:30 a.m. Games will als... More...
The federally funded Section 8 housing program has long been the mainstay in insuring that the working poor have decent housing. After receiving vouchers from the federal government, Section 8 tenants pay approximately 30 percent of their income towards rent, with the vouchers covering the remaind... More...
Dear Editor, Pens don't write books, levels don't build buildings and guns don't kill people. People do these things...willfully, knowingly & cunningly. Regrettably, the Rockaway thugs who perpetrate violence, do so - often times - thru the indifference of locals. More...
Aviator Sports Bits Seniors in Shape, Mind and Body Fitness for Those 55+. Now through 12/8, Monday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday mornings, 8:30 a.m. to noon. CMS Prevention Challenge, 11/5, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. More...
Margaret Andresen, a 35 year Rockaway resident, died October 27. She was 87. Andresen, born on February 20, 1920, moved to Rockaway from Coney Island. Once she retired, she relocated to Shirley, New York. More...
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