It has been six years since American Airlines Flight 587 crashed into a Belle Harbor intersection, killing 265 people, including five local residents who were at home on that Veterans Day morning. More...
Dozens of Rockaway residents with a wide range of opinions and criticisms packed to capacity a City Council hearing room on Tuesday to have their say before a Parks and Recreation Committee oversight hearing on the citywide lifeguard program, an issue that has been a contentious one for locals for... More...
Burglars have been targeting religious institutions in the Far Rockaway area, taking what they can carry and easily sell, such as computers and musical instruments, police say. More...
Several years ago, while preaching to a crowd in St. Louis, Missouri, Reverend Duane M. Sleet Sr. would never have imagined that in 2007 he would be here in New York City to lift the spirits and hopes of a small community in Far Rockaway. More...
Thanksgiving is next Thursday- a good time to reflect on the positive things in our lives. Loving family that cares for us; good friends who are always there no matter what; nourishing food to keep us going; warm homes to shelter us from the elements- all of these are among the positives that most... More...
The blood, sweat and tears that Beach Channel had displayed on the soccer field all season finally paid off with an appearance in the PSAL B city championship last Sunday at Randalls Island. And the opponent was familiar. They were facing divisional rival John Adams for the fourth time this seaso... More...
It is ironic that New York Magazine produced a cover story about the problems faced by our three major airports this week in an edition dated November 12, 2007 - six years from the day that American Airlines Flight 587 crashed into the streets of Belle Harbor, killing all 260 people on the plane ... More...
Dear Editor, It is interesting to note that the person who distributed the flyers at P.S. 225 used a phrase made famous by Malcolm X, when he spoke of racial inequalities, i.e. "by any means necessary." Whoever distributed the flyers should have had the courage to sign them. More...
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Kevin Jasper Carter, a lifelong Rockaway resident, died October 31. Carter was born on June 12, 1958 in Mineola, New York. He was preceded in death his father Jasper Newton Jr.; brother, Troy Newton; and sister, Stephanie Carter. More...
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