The man at the center of the growing performance-enhancing drug scandal that has hit major league baseball with the release of the Mitchell Report last week, is a former Breezy Point resident who attended local schools before moving on to Archbishop Molloy High School and St. John's University. More...
The idea of Rockaway's two major hospitals, St. John's Episcopal and Peninsula Hospital, merging into one state-of-the-art facility was first raised in November of 2006 by the New York State Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century, More...
The 100 Precinct Community Council's annual "Breakfast With Santa" brought nearly 200 people out to The Knights Of Columbus Hall on Beach 90 Street, for a morning of food, music, raffles, elves and of course, Santa. More...
Drive east of Beach 73 Street on Rockaway Beach Boulevard and you will quickly see that Arverne By The Sea (ABTS), the massive development program that began more than two years ago, has so far kept its promise. Dozens of new homes have sprung up out of what were, only three years ago, empty lots... More...
The joke is that nothing moves in Albany, that our legislature is stuck in some sort of toxic mud that keeps both the Senate and the Assembly from getting anything done - unless it entails giving themselves a raise. More...
For many stretches of their game at home against Springfield Gardens, the Far Rockaway Lady Seahorses played poor, lacked cohesion and committed many mental mistakes. Despite this, the Lady Seahorses had cut the deficit to a few points in the fourth quarter against their PSAL B divisional rival. More...
The conventional wisdom has always been that playing sports builds character. Rockaway is chock full of sports programs and many of our young men and women go off the peninsula to find an even higher level of participation than they can find in the programs run by the Catholic Youth Organization, ... More...
Dear Editor, Seaside Community Adult Center wishes to thank all the Rockaway community for their support in our darkest hour, when our center was closed by the city for a leaking roof and other safety problems in the building. Thank you, Rockaway Park Center, for opening your center to us. More...
DECEMBER Aviator Sports Bits DECEMBER Seniors in Shape, Mind and Body Fitness for Those 55+. 1/14 through 4/5. Monday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday mornings, 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Total mind and body fitness for seniors. Closed for holidays on 1/21, 2/18, 2/21, 2/23, 3/24, 3... More...
Ruth Bittrich, a 93-year Rockaway resident, died December 16. Bittrich was born in Long Island City. She was an officer and life long member of the First Congregational Church. She is survived by her friends, Ethel Silberger and Sylvia Lensu. More...
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