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Rockaway's favorite biker, Ed "Shevy" Shevlin, is riding to Newfoundland, Canada to once again raise money for the research and fight against cystic fibrosis. Last year Shevlin rode his Harley cross-country from Rockaway Beach, New York to Rockaway Beach, Oregon. He kept his own personal travel diary documenting his adventure and planned to do the same this year. More ... A suspected MS-13 gang member who was sitting in a Riker's Island cell awaiting trial in connection with a May drive-by shooting in Far Rockaway in which five men were wounded, has been taken to Nassau County court to face charges stemming from another shooting incident, this one in February at a Westbury night club, according to Nassau County police officials. More ... The weather cooperated and the runners thronged to Beach 129 Street and Rockaway Beach Boulevard on Friday evening for the annual Graybeards Family Run. Hundreds of kids and adults participated in the multi-race program, with the 3K race as the highlight of the evening. More ... Assemblywoman Audrey I. Pheffer has been contacted by the New York State Department of Correctional Services (DCS), requesting her assistance with their department More ... Police sources say that a man was cut inside a grocery store at 112-32 Rockaway Beach Boulevard in Rockaway Park just before noon on Thursday. While details were sketchy at press time, Detectives were outside the store and in the area gathering facts before searching for the assailant. One source told The Wave that the assailants may have come from the St. John's Residence on Beach 110 Street, and a police search was directed in that area. More ... Auxiliary Members of the Service (MOS) assigned to Patrol Borough Queens South (PBQS) participated in a Crime Reduction Initiative on Friday, July 25. More ... In a move that could determine who the next state assemblyperson to represent Far Rockaway will be, the city's Board of Elections ruled this week that a candidate looking to replace the incumbent for the 31st Assembly District did not have enough valid signatures on his petitions to appear on the Democratic primary ballot in September and ordered his name removed from More ... The dangerous tides that strike Rockaway's beaches have led officials and beachgoers alike to demand increased safety precautions, and Congressman Anthony Weiner has ensured that the federally operated Riis Park beaches will be fully staffed for the next ten years, by allocating the money needed to keep every bay at the federal park open and guarded. More ... |
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