The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has now responded to the request for an additional community meeting regarding the remedial actions at the former Manufactured Gas Plant on Beach Channel Drive in Rockaway Park. The last meeting on July 23 left many important questions unanswered. More...

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...

Maybe the mark of a talented and intelligent actress is to play stupidity… convincingly. If so, Meryl Streep is brilliant. Starring as dopey Donna in the film version of international hit musical, "Mamma Mia!" Streep is a hippie freespirit so dumb that she doesn't know who fathered her now 21-year-old daughter, Sophie (Amanda Seyfried). More...

Some wonder why The Wave did not publicize the fact that parts of Arverne, Edgemere and Bayswater were about to be sprayed with insecticide last week. More...

Mia Scott, an August 2008 graduate of A&M University, completed her Masters of Business Administration degree cum laude. She is the daughter of Aaron and Mari Scott and the granddaughter of Irene Scott and the late Carrie Jones, all lifelong Rockaway residents. More...

The Rockaway Beach Volleyball League finished its 19th regular season with a bang as many pennant races and playoff spots were decided on the last night, some even in the last game. That sets up an exciting slate of games for tomorrow to decide championships in six different divisions. More...

On June 30, an important deadline passed with little fanfare. In 2006, the Berger Commission, tasked with renovating the state's health care system, set that date as the deadline for discussions that would lead to a merger of Rockaway's two major health care facilities - the Peninsula Hospital Center and St. John's Episcopal Hospital. More...

Dear Editor Now that Senator Barack Hussein Obama was successful in Berlin, Baghdad, Jordan and he can choose to lead those that were cheering him there, and we in the United States can go back to other business of choosing a president for our beloved country. More...

Peter Danzilo, a 52-year Rockaway resident, died August 4. He was 83. Danzilo was born in Brooklyn on June 29, 1925. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1948 to 1952 and was a World War II and Korean War veteran. More...