The New York City Police Department has come up with a new twist in fighting crime in high-crime areas. The agency now uses what they call "Sky Towers" to watch over a several block area. More...

A Rockaway "A" Line station has received the dubious honor of being named the "worst subway station in the city" by a transit watchdog council, it was announced this week. More...

Several people were injured on Monday, none of them critically, when a city bus forcibly met a Honda automobile at Beach 34 Street and the Rockaway Freeway, police sources say. More...

The Gateway National Park Service is happy to present the Greg Trooper Band with special guest, Rockaway's own Indaculture. The performances will take place at Jacob Riis Park on Sunday, August 24 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. More...

FREE: SUMMER MOONS: Scheduled bands every Thursday under the stars in the summer on MoonStage & sTudio 7, RoCA, Fort Tilden. 8/21, 8:30 p.m.-12 a.m. More...

Live Nation, the world's largest live music company, will present Cheech & Chong: Light Up America at the Capitol One Bank Theatre on Friday, October 24, 2008 at 8 p.m. More...

Sophia Maria Millet of Belle Harbor celebrated her third birthday on Saturday, August 2 with her parents; sister, Angela; grandparents; and her best friend, Oliver. More...

Giovanni Caraballo turned five years old on July 30. He celebrated his special day with this parents and soon-to-be baby brother, Domonick. Giovanni is the son of Maria Hernandez and Angel Caraballo of Rockaway Beach. More...

The Center for Wound Healing at St. John's Episcopal Hospital celebrated the sixth birthday of Brian Castillo. He is the youngest patient to date of the center, which treats wounds that are hard to heal. More...

On Monday, Governor David Paterson presented a plan to trim $1 billion from the state's budget this year. More...

"ONE WORLD ONE DREAM" More...

Dora Carter, a longtime Rockaway resident, died August 3. She was 68. Carter was born in Cordele, Georgia on April 15, 1940. She was a longtime member of the Allen A.M.E. Church. More...

Mary Craig, a longtime Rockaway resident, died August 5. She was 86. Craig, a homemaker, was born in Richmond, Virginia on September 7, 1921. She was preceded in death by her son, Mott's Craig; and grandson, Ronald PJ Patterson. More...

Walter Dmytrius, a longtime Inwood resident, died July 31. He was 83. Dmytrius, a retired foreman, was born in Far Rockaway. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He worked at Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre. More...