Four people were wounded, none fatally, in a spate of shooting incidents that spanned the peninsula in the past week. The week of Rockaway shootings began, police say, at about 10 p.m. More...
The custodian at a Far Rockaway synagogue was arrested last week for molesting the son of a congregant in the house of worship's basement over a two-year period, police officials say. Officials identify the man as Jacek Marczewski, 46, who worked at the Congregation Kehelas Jacob at 821 Roosevelt Court in Far Rockaway. More...
Everybody has his or her own way of honoring the memory of those who died in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. An ex-Marine, who identifies himself only as B.W. Spyder, has erected a small metal memorial on the bay wall on Beach Channel Drive at Beach 128 Street. An accompanying note says in part, "Feeling from the heart: In a day of mourning, the loss of friends and family, may we never forget the lives that were lost on this day and never forget those who have taken them away. May they rest in peace." The small sculpture lines up with the downtown skyline of Manhattan, where the World Trade Center once stood. Photo by Don Rodrigues. More...
Just as September weaves together the excitement of summer with the dazzle of color that is fall, the Rockaway Artists Alliance brings to its Fort Tilden galleries ARTSplash 2008. More...
This year's public school report cards are in, and they have lots of people shaking their heads. The Scholars' Academy, which consists only of students who score in the highest ranges of the standardized tests to earn admission, received a grade of B. More...
When the Rockaway Music and Arts Council was forced to cancel its Summer Sunset Picnic Concert series this season, officials of the organization went into high gear looking to run one spectacular concert at the end of the summer that would honor patron of the arts and longtime RMAC official Barbara Eisenstadt, who passed away a year ago. More...
The memorial service held at Tribute Park on Thursday, September 11, was indeed memorable and there were several tableaus that strained the heartstrings. More...
The mayor wants control of the public schools at any cost, even though he has caused so much chaos in the schools and skewed the system so badly that it may take a decade or more for it to recover from his stewardship once he leaves office next January. That is, unless he flimflams the City Council into giving him, and itself, four more years. More...
Dear Editor, What does Lew do? Well, if you have to ask, your head is in the sand or you never had a problem that needed attention. He has been [helping out] for more than 20 years [that] I have lived here. From the bungalows to Breezy Point, he is everywhere. He is a local guy who cares about us. He should get a raise. Thanks Lew M. More...
Anthony Brunner, a former Belle Harbor resident, died September 11 in Mobile, Alabama. Brunner was born in Rockaway Beach on March 2, 1960. He attended high school and college in Vermont and spent the last 20 years in Gulf Breeze, Florida. According to family, he was an accomplished fisherman, diver and loved construction work. More...
9/11 Memorial Day Ends With Sunset, Taps, Silence