An Edgemere man was shot while he was walking on Seagirt Boulevard near Beach 28 Street on Monday afternoon, police sources say. Officers from the 101 Precinct responding to numerous calls of "shots fired" at Beach 28 Street canvassed the area and found a wounded man, later identified as Dyshawn Flake, 17, at Beach 32 Street and Seagirt Boulevard. More...
With its doors scheduled to be shuttered this week, and with members of the All-Stars Project picketing City Hall to keep it open, the Redfern Community Center was granted a last-minute reprieve on Monday, after funding was found to keep the center open, The Wave has learned. More...
Police say that an Arverne man walking on Beach 67 Street north of Beach Channel Drive was stabbed twice in the abdomen by an unidentified assailant Wednesday night. According to sources, Darren Tate, 41, was walking in front of 344 Beach 67 Street when he was accosted and stabbed twice. More...
The New York Police Department Transit District 23 will hold a blood drive on Monday, October 13 in the Waldbaum's parking lot between 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Those interested in donating blood must be between 16 and 76-years-of-age; have valid identification and know social security number; and weigh a minimum of 110 pounds. For information, call 800-688-0900. More...
Assistant Principal Gilda King and junior Tricia Gaya presented a check for $3,500 to the Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis Division at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan, which was accepted by Melissa Sosa Longo, Associate Director of Development, and Shirley Hausman, Administrator of Rheumatology. The funds were collected during the Fontbonne Hall Academy second annual walk-a-thon. Pictured are King, Gaya, Longo, Hausman and Principal, Sister Dolores Crepeau. More...
ARTSPLASH: multimedia arts festival on view through October 12 in the galleries and stages of RAA in RoCA, Fort Tilden. Gallery hours: Sat. 12-4 p.m., Sun. 1-4 p.m. and by appointment. GALLERY SITTER'S EVENT: Sun., Oct. 5, 1-4 p.m., sTudio 6. Shirl Holt hosts poetry and prose. FREE: THURSDAY NIGHT MUSIC: Open mic and scheduled bands every Thursday night. More...
Do We Really Want The Business Model Running (Or Ruining) Our Public Institutions? Part I: The Root Of The Problem
When Michael Bloomberg ran for Mayor nearly eight years ago, his campaign was largely built on his success as a business leader and millionaire. There was a feeling that using a business model on our public institutions would be a good thing. More...
We have long said that the Department of Education rates schools at its own peril. In an attempt to assess the quality of each public school, the DOE has moved for the second year to a data-driven system that rates schools in four discrete categories and then weighs the results against a stated peer group of schools that have roughly the same demographic as the school More...
Dear Editor, I am a volunteer firefighter in Franktown, Colorado. Last week I went with several other members of my department to participate in a 9-11 memorial stair climb of the Denver Qwest building. More...
Barbara Cardona, a 37-year Far Rockaway resident, died September 25. She was 97. Cardona was born in San Sebastian, Puerto Rico. She came to the United States in 1949 and moved to the Bronx. She later moved to Far Rockaway in 1971. More...
'Suspicious' Fire Strikes Rugby Club