Detectives from the 101 Precinct Squad in Far Rockaway are looking for four thugs who robbed a 27-year-old Seagirt Boulevard woman at about 7 p.m. on October 21. A spokesperson for the NYPD's public information department says that the four approached the unidentified victim inside 20-42 Seagirt Boulevard in the Wavecrest Gardens complex and forced her to the ground. One of the thugs put a knife to the woman's throat and demanded all of her money and personal property. They took her property, police say, and fled in an unknown direction. She was transported to St. John's Episcopal Hospital, where she was treated and released. Three of the alleged perpetrators were caught by surveillance cameras in the building. Anybody with information on the suspects pictured should contact the 101 Precinct Detective Squad at 718-868- 3429. All information provided to the detectives will be kept confidential. More...

Rick Horan has wondered for more than 20 years why the people of Rockaway have a tendency to only explore and enjoy the Atlantic Ocean side of the peninsula and not the Jamaica Bay side as well. Access, he says, has always been the problem. More...

Ten schools on the east end of Rockaway are celebrating the holiday season early this year after it was announced this week that they would be dividing $280,000 from a citywide grant made possible by the city council and the Queens Borough President's office. More...

Hundreds of children and parents visited the Rockaway Artists Alliance free Halloween exhibit entitled "I Want My Mummy" at Fort Tilden. The RAA's Studio 7 Gallery was transformed into a multi-room experience filled with mummies, pharaohs, and other ghoulish creatures that provided chills and screams among many of the children. More...

Our nation is constantly debating a woman's right to choose an abortion. Most of us feel that, in many cases, a woman should, along with her doctor, decide the suitability of termination of a pregnancy. This past election cycle the nation had two presidential candidates with opposing viewpoints regarding the issue. More...

Ryan Mahoney of Rockaway Beach enrolled at Harvard College on September 9. Mahoney, a graduate of Regis High School, and approximately 1,665 students make up Harvard's freshman class. The class was chosen from nearly 27,500 applicants, the most in Harvard's history. More...

Professional Hockey came back to Brooklyn last week as the Eastern Professional Hockey League took to the ice at Aviator Sports for a game between the home Brooklyn Aces and the visiting Jersey Rockhoppers. The action was fast and furious and the large crowd of several hundred hockey fans saw minor league hockey at its best. The Aces will play several more games at the Aviator Sports venue on Flatbush Avenue, right over the Gil Hodges Marine Parkway Bridge, later this month, including a Friday, November 21 game honoring Nick Fotiu, former Hartford Whaler and New York Ranger favorite. For more information, see the league's website at www.ephl.com. Photos by Rob Schwach. More...

There are people in Rockaway who will argue with you at the drop of a hat. Especially if you are working for any of the governmental units that impact Rockaway and you want to do something good, if not perfect, for the various communities that make up the peninsula. We have seen it many times in recent years. More...

Dear Editor, Are all the politicians deaf or is it just the ones from New York City? Perhaps I've gotten the hang of politics all wrong in my scant sixtyfour years. I thought the politicians are elected and serve at the will of the people. More plainly, it's easier to fit a hundred senators in the Senate than it is to fit three hundred million. More...

Veronica "Ronnie" Bagley, a lifelong Rockaway resident, died November 3. Bagley, a claims analyst, was born in Manhattan. She was preceded in death by her sister, Patricia; and brother, Peter. More...