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Activists Pledge To Pack CBB Toll Meeting
Local activists are acting swiftly to pack a December 10 meeting of the Bridge and Tunnel Committee of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) with Rockaway people to show support for maintaining the toll rebate program that allows local residents with an EZ-Pass device to travel over the Cross Bay Bridge for free. More...
'Without Control,' Car Jumps Median

Police say that an elderly woman lost control of her vehicle and sped across the Beach Channel Drive median on Sunday afternoon at about 3:39 p.m., causing a head-on collision with an SUV. Police identified the woman as Margaret Edwards, 76, who said that she started her car after getting some gas and that her car "accelerated forward without control" taking it over the median at Beach Channel Drive and Beach 114 Street. Her 2002 Hyundai automobile struck a westbound 2003 Chevrolet Suburban driven by James Lee, 46, of Broad Channel. Edwards, of Beach 20 Street in Far Rockaway, was transported to the Peninsula Hospital Center, where she was reportedly treated and released. Lee was taken by EMS ambulance to PHC as well. A passenger in Edward's car, James Jenkins, 85, refused medical attention. Police say that there was substantial damage to both automobiles, but that no charges are contemplated against Edwards. More...

Stealth Burglar Strikes Belle Harbor
By Howard Schwach

While residents say that there has been "an epidemic" of burglaries on the bay blocks of Belle Harbor in the past month, police officials report that there have been just five such crimes during that period. More...

 Top Stories
• article has image A Garbage Dump Around The Corner
Reportedly, some tenants of the newly constructed townhouses on the corner of Beach 95 Street and Rockaway Beach Boulevard are not disposing of their garbage properly, leaving plastic bags on the grass for days. More...
• article has image Bomb Scare Closes Rockaway Park Subway Station
• CBB North-Bound Ramp Closed To Traffic
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 Community
• article has image Light Up A Miracle At 'The Little North Pole'
The Muré family will light up a miracle on Saturday, December 6, as they turn on the lights of the Little North Pole at 144-03 Neponsit Avenue at 6 p.m. sharp. Every December Joe and Maritza Muré transform their home into "The Little North Pole," a magical winter-wonderland. More...
• article has image Auxiliary Hosts Tree Trimming Party
• Holiday Safety Tips From The 100 Precinct
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 Education/Schools
• article has image Ferrandino Wins Essay Contest
Phil Ferrandino, a seventh grade student at St. Francis de Sales School, has been named runnerup in the Radio City Music Hall Contest which is co-sponsored by the Diocese of Brooklyn and Radio City. His essay, "What the Blessings of Christmas Mean to Me," was selected from numerous entries from many schools in the Diocese. He won four tickets to the show, and he and his family were offered a private tour of the Music Hall. More...
• article has image Pratt Institute Students Present Ideas For Arverne East
• article has image RWA Introduces Students To Fishing
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 Entertainment/ Lifestyles
• article has image Rockaway Artists Alliance Bake Off Was A Success
The Rockaway Artists Alliance's Bake Off inaugural event, which was held on Sunday, November 22 at sTudio 6 Gallery at Fort Tilden, was a success. During the first ever holiday Bake Off the baking arts took center stage. The participants, who ranged in age from 5 to 88 years old, baked goods in several categories including pies, cookies, cakes and holiday breads. More...
• article has image The RAA Presents 'Coffeehouse'
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 Business News
• Pottery by Susan open for holiday shopping
The studios of Pottery by Susan opened in 1991 on the third floor of The Wave's historic building. For the past 17 years potters from around the city and from as far away as the island of Jamaica have enjoyed the bright, friendly atmosphere of the premiere clay studio in Rockaway. More...
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 Columnists
• Beachcomber
The Long Island Power Authority, which supplies electricity to Rockaway as well as to Long Island, will soon raise its rates by 4.8 percent, according to a spokesperson for the authority. More...
• Broad Channel Bits
• article has image From The Artists Studio Rockaway Artists Alliance
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 Milestones
• article has image Welcoming The Christmas Season
The First Congregational Church, on 320 Beach 94 Street, will welcome the Christmas season with an outdoor "Celebration of Lights and Song" on Saturday, December 6 at 6:00 p.m. The church choir will perform and the lighting and other decorations of the church will be unveiled. Refreshments will be served. Donations (in cash or canned goods) to benefit the church's food pantry will be gratefully accepted at the event. More...
• article has image Ella Leonora Turns One
• article has image Sharing The Christmas Spirit
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 Sports
• Rockaway Rockies Host Annual Awards Night
On Saturday, November 22 at the Knights of Columbus, the Rockaway Rockies honored the players from the 2008 fall season. Brendan Burns received the most valuable player from the mite blue team. Grace Collins won the best forward. More...
• article has image Belle Harbor Boys Win Hockey Tournament
• article has image Beach Channel Basketball Teams Split Home Openers
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 Editorial/Opinion
• City Summonses: Deterrent Or Revenue Stream?
It is fairly easy to guess at Mayor Michael Bloomberg's priorities by watching what he does. For example, his minions, who do nothing without his blessing, recently hired nearly 700 traffic enforcement agents (TEA) - the people who give out motor vehicle summonses - while, at the same time, More...
• article has image EDITORIAL COMMENT
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 Letters
• The Great Bush World Depression Missing Words
Dear Editor, Thank you for publishing my letter in the October 3 edition of The Wave on The Great Bush World Depression and on the Bush/Obama theft of a new, unprecedented $700 billion from the pockets of all non-rich Americans for transference to mega-gamblers who lost. More...
• Change Gun Violence
• Glad You Are Home
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 Obits
• Thomas J. Crawley
Taxi Driver
Thomas Crawley, a 57-year Rockaway resident, coming from the Bronx, died November 29. Crawley was born in Pennsylvania. He served in the US Army during the Vietnam Era. He was a former construction worker and taxi driver. He is survived by his sisters, Maureen Gilboy, Pat Paolini, Joyce DiRosa and Margie Crawley; and many nieces and nephews. More...
• Hope Lee Peart
• Coleen M. Raftery
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