The 39-year-old man who is charged with the brutal, knife-slashing murder of a female therapist and the wounding of a psychiatrist was caught largely because of the fingerprints taken from him after he assaulted a security guard at St. John's Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway just two weeks prior... More...
Ferries once transported millions of people a year around the New York City waterfront, bringing people to work and consumables to local stores. If City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has her way, what was old might become new again. More...
Far Rockaway residents are once again frustrated with their postal service, because the agency that is mandated to deliver the mail fails to execute the basic operations that constitute its very existence. The complaints roll in. Mail is lost or misdirected. Mail is left loose in building lobbie... More...
Due to the lack of participation, the Adoration Chapel at St. Rose of Lima Church may be forced to close during the night. A meeting to discuss the future of the chapel will be held on Sunday, February 24 at 1:30 p.m. in the St. Patrick Room. More...
The temperature this past week was a bit like a roller coaster! On Monday, there was a lot of fog even in parts of Queens nowhere near the water. We haven't seen any of that in quite a while. Temperatures were up in the 60's that day unusual weather for the middle of winter! More...
Tomorrow, February 23, marks the seventh anniversary of the death of Wave publisher Leon Locke. Though both Rockaway and this paper have changed in innumerable ways since Leon's death, his wife, Susan, continues his dedication to truth and to community journalism, standards that live on in each is... More...
Dear Editor, It has come to my attention that Rockaway Police Officers of the 101 Precinct do not really care about their jobs. It outrages me to read an article, like I just did, from an out of the Rock paper ["Getting out of Dodge," The Village Voice, February 5]. More...
Aviator Sports Bits All events at Aviator Sports, latbush Ave., Bklyn, just north of Marine Parkway Bridge. Seniors in Shape, Mind and Body Fitness for Those 55+. 1/14 through 4/5. Monday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday mornings, 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Total mind and body ... More...
Effraim Baez, a lifelong Rockaway resident, died February 19. Baez was born in Brooklyn. He was a student at Culinary School. He also volunteered at Peninsula Library's Volunteer Literacy Program. He is survived by his parents, Effraim Sr. and Carmen Navarro Baez; brother, Christopher; sister, M... More...
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