After 14 years in prison for a murder he says he didn't commit, a Rockaway man is three months away from a judicial decision that may grant him a new trial and eventual freedom. More...
AFar Rockaway man was arrested in Manchester, Connecticut last Tuesday after police responded to a frantic 911 call from a woman who said that she had been raped. When the call ended abruptly, police attempted to call her back but the call would not go through. More...
Detectives from the 101 Precinct Squad are searching for this man, who allegedly mugged a 78-year-old woman who was entering the Capitol One Bank at 17-39 Seagirt Boulevard at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 26. The man walked up to the victim and snatched her purse, knocking her to the ground, police ... More...
Six large marijuana plants, numerous bags of marijuana and a loaded 12- gauge shotgun were confiscated by members of the NYPD during an arrest of two males at a drug bust last month, police sources say. More...
Joseph Medlin seems destined to live and work near a beach. The new pastor at the First Congregational Church grew up in a beach community and now works at another, here in Rockaway, 600 miles away from where he grew up. More...
More than 300 students from kindergarten through sixth grade gathered on Friday, February 14, to celebrate the unveiling of their books. The students produced autobiographies, essays, mysteries and science fiction stories. More than a dozen parents attended the event. More...
Pat Benatar April 11 Live Nation presents four time Grammy Award winning rock singer and Long Island native, Pat Benatar, at the Capital One Bank Theatre at Westbury (formerly the North Fork Theatre) on Friday April 11th at 8 pm. More...
Fine dining has arrived in the west end of the peninsula with the opening of the Rockaway Seafood Company, a spanking new restaurant, raw bar and sushi facility. The Rockaway Seafood Company, located at 419 Beach 129 Street, in the heart of the Belle Harbor shopping area, is open for lunch and dinne... More...
The cell tower controversy that had embroiled the West End Temple and its neighbors has ended with a whimper rather than a bang. Both the company and the temple agreedthat it was not a good idea for a religious institution to anger its congregants and the community as a whole. More...
Vernon Teel took an unlikely route to the junior college ranks, one that many college basketball fans would consider "backward" in some respects. After a stellar career at Flushing High School where he averaged 27. More...
The shortsightedness of city officials never ceases to amaze us. Therefore, we should not have been surprised by the word that the New York City Housing Authority plans to close the community center at the sprawling Redfern Houses, a multi building public housing complex on the border with Nassau ... More...
Dear Editor, As reported in last week's Wave, the Mayor's Congestion Pricing Plan (I mean, his Commuter Tax Proposal) seeks to reduce 150,000 vehicles a day from entering Manhattan below Bloomingdales. More...
APRIL Aviator Sports Bits All events at Aviator Sports, Flatbush Ave., Bklyn, just north of Marine Parkway Bridge. Seniors in Shape, Mind and Body Fitness for Those 55+. 4/7 through 6/21, Mon., Thurs., 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sat., 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Holiday closings, 4/21, 4/24, 4/2... More...
Kathleen Duffy, a longtime Breezy Point resident, died April 3. Duffy, a clerk, was born in Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland. She was a parishioner at St. Thomas More Church. She was preceded in death by her mother, Kathleen Hall Duffy; father Patrick J.B. Duffy; and brother James. More...
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