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Judge Axes Bellamy Murder Rap
Orders Retrial Of '94 Conviction
By Howard Schwach
A Queens Supreme Court judge on Friday ordered a new trial for a Rockaway man who has spent the last 13 years in prison after being convicted for an April 1994 murder at Beach 47 Street and Beach Channel Drive. More...
Doc's 'Scribbles' Focus Of Lawsuit
By Howard Schwach

A Rockaway doctor's sloppy handwriting put a Bayswater man's health at risk when he was given the incorrect medication for several months, a lawsuit filed in Queens Supreme Court alleges. Jeffrey Deutchman, 55, received lithium carbonate, a drug typically used to treat manic depression, rather th... More...

Bag It, Tag It, Truck It Out
By Nicholas Briano

Starting in September, National Grid and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will begin a 16- month process that they claim will rid Rockaway Park of what has been called "A Toxic Washing Machine" of contaminated dirt and chemicals. More...

 Top Stories
•Early Start For City Council Candidate
Lewis Seeks Seat To Be Vacated By Sanders
Frederick A. Lewis II has begun his 2009 City Council run more than a year early, and is so sure of victory, he has already started planning his first steps when he takes office. More...
•Bungalow Owner Wants Mid-Rise Demolished
•Multiple Busts Of Rikers Guards
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 Community
•20 MPH Debut At Peanut Butter & Co.
A good-size crowd turned out at the Peanut Butter & Co. restaurant in Greenwich Village for the debut of 20 MPH, a rock band made up of Scholars' Academy students. More...
•Despite Storm, Relay For Life Draws Hundreds to Riis Park
•FDNY Drills To Rescue Errant Swimmers
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 Education/Schools
•BC American Legion Goes To Boys State
The Broad Channel American Legion Post 1404 hosted an orientation for 15 teenage boys from public and private high schools in Queens. The group will attend Boys State at SUNY Morrisville in a week-long program, sponsored by the American Legion. More...
•PS 106 Celebrates Annual Book Swap
•PS/MS 105 Celebrates End To Violence
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 Columnists
•It's My Turn
July Fourth And The Purple Heart
Rockaway resident Stephen Yaeger is a frequent contributor to The Wave as the columnist for Drawing On Science For Children. He is also a talented children's author and artist. My wife and I, together with friends, took a trip to Vermont at the beginning of June. Our first stop was Queec... More...
•Making Waves
•The Rockaway Irregular
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 Milestones
•Victoria Singh's Christening
Victoria Marie Singh was christened on June 22 at St. Rose of Lima Church by Deacon Pat. She is the daughter Priscilla Potter of Arverne and Kulip Singh of South Ozone Park. More...
•Alexa Ann Turns Two
•The Moynihan Children Move Forward
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 Sports
•Top Draft Picks Arrive To Help Struggling Cyclones
15 baseball games doesn't come close to evaluating what type of team the Brooklyn Cyclones will become. But in the 76 game New York Penn League Rookie A season, already 1/5 of the season has been completed. And the Cyclones have struggled with only a 7- 8 record in the McNamara Division at pressti... More...
•Beach Volleyball League Celebrates Independence Day
•Late Turnaround Sparks Flynn&Flynn To Little League Championship
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 Editorial/Opinion
•The Fourth Of July: Not Just A Day To Barbeque Hot Dogs
Many people see Independence Day, the Fourth of July, as just another holiday; a day off from work to get together with family and friends and hold a backyard barbeque. More...
•Why Do They Have To Eat, Anyway?
•EDITORIAL COMMENT
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 Letters
•Neponsit and Belle Harbor Residents, We Live Here Too!!
Dear Editor, ( Could you please direct this letter to Mr. Daniel Soloman who wrote in favor of upholding the parking regulations in your 6/27/08 edition) Attention Mr. Solomon and limited followers, this is 2008!!!! More...
•Watch Out For The Big One
•Where Are The Trees?
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 Calendar
•Full Story
JULY 2008
Community Happenings Rockaway Music And Arts Council Fall Festival and Kite Festival, Riis Park, 9/13 and 9/14, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Weekend Manhattan To Rockaway Ferry Service, begins 7/4. Departs Pier 11, Manhattan, 9:15 and 11:15 a.m. weekends and holidays. Departs Riis Landing, weekends... More...
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 Obits
•Freddie Giglio
Independent Contractor
Freddie Giglio, a longtime Rockaway resident, died June 25. He was 65. Giglio, a contractor, was born in Brooklyn on July 7, 1942. He worked as a taxi driver for Surf Car Service in the 1980's. During that time he was shot several times, while on duty. Giglio, well-known on the Rockaway peninsula... More...
•Gregory L. Keegan
•William Harris Kleinman
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