Glenn DiResto said last week that the challenging of nominating petitions, by rival candidate Geraldine Chapey, for the upcoming city council special election was an "undemocratic process. More...
Have you heard about the massive, 53-acre manmade island that will house a Liquefied Natural Gas terminal that is planned for 16.4 miles off the Far Rockaway shoreline and less than 20 miles from Belle Harbor? If not, don't be surprised. The privatelyfinanced plan has been kept below the radar in New York City by stating that the facility will be 15. More...
A former Rockaway Park man who posted nude photos of his ex-wife online and pled guilty in December for the crime was sentenced to up to five years in prison this week for firstdegree identity theft and first-degree criminal contempt. More...
Most people have a job and a passion and few can call them one and the same. A longtime Rockaway resident, Richard Sirgiovanni, is trying to combine those two realms for himself with a cartoon show for children ages three through nine. More...
Checks and balances and giving parents a larger voice in the school system were constant themes that members of the State Assembly Committee on Education heard as the first of five hearings were held to decide if any changes should be made to the 6-year-old law granting mayoral control in the city's schools. More...
Actor Mickey Rourke puts more than his heart and soul into "The Wrestler." His body is in there as well. Though he now calls himself an "old, beaten-up piece of meat," Randy "The Ram" Robinson (Rourke) was once a top-dollar pro wrestler, who still sports the spirit and panache that made him great. More...
First, Cut BPs, Stop Planting Trees And Painting Bike Lanes
There is no doubt that New York City, along with the rest of the nation's big cities, is in a recession bordering on depression. There is also no doubt that there need to be major cuts in public spending to address the budget gap. More...
Access to MTA Bridges and Tunnels E-ZPass customer account information via phone or computer will be temporarily suspended from this Thursday, February 5 at 7 p.m. until Monday, February 9 at 7 a.m. while system-wide maintenance is conducted. More...
Far Rockaway's Mark Bacchus has been pleased at the strides his Seahorses basketball team has made at the court. After going 0-16 in the 2008 season, the Seahorses had nowhere to else to go in the PSAL Queens A East standings this year but up. More...
The Democratic incentive plan proposed by President Barack Obama is full of items that will not spark consumer spending. The Republicans refused to vote for the bill and have a plan of their own, which probably will not spur consumer spending very much, but will make its political base happy. What to do? More...
Dear Editor, The recent crash landing of U S Airways flight #1549 into the freezing waters of the Hudson River was no coincidence. But it was co-incident with the portion of the Bible read throughout synagogues in that very same week. More...
Robert Clark, a longtime Rockaway resident, died January 17. Clark was born in Brooklyn on December 27, 1937. He was a truck driver, a restaurant owner and 20-year bus operator at the MTA's Flatbush depot, where he retired in 1991. He also owned the Bestest Limo Service in Brooklyn. He was a member of the Masonic Order and the Mt. Hebron Lodge No. 7. More...
DA, NYPD Announce Details Of Gun Buy-Back Event