A Woodside resident was sentenced to six months in jail after she vandalized an "A" train with graffiti in Broad Channel, among other places throughout the city, causing a total of nearly $100,000 in damages, according to Queens District Attorney Richard Brown. More...

Kenny Vance and The Planotones will play the Leon S. Locke Memorial Concert on July 26 at Riis Park as part of the Rockaway Music and Arts Council Summer Concert Series. Songs from their original recordings of classic doo-wop sounds and vocal styles will highlight the second of three summer concerts. More...

Rockaway resident Saira Mercedes Toppin graduated from Bowdoin College on May 23. She majored in gender and women's studies and minored in economics. Bowdoin College is a small, highly selective liberal arts college located in Brunswick, Maine, about 25 miles north of Portland. One of the oldest colleges in the nation, it received its charter in 1794. More...

It is not often that a film is so disturbing that you must exit the rear door so patrons in the lobby won't see you crying uncontrollably. That happened after viewing "The Stoning of Soraya M." While I, too was upset, my girlfriend was affected to the point that she asked to leave from the back. More...

nykidstime inc. is a local, family-run children's entertainment company with a specific goal in mind—to keep the children happy and laughing! Their focus is on the little ones, with the primary concern being safety at every event or party they serve. After seeing a need for a friendly, courteous, fun and responsible children's entertainment company, Belle Harbor resident John Taylor began operating nykidstime in the summer of 2003. Now well-established, nykidstime has serviced fairs, festivals and block parties throughout the city, both large and small. From the South Street Seaport to the St. John's Episcopal Hospital health fair in Far Rockaway, they have catered to groups organizing block parties, company parties and picnics, corporate events and family days. During the winter months, they also provide entertainment for birthday parties and other indoor events. nykidstime is fully insured and licensed by the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, and is an approved vendor for the New York City schools. More...

The newly-formed collaborative that plans to put the largest wind farm in America in the Atlantic Ocean just 13 miles from the Rockaway shoreline has moved ahead in those plans by issuing a Request for Information from firms More...

Keturah Munroe was selected as one of the recipients of the Michael D. Richardson Foundation Inc. Scholarship Fund. Monroe is an 18-year-old Arverne resident, who graduated with honors from Frederick Douglass Academy VI High School. She was accepted at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia where she plans to become an attorney. More...

The St. Francis Summer Classic action is heating up as the basketball playoffs are approaching. This year's event marks the 25th edition of the Summer Classic. The Graybeard divisions began their playoffs on Thursday night with semifinals games in the Legends Division and a first round game for the Young Guns Division. More...

The City Council, concerned in 2005 that churchgoers would have to run from their pews to feed parking meters, passed a law over the Mayor's objections that ended the requirement to pay for Sunday parking at both meters and Muni-meters More...

Dear Editor, Bicycles and Rockaway. You would think that combination would be like motherhood and apple pie, yet unfortunately, there seems to be a lot of controversy on the subject. Rockaway should be a bike friendly community, especially on the west end during the summer when restrictive parking should make other modes of transportation more attractive. More...