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'A' Grade For Majority Of Rockaway Schools
T he good news is that 75 percent of all Rockaway elementary schools got a school report card with an A grade from Chancellor Joel Klein this year. The bad news is that a growing number of media outlets and individuals believe that "grade inflation" has hit the Department of Education. More...
Mutilation Murder Trial Begins
By Howard Schwach

A Rockaway woman, who spent most of the last year two years in a Staten Island mental institution, went on trial in Queens Criminal Court this week, accused of smothering her stepfather and mutilating his body in her Arverne apartment in July of 2007. More...

Lifeguards Make Labor Day Water Rescue

Lifeguards at Beach 84 Street spotted an elderly man being pulled out to sea by a rip current at noon on Labor Day, eyewitnesses say. Several of the lifeguards jumped into the water and pulled the unidentified man to safety. Officials say that the rescue was the last of the 2009 summer season, as the beaches closed to swimmers at 6 p.m. on that day. More...

 Top Stories
• Shooting Incidents Rip Rockaway
In the wake of two homicides during the week before Labor Day, Rockaway saw two more shooting incidents, in the past week, with neither of the victims likely to die from his wound. The first took place on September 6. More...
• Youth Struck By Basketball Rim
• Primary Election Set For September 15
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 Community
• article has image RMAC Holds 25th Anniversary Festival In Riis Park
"Rockaway is showing off!" said the Rockaway Music and Arts Council (RMAC), touting their first annual Fall Festival in this very newspaper in September of 1984. More...
• article has image City To Begin Rehab Of B.116 St.Parking Lot
• article has image RWA 'Environmentors'And Kulanu Camp Team Up
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 Entertainment/ Lifestyles
• article has image MovieScope
'District 9' - Space Alien Apartheid
Steven Spielberg missed his shot. "District 9" is the movie he should have made. However, the honor for this innovative, inverted space-alien apartheid metaphor goes to South African writer/ director Neill Blomkamp, with "Lord of the Rings" wizard Peter Jackson hovering in the shadows as producer. More...
• article has image Artsplash 2009 Is Here
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 Business News
• article has image Channel Drive Service Station
Fixing Rockaway's Cars Since 1949
'"Friendly, honest and experienced is our motto," says Keith Gaffney, service manager and 18-year veteran mechanic at Channel Drive Service Station. "On a scale of 0 to 10 we get a Zero. Zero consumer affairs complaints, zero D.M.V. complaints and zero Better Business Bureau (BBB) complaints, which in turn has given us the BBB highest A+ rating. More...
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 Columnists
• The Rockaway Beat
This column originally appeared as From The Editor's Desk in the September 15, 2001 issue of The Wave. More...
• The Rockaway Irregular
• It's My Turn
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 Milestones
• article has image Jamie Foley Turns 7
Jamie Foley will celebrate her 7th birthday at Disney World with her parents, James and Marlyn Foley, residents of Rockaway Beach. More...
• article has image Sophia Marie Turns 4
• article has image James Alexander Born 8/2
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 Sports
• article has image Running Seahorses Get Revenge In Thumping Of Trojans
Gregory Ibe was the offensive player that was most counted on last year when the Far Rockaway varsity team needed to gain tough yardage or score an important touchdown. Ibe gained more than 1,000 yards on the ground and was key to last year's PSAL Cup Division championship runner-ups. More...
• article has image Dolphins Get Picked Off By Storming Cougars
• article has image Mejia Looks To Add More Goals To Resume
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 Editorial/Opinion
• Wave Primary Election Endorsements
While The Wave traditionally does not endorse candidates in primary elections, it seems to us that this year's crop of Democratic primaries is just too important to ignore, especially given the fact that the huge registration discrepancy in favor of Democratic voters usually means a victory for whomever is chosen in those primaries. More...
• article has image EDITORIAL COMMENT
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 Letters
• Help With School Bus Service
Dear Editor, I would like to thank Lew Simon for helping my family obtain the Yellow School Bus service that I want for my daughter in the coming school years. More...
• Education Not Jetties
• Ropes Saved My Life
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 Obits
• Catherine Crumlish
Homemaker
Catherine Crumlish, a longtime Rockaway resident, died September 2. Crumlish was born in Mayo, Ireland. She moved from Brooklyn to Rockaway 30 years ago. Crumlish is preceded in death by her husband, Henry and sister, Anne. More...
• Mary Davis
• Anthony DiResta
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