Login User Profile Subscription Order Get News Updates The Wave Page by Page
Flip Edition
2009-10-02 digital edition
October 2, 2009  RSS feed
Thugs Shoot, Cops Duck
By Howard Schwach
Beach Channel Drive became a shooting gallery on Saturday night, when a thug poured several shots into a passing police car. Police sources say that two female officers were on patrol in the 101 Precinct and responding to a call in Edgemere when several shots were fired in their direction from within the Ocean Bay Houses on Beach 57 Street at about 8:30 p.m. More...
Bomb Scare Forces Shopping Plaza Evacuation

Police sealed off the Dayton Plaza Shopping Center and all of its stores at 6 p.m. on Tuesday evening when an anonymous caller reported that there was a bomb in a bag inside the NSA Supermarket at 87-15 Rockaway Beach Boulevard. Specialized police units such as the emergency service unit, K-9 and the bomb squad responded and searched the supermarket. They found no explosive device and the shopping plaza was reopened. Police sources say this is the second such incident within the week, the first coming around the same time on Friday, September 25. Photo by Susan Locke. More...

Stepdaughter Found Guilty In Mutilation Slay
By Howard Schwach

Is Brigitte Harris a stone-cold killer who wreacked vengeance on a man who continually raped her when she was a youngster, or a good aunt trying to stop an abusive stepfather from molesting her nieces? It depends on whom you believe. More...

 Top Stories
• East End Council Candidate Lays Out Priorities
Scherie Murray is running against City Council incumbent James Sanders Jr. on the slogan, "a new generation of leadership." Murray, a Republican, is in the race to unseat Sanders in the 31st Councilmanic District in the November general election. She sat down with The Wave in August. More...
• article has image BBQ And Table Tossed From SFP Terrace
• Locals To National Park Service: Save Our Beach Clubs
>> Click here for all stories
 Community
• article has image Barrett Promoted To Deputy Inspector
100 Pct. CO Has Served Rockaway For Many Years
Thomas Barrett, who has been commanding officer of the 100 Precinct in Rockaway Park for two years, has been promoted to Deputy Inspector, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly announced on Tuesday. More...
• SJEH Hosts Breast Cancer Awareness
• article has image Littoral Society Cleans Gateway Beaches and Jamaica Bay
>> Click here for all stories
 Education/Schools
• article has image Public School/Middle School 105 Cleans The Beaches
PS/MS 105 participated in a community service day for the NYS Annual Beach Cleanup, on Saturday, September 19 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The goal of the program is to make people aware of the effects of marine debris on wildlife, habitats and humans. More...
• article has image Students Clean-Up Cross Bay Bridge Shoreline
>> Click here for all stories
 Entertainment/ Lifestyles
• article has image Peter And Paul To Pay Tribute To Mary Travers In Concert
Live Nation will present Peter and Paul in a tribute to Mary Travers at the Capital One Bank Theatre at West bury on Friday, December 4 at 8 p.m. The show will be a celebration of 50 years of the music and friendship of Peter Yarrow, Noel "Paul" Stookey, and Mary Travers. More...
• article has image MovieScope
>> Click here for all stories
 Business News
• article has image Rockaway Medical And Dental Plaza
Offering You Professional Care In A Comfortable, Friendly Atmosphere
As you enter Rockaway from the Cross Bay Bridge on Beach 95 Street, you may notice the attractive brick building with a green awning that says: Rockaway Medical and Dental Plaza. Perhaps you drive past it every day. But if you have never been inside, you have missed the best thing about this freestanding diagnostic and treatment center — the people. More...
>> Click here for all stories
 Columnists
• article has image Point of View
DON'T BE A STRANGER
The funeral was over. The relatives gathered near their cars, reluctant to leave the cemetery. I watched as one woman embraced another and said, "Now don't be a stranger!" On my way home I mulled over her words. How often have I heard this expression. Family meet in sorrow and realize the estrangement which has infiltrated into their family over the years. More...
• The Rockaway Beat
• article has image School Scope
>> Click here for all stories
 Sports
• BCHS Wins, Far Rockaway Bounces Back To Victory
Beach Channel may have soundly defeated Jamaica, 30-0, last Saturday at home, but don't think for a minute that coach Victor Nazario is entirely pleased at the result. The Dolphins improved to 3-1, and are currently fifth out of ten teams in the PSAL Bowl Division. QB Patrick Burrello rushed for a touchdown and completed three TD passes to Turran Rhodes. More...
• High School Roundup: Peninsula Volleyball Teams Take Shape
• St. Camillus /St. Virgilius Basketball Registration
>> Click here for all stories
 Editorial/Opinion
• Killing Seniors Softly With Their Veto
The Republicans in the Senate have quietly vetoed the Democratic Party's plan to close the notorious "Donut Hole," in any health care reform proposal because it is "unnecessary" and "too costly. More...
• article has image EDITORIAL COMMENT
>> Click here for all stories
 Letters
• Wright Is Wrong
Dear Editor, I attended a public forum sponsored by Edgemere Neighborhood Action Team (ENACT) on May 26, 2009, where I clearly presented my reason for not running in the 31st Council District. Mr. Alex Wright's depiction of me, David R. Hooks Jr., accepting a "little dough" is libel. Mr. More...
• Few Questions About Mini Golf Park
• What A Wrong Endorsement
>> Click here for all stories
 Obits
• Angelo J. Guarino
Wave Correspondent
Angelo J. Guarino, 83, a longtime Rockaway resident, died September 23. Guarino was born in Torre Del Greco, Italy, but made America his home. He enjoyed working with seniors and was an avid writer to The Wave. Guarino is survived by his wife Josephine; his children, Marianne, Joyce, and Frank; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and his dog, Magic. More...
• Linda Heffernan
• Sylvia M. Lensu
>> Click here for all stories