An 88-year-old Rockaway Park woman has balked at management's request to take down an American flag that she has had on the wall of the hall outside of her seventh floor apartment for many years. More...

It's a food bank, day camp, farmer's market and provides workshops. The Culinary Kids Garden teaches young people about gardening and cooking. And if you look even closer you'll find adults are serving up a side dish of health, nutrition and science on a patch of land on the corner of Beach 30 Street and Seagirt Boulevard. More...

The First Congregational Church of Rockaway Beach is asking the community to help out, so that all of our local schoolchildren can succeed in school this year. To achieve this goal, the church will be accepting donations of school uniforms and backpacks this month. More...

Lynyrd Skynyrd will perform at the Capital One Bank Theatre at West - bury on Sunday, October 18 at 7 p.m.. Known for combining the over driven power of blues-rock with a defiant Southern image and a hard rock swagger, the group had many hit songs like "Free Bird," "Sweet Home Ala bama," "What's Your Name," "Smoke stack Light ning," and "Good Lovin's Hard To Find. More...

Evergreen ENT is a full-service, general otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat, or "ENT") practice that recently opened a new office at 119-15 Rockaway Beach Boulevard in Rockaway Park, 718-915-1750. Evergreen ENT was started by Shefali Shah, M.D. More...

If Mayor Mike Bloomberg and his stooge health commissioner have their way, you won't be able to smoke on the beach next summer. More...

Richard Larkin and Melanie Gates became parents August 13, with the birth of daughter Amelia Rose Larkin. Amelia's family includes grandparents, Ruth Larkin, and Jackie and Robert Gates; uncles, Thomas, Patrick, and Dennis Larkin; aunt, Allison Gates; and great-grandparents Dolores and Edward Bellington. More...

Beach Channel played their best overall game this season on both sides of the ball as they defeated Samuel J. Tilden, 36-2, on Saturday afternoon. Jahleek Austin rushed for a game high 160 yards and scored a touchdown for the Dolphins (4-1). More...

Although crime is down throughout the city, the shooting incidents and homicides in Rockaway, particularly in the eastern portion of the peninsula, continue unabated. In mid-July, a young man was shot in the elbow. In late August, two men were shot and killed only two blocks apart in the central portion of the peninsula. More...

In response to an article concerning the relocation of assisted-living residents. Dear Editor, I was just wondering if they automatically get oceanfront apartments again at the expense of the City/ State? I heard a rumor and that is all it is, but the State gave a very short deadline to have the people out of those houses at Beach 116 and Beach 95 Streets. More...

Nancy Faye Brooks, a longtime Rockaway resident, died September 6. Brooks was born February 18, 1958, in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from John Dewey High School and earned a Master's Degree at New York University where she then worked as Assistant Director of Student Activities until poor health forced her into retirement. More...