Detectives from both of the Rockaway precincts are investigating recent rape incidents on the theory that both the rape in the 100 Precinct on Tuesday and the rape in the 101 Precinct early Wednesday morning were perpetrated by the same man. More...
Mayor Michael Bloomberg was in Rockaway on Saturday morning to tell Rockaway residents that construction has begun on the long-promised YMCA and the Super Stop and Shop supermarket. More...
The announced closing of Stella Maris High School has touched off a spate of rumors and recriminations over the future of the beachfront building, the closing itself and the way it was handled by the Sisters of St. Joseph, the order that owns the building and sponsors the school that has existed there for the past 66 years. More...
With winter just two months away community leaders have announced the start of Rockaway's 3rd Annual Rockaway Cares Coat Drive. At a press conference at the Far Rockaway Church of the Nazarene on Monday, Councilman James Sanders Jr. More...
Mayor Michael R. Bloom berg, De - puty May or for Education and Community Dev el opment Dennis M. Walcott and Chan cellor Joel I. Klein have launched an enhan ced 311 service for public school families which provides an easy-to-use resource for parents and guardians seeking answers about their children's education. More...
With good weather and a host of entertaining activities, NYCHA held its 75th Anniversary in combination with Hammel Houses Resident Council Inc.'s Friends and Family Day on September 26. More...
Wave staffers were surprised and pleased last week when the Village Voice named the paper "The Best Neighborhood Paper" in New York City in its recent "Best of New York" issue. The Voice praised The Wave, saying, "The Wave diligently reports its stories, from 'Shootings Incidents Rip Rock - away' to 'New Diner Management Hopes to Erase Nightmare Beginning. More...
Neponsit resident Hilda Chinitz welcomed some interesting guests to the breakfast table as her son, Dr. Marvin Chinitz, and grandson, Isaac Chinitz stopped in with some friends in the midst of participating in a 100-mile bicycle race that passed through Rockaway. (from right) Isaac Chinitz, Dr. Marvin Chinitz, Hilda Chinitz, and friends. More...
The toughest thing for Beach Channel boys soccer coach Dominic Stanco is to watch his team lose a game. On Tuesday afternoon, his feelings after the Dolphins 3-2 defeat at the hands of Prospect Heights Campus in the second round were a range of feelings that pretty much centered on heartbreak. More...
Nearly 20 years ago, Rockaway was split down the middle like a ripe pear by our Democratic politicians in order to seat more minority legislators in both the City Council and Assembly. Prior to that time, Rockaway had its own representatives in both of those bodies. After the reapportionment, however, Rockaway became the tail to much larger dogs on the mainland. More...
Dear Editor, It has recently been reported that pressure is exerted on teachers to change student grades or pass students who have records of performance warranting failure. The reasons for the exertion of such pressure by administrators, supervisors or even the Depart ment of Education, if true, are relevant, repugnant and reprehensible. More...
Mary Byrne, a 44-year Rockaway res ident, died October 22. Byrne was born in Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland. Byrne is preceded in death by her husband James; brother, Connell Boyle; and sisters, Kate Crossen and Ellen Cunningham. More...
Wave Honored As One Of Village Voice's 'Bests'