Ahigh-voltage wire high above Rockaway Beach Boulevard between Beach 136 and Beach 137 Street came down early Sunday afternoon, taking down a number of low-voltage wires and causing a power surge that permanently burned out dozens of appliances, and More...
Two young men, using the pretext that their car had broken down and they wanted to call the Triple-A, terrorized and robbed several Bayswater yeshiva students at gunpoint and fled in a student’s car early on Wednesday morning, police say. More...
The two state watchdogs who were tasked with vetting the contract with Genting New York to run a gambling Racino at the aging Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park have now signed off on the project and sent their approvals back to the state’s Lott More...
Michael Joseph Benn turned five-years-old on August 14. Cowboy Michael celebrated with his fellow cowboys and cowgirls at his home in Rockaway Park. More...
Tina Faulhaber and Joe Passanante recently announced their engagement. Faulhaber is the daughter of Liz and Jim Faulhaber, formerly of Rockaway Park. She is also the granddaughter of Maureen Sweeney. More...
Pete Stubben participated in the 5-K Run to Remember last week at Governors Island with 853 other runners. The proceeds go to the 9/11 National Memorial and Museum. More...
At the same time the city’s Department of Education is spending millions on testing and tracking the data that comes from those tests, it is ignoring the legitimate needs of students and parents. More...
Dear Editor, I love Rockaway. I’ve lived here only 30 years, and it took a little getting used to (the people), but I still love it. However: Our Main Street! More...
Dear Editor, In addition to having a great retirement due to two excellent pensions, Obamacare has bestowed upon my two sons medical care until age 26. More...
Dear Editor, It’s the weekend after Labor Day, Saturday morning. I just asked my wife when were we going to meet my son , daughter-in-law and grand kids at the Riis Park Festival. She told me it isn’t happening this year. More...
The ninth anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, was held last Saturday at Tribute Park on Beach Channel Drive at Beach 116 Street. More...
Rockaway’s favorite hyper-local band, Indaculture has been together for nearly a decade, but no show is as big as the one they are about to play this coming Wednesday night. More...
Over the summer RWA students took part in working with some of the nation’s leading planning and landscape architects to bring what they learn back to the Rockaway peninsula. More...
I am one of those 73 percent of New York City residents who do not believe that an Islamic Mosque or community center should be built within two blocks of Ground Zero in Manhattan. More...
From The Rockaway Museum Commentary by Emil Lucev, Curator Dedicated To The Memory Of Leon S. Locke
Colonel Clarence D. Chamberlin was the engineer in charge of designing New York City’s first municipal airport in the 1920s, Floyd Bennett Field, at the westerly side of Jamaica Bay. More...
Walt Wilkerson had gave his Far Rockaway/FDA Vi football team a warning last week that he might have to make a decision that was going to be painful. More...
Midnight arrived at an inopportune time for the Brooklyn Cyclones on Tuesday night.The New York Penn league McNamara Division Champions uncharacteristically played their worst game in the playoffs. More...
Victoria Byrne, a 42-year Rockaway resident, died September 14. Byrne was born in Auburn, New York and worked as a registered nurse. She was a member of the St. Thomas More Golden Age Club. More...
Michael Elmore, 54, a longtime Rockaway resident, died September 5. Elmore was born in New York, New York on April 22, 1956, worked in security and graduated from Far Rockaway High School. More...
William M. Erhard, a 40-year Rockaway resident, died September 13. Erhard was born in Brooklyn, New York and worked as a deputy chief for the FDNY. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1956 to 1959 and belonged to the FDNY Holy Name Society. More...
