The principal of a new Rockaway high school has been bringing her pet dog to school on a regular basis and expects school staff to care for it when she is busy, a United Federation of Teachers (UFT) Chapter Chairperson has charged in a formal grieva More...

It could take up to six months to figure out why a year-old NYPD search and rescue helicopter malfunctioned, forcing the pilot to make a crash landing in Jamaica Bay, a spokesperson for the National Transportation Safety Board said on Monday. More...

Incumbent Congressman Anthony Weiner has called on his Republican challenger, Bob Turner, to repudiate the “anti-Semitic” comments of Republican Gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino. More...

I don’t understand how anybody could believe that the business model is the best way to manage schools or that business people are best-equipped to make the educational decisions necessary to make a school successful. I mean, look around you. More...

With JFK Airport, Broad Channel, Jamaica Bay, and the IND Rapid Transit Line in the background, the foreground gives us a bird’s eye view of the old Hammels section of Rockaway Beach, which is now referred to as part of the New Rockaway Beach More...

October is the official start to the fall season. The trees turn from their lush green of summer to an array of colors, each more magnificent that the next. The landscape seems to take on a more distinct, larger than life appearance. More...

It finally took the referee’s blow of the whistle at the end of the fourth quarter of last Friday’s football game at Franklin K. Lane High for Far Rockaway/ FDAVI to breathe a loud and collective sigh of relief. More...

At the end of the Northeast Professional Hockey League season last year, New York Aviators head coach Rob Miller had to be proud of his team’s success on the ice. The team went undefeated and easily won the league’s championship trophy. More...

Two cross-country runners from the New York Novas team, Jacqueline Saunders (age 12) and Daikichi Washington (age 11), who have both participated in vigorous training, each raced on Sunday, September 20 at The Fairgrounds in Flowerfield, St. More...

Lina Boone, 87, a longtime Rockaway resident, died September 18. Boone was born in August 18, 1922 in Virginia. She worked as a home health care attendant. More...

Patrick Joseph Hayden, 79, a former Rockaway resident, died September 23. More...

Sean J. Kelly, a 54-year Rockaway resident, died September 26. Kelly was born in Leitrim, Ireland. He served in the U.S. Army in 1950 and later worked as a New York City Transit Authority Supervisor. More...