Yale Alumni Honor Fox



Yale Alumni Honor Fox The Yale Alumni Club of Queens recently celebrated the school’s 300th birthday at a party held locally at the home of Dr. and Judge Fox of Neponsit. Yale’s tercentennial was also celebrated by convocations that were held over three weekends in New Haven. At the November, 2001 convocation, more than 15,000 alumni were present in the […]

Beachcomber



The recent aircraft crash in Belle Harbor was not the first such accident in Rockaway. On May23, 1946, a two-seat Navy trainer, a SNJ-5, went down on top of the Kentucky Derby concession at Beach 99 Street. The two Navy personnel, most likely an instructor pilot and a trainee, died in the crash. The story in The Wave at the […]

Boyle-ing Points



By Kevin Boyle Isn’t it time we debunk the myth about terrorists taking credit for acts of violence? Anybody take credit for the anthrax letters? Osama bin Laden went so far as to deny any involvement with the September 11 attack. There was nothing but silence after the suicide bombing of the U.S.S. Cole. Even homegrown Timothy McVeigh pleaded not […]

Chatting With Chapey



By Dr. Geraldine M. Chapey BELLE HARBOR: A COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER Our community has suffered severe loss and tragedy. Neighbors, friends and relatives are coming together to grieve, console and comfort one another. The funerals for Kathleen Lawler, her son Christopher Lawler, Thomas Concannon, his wife Helen Concannon and Frank Pomponio brought a community together in sadness and tears. We came to […]

Dorothy Dunne TOUGH TIMES PASS AWAY…



Dorothy Dunne TOUGH TIMES PASS AWAY… Dorothy Dunne TOUGH TIMES PASS AWAY… TOUGH PEOPLE DON’T These are the words I heard from Minister William Schuller preaching in his Glass Cathedral on television this past Sunday as I flipped through the channels…and, these are the words I thought applied so greatly to the Rockaway Community. We are tough people and we […]

From The Artists Studio



From The Artists Studio Rockaway Artists Alliance By Susan Hartenstein In unity, so many came together. Family held family. Strangers leaned upon strangers. A neighborhood, a community, a world came together. A prayer service filled with eloquent words and music. Familiar faces of friends made over a lifetime, unfamiliar faces that could have been one’s mother’s or brother’s or one’s […]

From the Editor’s Desk



By Howard Schwach Jim Dwyer has been writing for New York City dailies for a long time. He was with Newsday for a while, but he now writes for the New York Times, the big one, and the "newspaper of record." Dwyer has been in Rockaway many times and has a good handle on its various communities. That is probably […]

From the G-Man

The City Council Race: Final Thoughts

Hey people! Now that new life has been pumped into the political body of Rockaway, with the election of James Sanders, Jr. and Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. to the City Council, I have some final thoughts that I would like to share with you. James Sanders, Jr., Rockaway’s native son, shocked a lot of people with his victory. For many […]

LOOKING BACKWARD What The Wave Said 20 Years Ago This Week



LOOKING BACKWARD What The Wave Said 20 Years Ago This Week People who work in Rockaway and live elsewhere are asking for the right to purchase reduced price tokens on both the Cross Bay and Marine Parkway Bridges. "Those who use the bridge eight or ten times a week should have the same rights to a reduced fare ride as […]

On The Beach… With Beverly Baxter THOUGH MUCH IS TAKEN, MUCH STILL ABIDES…



On The Beach… With Beverly Baxter THOUGH MUCH IS TAKEN, MUCH STILL ABIDES…   This column is dedicated to the Concannon, Lawler, and Pomponio families…and to the entire Rockaway community. As the whipping wind of the crisp fall air blew the American and Dominican Flags, the soothing sound of the waves crashing on the beach were like a lullaby of comfort […]