Beachcomber

Riding The Wave In our efforts to be more hyper-local in our editorial coverage, The Wave is opening an office in Belle Harbor at 438 Beach 129th Street. The new space will have a studio that will allow us to expand our video, podcast and other digital opportunities for news and marketing. We are also planning to open an office […]

OUR OPIOID EPIDEMIC

How did we get here?

What has fueled the increase in opioid overdoses and created the worst drug epidemic in U.S. history? This epidemic has evolved in 3 phases. I will briefly present the first of the three in this article. In the 1990’s we saw a dramatic rise in the use of prescription pain killers due to a push by the pharmaceutical industry to […]

SIT With John Roberts

A Social Readjustment Scale of Major Life Events for Adults

In the past three columns, we have discussed the definition of stress, good and bad, as well as the difference between being Stress Free vs Stress Hardy. The focus of this column continues to follow the formula Knowledge + Behavior Change = Stress Hardiness. We have looked at Physical, Emotional, Spiritual, Mental and Relationship Symptoms of Stress. The column this […]

CROM Reps The Rock

Muay Thai students made the peninsula proud

Muay Thai students from CROM Physical Culture brought their A game to the USA Muay Thai Federation (USMF) Youth Development League (YDL) last Sunday. The league kicked off at the Jewish Community Center in Staten Island on Oct. 27, where around 100 people traveled from other NYC boroughs, Philadelphia, and New Jersey to see their children and teens in action. […]

Looking Back…

The Wave has been published as Rockaway’s newspaper since 1893. Our historic archives mark the official record of events on the peninsula. Our ‘Looking Back’ curates some of the impactful pieces in the paper. Here’s what The Wave said… 10 Years Ago Wave staffers were surprised and pleased last week when the Village Voice named the paper “The Best Neighborhood […]

Sullivan’s Stories

Addiction

Words With Friends is a word game, very similar to Scrabble, where players take turns building words using lettered tiles. An estimated 57 million games are being played at any given moment, making Words With Friends addiction an epidemic in the United States. Addicts are never without their phones. They sleep with it nearby and get up throughout the night […]

A Howl-O-Ween Pawty

Arf-Arf Celebrates Halloween with the dogs

Who said celebrating Halloween was only limited to humans? Luckily, our furry friends got the experience of a lifetime on Oct. 26, as they romped around donning their best costumes with the occasional treat thrown in. All the fun was created by the Allied Rockaway Foundation for Animal Recreation and Fitness (ARF-ARF) who has been hosting this “Canine Costume Carnival,” […]

REAL ESTATE CORNER

Houses of the Week! Both in the $600s

My exclusive listing at 419 Beach 123rd St. for $679K is the lowest priced listing west of 116th St. It has 3 BR’s, an enclosed front porch, an office, and 2 full baths with plumbing for a full third bath in the basement. Also, with some renovation the basement has potential to become a guest suite. There’s a private backyard […]

Who’s Playing


Each week, we take a look at some of the live music and performers in Rockaway, Breezy Point, and Broad Channel. If you are a musician or member of a band and want to share with our readers, where you’re playing or what you’re up to, contact mhealey@rockawave.com. Notification requests must be submitted by Wednesday at 12 noon. Friday, Nov. […]

Local Inventor Unveils Rockaway Dog Vest

Matt Whelan spent years perfecting his prototype

After nearly being run over during an evening walk several years ago, local tinkerer Matt Whelan got to thinking, how can he help keep people and pets safe at night? Well, after years of tweaking and perfecting his prototype, Whelan is proud to unveil his Rockaway Dog Vest, an all-new product meant to illuminate our four-legged friends along the darkest […]