Mark Healey

4 weeks ago | rockawave.com | Mark Healey

Each week, I take a look at some of the live music and performers in Rockaway, Breezy Point, and Broad Channel. So, if you are a musician or member of a band and want to share with our readers where y... You've reached your free story limit. Please login or purchase a subscription to view this story. Remember Me

1 month ago | rockawave.com | Mark Healey |Kerry Murtha

Captain Jared Weigel has taken hundreds of anglers out to sea since he launched his charter boat J Rod III three years ago, a business that’s given the fishing enthusiast an opportunity to share a lifelong passion that was inspired by his dad. The seasoned sailor grew up with a reel and rod in his hand, casting a line in local waters for striped bass, flukes, porgies and the like. “I started going out on the bay with my father when I was really young,” he noted.

1 month ago | gothambaseball.com | Mark Healey

The Brooklyn Cyclones will begin their 2025 campaign at 6:40 p.m. on Friday, April 4, at Maimonides Park. Gilbert Gómez, who managed the team in 2024, returns. He is the first returning manager for the Cyclones since Edgardo Alfonzo, who managed the ‘Clones from 2017 to 2019. Eduardo Núñez, who served as Brooklyn’s hitting coach last season, returns as the club’s bench coach.

1 month ago | rockawave.com | Mark Healey

On April 1, 1982, the New York Mets traded Lee Mazzilli to the Texas Rangers for two pitching prospects. For fans like me, who were lost when the Mets pulled the trigger on the Tom Seaver trade, Mazzilli – the young centerfielder, an Italian kid from Brooklyn – gave us something to hold onto. “Maz” made his debut in 1976 as a September call-up and was given the full-time centerfield job as a 22-year-old rookie in 1977.

1 month ago | rockawave.com | Mark Healey

Former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio says he’s going to make the most of his growing popularity and run for NYS Governor in 2026. “It makes perfect sense,” de Blasio told The Wave in an exclusive interview. “I’ve been a City Councilman, NYC Public Advocate, and a successful NYC Mayor, so running New York State is the logical next step.”He’s already raised millions of dollars, despite only making his announcement today.