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1 week ago | 
rockawave.com | Kerry Murtha
When Jamal Hill was 10 years old, he was diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth, a neurological condition that affects his peripheral nerves and makes simple tasks like walking and running a challenge. Hi... You've reached your free story limit. Please login or purchase a subscription to view this story. Remember Me
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1 week ago | 
rockawave.com | Kerry Murtha
Melanie Beth Curran is an Irish American song saver, a musician and folklorist who’s on a mission to connect with members of the Rockaway community for her latest creative project. Melanie Beth Curran... You've reached your free story limit. Please login or purchase a subscription to view this story. Remember Me
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1 week ago | 
rockawave.com | Kerry Murtha
NCO Officers Michael Decosimo and Kyle Ostrowski have written 27 summonses in the past eight days for commercial vehicles that were illegally parked in their sector, which stretches from Beach 59th St... You've reached your free story limit. Please login or purchase a subscription to view this story. Remember Me
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1 week ago | 
rockawave.com | John Jastremski
It’s playoff time once again for the New York Knicks. Third straight playoff appearance, and second straight 50-win season, so one would think the vibes would be immaculate around the franchise. Not necessarily the case if you have been following the team all year. The Knicks’ narrative when it comes to beating the best teams in the league is well documented. It’s been a massive failure.
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1 week ago | 
rockawave.com | Kerry Murtha
The B.R.I.D.G.E. Family Enrichment Center celebrated the one-year anniversary of its food pantry last Saturday. The pantry feeds approximately 100 Rockaway families every two weeks and has distributed... You've reached your free story limit. Please login or purchase a subscription to view this story. Remember Me
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2 weeks 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.
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2 weeks ago | 
rockawave.com | John Schilling
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at John F. Kennedy International Airport intercepted a loaded handgun on Wednesday, March 26, that was in the possession of a construction contractor who was being escorted through a checkpoint at the busy airport. The 9mm gun was loaded with 15 bullets when TSA officers detected the firearm among the worker’s belongings as he was entering the checkpoint on his way to work.
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2 weeks ago | 
rockawave.com | John Schilling
Spring has officially arrived in Broad Channel, and with it comes a beloved annual visitor: Edgar the Egret. On Friday, April 4, Edgar made his 12th visit to the small island on Jamaica Bay, marking yet another milestone in his long-standing tradition of gracing Don Riepe’s waterfront dock year after year. “It was the same exact date that he came two years ago,” Riepe shared in a Facebook post about Edgar’s recent return.
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2 weeks ago | 
rockawave.com | John Schilling
A crowd of brave locals and visitors were truly freezin’ for a reason on Saturday, April 5, as they gathered at Beach 94th Street for the 2025 Rockaway Queens Polar Plunge hosted by Special Olympics New York. This year marked the 10th year that the event has been hosted in Rockaway, with teams from Queens, Long Island, and all over coming out to plunge in support of local Special Olympics New York athletes.
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2 weeks ago | 
rockawave.com | John Schilling
The Rockaway Beach Civic Association (RBCA) held its monthly meeting at the Knights of Columbus on Beach 90th Street on Thursday, April 3, inviting locals to hear community updates and voice concerns within the group’s focus area of Beach 73rd Street to Beach 108th Street. A significant portion of the meeting’s discussion centered on the new citywide mandatory composting program as a part of the city’s waste reduction efforts.