On Saturday, Dec. 9, in the cold morning air, several community members gathered on North Moniteau Avenue to finish installing much-needed repairs to a man s home. But this wasn t the only home they were working on; they would be visiting and working on two additional homes that day. These people, known as Helping Hands, are making neighborhoods a better place to live.
The Wave works tirelessly every week to put together all the news that affects the Rockaway peninsula and Broad Channel. 2022 was no slouch of a year, and here are the biggest stories The Wave reported on this year, in no particular order. The Death of Firefighter Timothy Klein In April, Rockaway lost a family