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Award-winning news editor, music entertainment journalist, photographer, radio personality, occasional artist, diehard hockey fan, cannabis cultivator, cat dad

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Award-winning journalist with more than a decade of professional working experience. News editor, music entertainment writer, photographer, radio personality, lifelong hockey fan and analyst, cannabis enthusiast, cat dad, occasional artist and DJ.

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Downtown Trenton celebrates graffiti culture with a week of community events

Downtown Trenton celebrates graffiti culture with a week of community events

Muralist Leon Rainbow will flex his skills at the "Downtown Gets Up" event in Trenton. The wisps of aerosol c…

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Andre Williams is rebuilding Trenton one block at a time

Andre Williams is rebuilding Trenton one block at a time

Andre Williams, an entrepreneur and lifelong resident of Trenton, is "buying back the block," to revitalize o…

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From Rockaway to Rock 'N' Roll Fame - The Wave

From Rockaway to Rock 'N' Roll Fame - The Wave

Kenny Vance lived in Belle Harbor for nearly four decades until Hurricane Sandy tore through his home in 2012…

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Micky Dolenz headlines The Fest for Beatles Fans

Micky Dolenz headlines The Fest for Beatles Fans

The Fest for Beatles Fans - the largest and longest-running immersive experience for fans of the Fab Four -ce…

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Robin Wilson joins Long Island's most elite musicians

Robin Wilson joins Long Island's most elite musicians

Robin Wilson, the iconic voice of the multi-platinum selling Gin Blossoms - and current frontman for The Smit…

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Pop star Taylor Dayne comes home

Pop star Taylor Dayne comes home

Taylor Dayne became an overnight sensation when she burst onto the scene in the mid-'80s with her debut singl…

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Articles

“One Of The Most Rewarding Projects”

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By Daniel Offner Verified
| The Wave Verified
In an effort to give back to families in the surrounding community, representatives with The New Terminal One at John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport recently donated bedroom and living room furniture to a local family of four in Far Rockaway. Working with baggage system builder Vanderlande, moving partners Airway, and community partner Global25, the team helped transport gently used furniture from the Wavecrest Apartments, early last Tuesday, to a young family with twins. Uzoamaka N.
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Redfern Residents Protest Outside Courthouse

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By Daniel Offner Verified
| The Wave Verified
Residents of New York City Housing Authority’s Redfern Houses in Far Rockaway are fed up with dust and debris drifting over from the Inwood Material Terminal, just across the Nassau County line. “It comes through the windows, lands on the people’s furniture and surfaces, and it’s causing people to have to do more cleaning, and also some respiratory issues as well as skin irritation,” said Kimberly Comes, the president of the Redfern Housing Resident Council.
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Top 100 albums from New York City 2025

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By Daniel Offner Verified
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Press enter or click to view image in full size Here we are — more than nine years and over 600 albums later. You might think that 100 albums would provide plenty of breathing room, but this list somehow gets harder every year as artists keep raising the bar. Sure, it would be easier to focus strictly on new artists or split things up by genre, but I love the challenge of spotlighting new releases from longtime New York favorites while discovering fresh voices along the way.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Staff reporter for The Harrison Review (harrisonreview.com)

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes. I own a Smith Corona.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Raoul Duke

Awards

New York Press Association - First Place

2024 - Coverage of Religion

First Place for Coverage of Religion at the 2023 New York Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest.

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New York Press Association - Third Place

2025 - Special Sections / Niche Publications

Third place at the 2024 NYPA Better Newspaper Contest for Special Sections/Niche Publications for the annual Red & Blue Extravaganza section.

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