by Rockaway Staff | Apr 27, 2023 | NEWS
On Saturday, April 1, RISE (Rockaway Initiative for Sustainability and Equity) hosted the first community planting of the season as part of the implementation phase of Greater Rockaway Community & Shoreline Enhancement Plan. The purpose was to create a natural...
by Rockaway Staff | Apr 27, 2023 | NEWS
NYC Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue announced Tuesday that the City has reached an agreement with DC37 to raise the pay rates for new and second year seasonal lifeguards to approximately $21.26/hr. Additionally, all lifeguards working through mid-August are...
by Rockaway Staff | Apr 27, 2023 | Boyleing Points
This column is reprinted from the May 5, 2022, issue of The Rockaway Times. He said he was speaking for all of the Canarsie firehouse when he concluded his eulogy, “We will never forget you. We all love you, Kleino.” But Vin Geary, friend and fellow firefighter of Tim...
by Rockaway Staff | Apr 27, 2023 | NEWS
In honor of Earth Day, NYS Senator James Sanders Jr. stood waist deep – and at some point, was submerged entirely – in the ocean to deliver a speech calling on the local and international community to take action towards mitigating the climate crisis that is setting...
by Rockaway Staff | Apr 27, 2023 | NEWS
“The Lazer” Lou Pastina was spotted rocking his appropriately dark Rockaway Times t-shirt on the south shore of the Firth of Forth at Blackness Castle in Scotland. Even though its dark, that shirt and Lou both seem to shine bright!
