by Rockaway Staff | Aug 31, 2023 | NEWS
JUMP Dance Studio on Beach 116th Street celebrates their tenth anniversary this year, and as part of the ongoing celebration, they recently had the pleasure of being taught by a big name in the dance world—Abby Lee Miller. The “Dance Moms” reality TV star, who...
by Rockaway Staff | Aug 31, 2023 | NEWS
AUGUST 31 Kevin O’Connor was born. Jim Spellman was born in 1952 Tommy Lawler was born 1994 -Russia officially ended its military presence in the former East Germany and the Baltic states. 1997 – Princess Diana and her companion Dodi al-Fayed were killed...
by Rockaway Staff | Aug 31, 2023 | NEWS
The Graybeards, in conjunction with SFDS Parish, held a backpack fundraiser for this upcoming school year to support the children of Saint Mary’s Star of the Sea and St. Rose. More than sixty backpacks and ample school supplies (notebooks, crayons, pens, etc.) were...
by Rockaway Staff | Aug 31, 2023 | NEWS
This past Sunday, August 27th, Bayswater Park was filled with the sounds of shouts and laughter at Rockaway Beach Autism Families’ Third Annual End-of-Summer BBQ Fun Day! Fundraiser. From potato bag, egg and spoon, and ice cream cone relay races, life-sized...
by Rockaway Staff | Aug 31, 2023 | NEWS
It’s the Photo of the Year! We have a winner of the 9th Annual Rockaway Times Photo Contest. Congratulations to Tom Farley. Tom Farley’s skateboarder photo came out the winner, and Farley went home with a $500 grand prize, a smashing Rockaway Times sweatshirt, a...