by Rockaway Staff | Feb 29, 2024 | NEWS
Belle Harbor resident Paul King was endorsed by the Queens County GOP and New York State Conservative Party in this year’s election for Congress in New York’s CD 5, which covers all of Rockaway and much of southern Queens. King also ran for Congress against incumbent...
by Rockaway Staff | Feb 29, 2024 | NEWS
FEBRUARY 29 1692- The first people are accused of witchcraft in Salem, Mass.—Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tibuta, a West Indian slave. MARCH 1 Pat McCarthy was born. Robin Redmond-Tozza was born. 1961 – President John F. Kennedy signed an executive order...
by Rockaway Staff | Feb 29, 2024 | McVeighing In
No, I am not talking about next Sunday morning. Last week, the ol’ ball and chain and I decided to take a page out of everyone else in Rockaway’s book and left town. We were treating ourselves to a delayed honeymoon and flew off to a tropical paradise. We woke up in...
by Rockaway Staff | Feb 29, 2024 | NEWS
That came quick! The Rockaway St. Patrick’s Day Parade is Saturday, March 2, and there’s plenty of ways to find some good craic before and after the parade. Saturday’s parade begins on Beach 130th Street and Newport Avenue at 1 p.m. It continues down Newport to Beach...
by Rockaway Staff | Feb 29, 2024 | High Tide
Happy Leap Day! February just will not leave us alone! ***** Happy Rockaway St. Patrick’s to all! Get your green ready! The Rockaway St. Patrick’s Day parade will be held this Saturday, March 2, at 1 p.m., with festivities to follow throughout the entire peninsula. It...