by Rockaway Staff | Aug 29, 2024 | NEWS
And we have a winner! Congratulations to Arverne resident Lauren Devine for winning the 2024 Rockaway Times Photo Contest! Her photo of her son Warren, engaging in some nature watching on Jamaica Bay, won her the top spot and the $500 grand prize! In mid-February, we...
by Rockaway Staff | Aug 29, 2024 | NEWS
On Sunday, August 25, Rockaway Beach Autism Families welcomed the community to the lot at St. Camillus Church for the Fourth Annual Back-To-School Carnival. The event included a bounce house, a dunk tank, carnival games, popcorn, cotton candy, snowcones, DJ music,...
by Rockaway Staff | Aug 29, 2024 | NEWS
We may have reached Labor Day weekend already, but there’s plenty of ways to end summer with a bang. Labor Day might be the official end to summer in Rockaway, but remember, lifeguards are on duty through Sunday, September 8, and most concessions remain open through...
by Rockaway Staff | Aug 29, 2024 | NEWS
On Saturday, August 17, Broad Channel’s Veterans of Foreign Wars Prince-Wynn Post #260 hosted a special outing for some 20-30 disabled vets from the veterans facility at St. Albans. The vets, each accompanied by a nurse, and many in wheelchairs, were treated to a...
by Rockaway Staff | Aug 29, 2024 | High Tide
Here’s to a great Labor Day Weekend. And Happy Mardi Gras Weekend! ***** Don’t tell your kids — and especially not your DOE/schoolteacher friends! — but the summer is not over yet! Beaches are officially open until next Sunday, September 8, the boardwalk and Riis...
