by Rockaway Staff | Jan 30, 2025 | NEWS
Connolly’s is set to open its door to the Rockaway Mermaid Brigade for a fundraising party that will bring summer warmth and love to our brisk beachfront abode. For the second year in a row, Poseidon’s Prom will be held in Rockaway’s favorite summer hangout this...
by Rockaway Staff | Jan 30, 2025 | NEWS
Traffic flies past the corner of Rockaway Beach Blvd. and Beach 108th Street, a major crossing point where year-round thousands of residents, visitors, commuters, school students and swift moving vehicles pass a well-tended memorial to Ava Conklin. Conklin, age 19,...
by Rockaway Staff | Jan 30, 2025 | High Tide
This Sunday, February 2, is Groundhog Day. No pressure, Punxsutawney Phil, but we are all counting on you. ***** It’s finally here! Poseidon’s Prom will be held this Saturday, February 1, at Connolly’s. $20 to enter at the door. Fundraising from the event will...
by Rockaway Staff | Jan 30, 2025 | NEWS
The latest Queens Culture Clash was a success. On Sunday, January 26, more than 250 people stopped by the Knights of Columbus for 7th Inning Stretch’s collectibles event, where they could view or purchase things like sports cards and memorabilia, Pokemon and other...
by Rockaway Staff | Jan 30, 2025 | NEWS
JANUARY 30 Terence Moriarty was born. Frank Blum was born. 1948 – Gandhi was assassinated. 1972 – British troops opened fire on civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland, sparking the “Bloody Sunday” massacre. JANUARY 31 Lori Healey-Wasson...
