by Rockaway Staff | Jul 31, 2025 | NEWS
The Rockaway Beach Sandcastle Contest is back! But this time, Councilwoman Joann Ariola is picking up the shovel and hosting, while NYC Parks and The Rockaway Times will lend a helping hand. On Saturday, August 2, National Sandcastle Day, bring your own pails and...
by Rockaway Staff | Jul 31, 2025 | NEWS
Last week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) released their first update to their New York-New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries Focus Area Feasibility Study (HATS) in more than two years. They held virtual meetings on Wednesday, July 23, to discuss the latest on...
by Rockaway Staff | Jul 31, 2025 | NEWS
“National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live,” the official National Night Out (NNO) website says and on Tuesday,...
by Rockaway Staff | Jul 31, 2025 | NEWS
On late Monday afternoon, July 28, the body of a man was pulled out of the water at Beach 25th Street. This comes after a 22-year-old man went missing in the waters off Beach 20th Street on Friday. As we go to press, the body found in the water has not been...
by Rockaway Staff | Jul 31, 2025 | McVeighing In
Monday kicked off a three-day stretch of absolute scorchers. And while I know it borders on sacrilege to say this in late July, I was feeling a little … beached out. So, in search of a heat-beating alternative, I did what any self-respecting Marvel Comics nerd...
