Let Your Children Lead

Let Your Children Lead

Ten years ago, I became a mother. And around the same time, everything else in my life shifted, too. My son turned 10 this week, and like most milestone birthdays, it has me reflecting, not just on who he is becoming, but on who I have become alongside him. A decade...
The Wrong Choice

The Wrong Choice

I am occasionally reminded of an old comedy TV show which made an interesting real estate point. The actor Albert Brooks’ mother passed away and the family was sitting “shiva.”  The only visitors paying their condolences were competing real estate agents.  This was...
Winter Fire Safety

Winter Fire Safety

Even in the dead of winter, it could all go up in smoke and flames. That’s what the professional safety experts and insurers, FDNY and Rockaway/Broad Channel volunteer firefighters will all tell you. Other seasons and even the holidays have their specific safety...
Reppin’ Real Estate in Rockaway—Meet Robin Shapiro

Reppin’ Real Estate in Rockaway—Meet Robin Shapiro

“Reppin’ Real Estate in Rockaway” is a series by The Rockaway Times highlighting the movers and shakers behind the peninsula and Broad Channel’s real estate scene. In this installation, meet the Wikipedia of Rockaway real estate, Robin Shapiro. When Robin Shapiro and...
Things To Do

Things To Do

Economic Development Meeting On Thursday, February 12 at 6:30 p.m., head to Far Rockaway Library (1637 Central Ave.) for a Community Board 14 Economic Development meeting to discuss El Duro Lounge and the repurposing of 10-18 Beach 20th Street.   V-Day 5K &...