by Rockaway Staff | Feb 20, 2025 | NEWS
The St. Camillus/ St. Virgilius basketball program is underway with 150 local kids from 4th grade to 8th grade, playing in the Girls and Boys leagues. Here are some standout players this week. Kate Tyminski Girls League Kate is, without question, one of the best...
by Rockaway Staff | Feb 13, 2025 | NEWS
The Tenth Annual Rockaway Times Photo Contest is now officially open! As you know, there’s no doubt Rockaway’s got talent and we like to put the spotlight on peninsula shutterbugs. As we’ve done in years past, the Top 30 photos selected are made poster-size and put...
by Rockaway Staff | Feb 13, 2025 | NEWS
First stop—Harvard! By Kami-Leigh Agard For many American families, your child’s admission to an Ivy League university is a pipe dream. However, local resident, Amira Beatty is fermenting the dream through her Rockaway Ivy League Dream Eight-University Tour. First...
by Rockaway Staff | Feb 13, 2025 | NEWS
Depending on who you talk to, this past Tuesday, February 11, Community Board 14’s meeting at Knights of Columbus was as entertaining as the Super Bowl LIX’s halftime show. Crickets… Maybe if Samuel Jackson was present playing Uncle Sam. However, the actual meeting...
by Rockaway Staff | Feb 13, 2025 | NEWS
FEBRUARY 13 Kathy Mullen Blum was born. Rita Martin was born. Eric Ulrich was born. Chris Urciuoli was born. Brendan Murphy was born. 1935- Bruno Hauptmann was found guilty of murder in the Lindbergh kidnapping case. 1960 – France set off its first...
by Rockaway Staff | Feb 13, 2025 | NEWS
New York City’s biggest natural area is hidden in plain sight — and it needs your help Jamaica Bay is easily the biggest natural space in New York City. The shores surrounding the bay boast 10,000 acres of public parklands, and the bay itself comprises 18,000 acres of...
