by Rockaway Staff | Aug 15, 2024 | NEWS
On Monday, August 5, a 22-year-old Manhattan man, Wesley Dahlman, was arrested for attempting to drown two kittens in the ocean on Beach 62nd Street. A witness told police that at 3:30 p.m., Dahlman allegedly brought the carrier containing two kittens down to the...
by Rockaway Staff | Aug 15, 2024 | NEWS
AUGUST 15 Maryanne Ford was born. 1939 – The Wizard of Oz premiered in Hollywood. 1969 – Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened at Max Yasgur’s dairy farm in Bethel, New York. AUGUST 16 Skylar Ronayne was born. Jo Jo O’Grady was born. Gerri-Lynn...
by Rockaway Staff | Aug 15, 2024 | NEWS
For 14 years, Pat Rorke has worked to make Rockaway residents feel their best with spa treatments. But the time has come to pass down the torch. Spa Rockaway is officially under new ownership with Marisa Napoli at the helm but take a deep breath—a smooth transition is...
by Rockaway Staff | Aug 15, 2024 | NEWS
On Saturday morning, August 10, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato rallied with local and state-wide environmental groups, along with residents who live along Jamaica Bay, to call on Governor Kathy Hochul to sign A.9036, “The Jamaica Bay Bill.” The bill, which passed...
by Rockaway Staff | Aug 15, 2024 | NEWS
“Grandma Has a Mouse in Her House” and Far Rockaway resident Sharmeika Davis-Boyd has a lesson for kids of all ages to treat everyone how you would like to be treated. Since publishing her first children’s book in 2022, Davis-Boyd has been on a mission to get the word...
by Rockaway Staff | Aug 15, 2024 | NEWS
Before and after. The David Statue in Florence, Italy got a modest makeover when Kevin Boyle used a Rockaway Times coozie to shield RT readers from buck naked David.
