High Tide

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Sláinte! Happy Rockaway St. Patrick’s Day to all! The annual parade will be held this Saturday, March 4, at 1 p.m. with festivities to follow throughout the peninsula. Congratulations to all of this year’s honorees! 

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Advertiser Alert! As you may know, Rockaway St. Patrick’s Day also marks the unofficial start of spring around these parts, regardless of what the thermometer says. With the thought of warmer weather also comes The Rockaway Times Summer & Community Guide! Back by popular demand, The Summer Guide, which has continued to be a hit year after year, will be returning for its ninth year. Time is flying by, so start planning your summer ad now!

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Happy Purim to those who are observing! This Jewish holiday begins the evening of Monday, March 6 and will end the evening of Tuesday, March 7.

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Many were alarmed when a foreign, white substance was seen falling from the skies this week. According to multiple sources, this has been determined to be something called “snow.” Apparently, this used to be a common occurrence during the winter months but has since gone to the wayside along with VHS tapes and pagers. Cold, white stuff falling from the heavens – what a strange world we used to live in…

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NYC is reportedly looking into putting one new “high tech” public toilet in one city park in each of the five boroughs. The five taxpayer-funded toilets are estimated to cost $5.3 million. We are truly at a loss for words. Wait… We found some: What a bunch of crap!

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We knew that itch would need to be scratched sooner or later! The O.G. is back with a new Boyleing Points! Make sure you check it out on page 5.

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We would like to apologize for the misspelling of the Honorable Janet McDonnell’s name in last week’s High Tide. Luckily, we had the opportunity to make up for it with a full story this week on Rockaway’s newest New York City Criminal Court Judges. Check it out on page 33.

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The Rockaway Times 20 under 40 is underway and we hope to hear from you with some nominations of people from the community that you feel fit the bill. For more information check out page 11 or drop us a line at editor@rockawaytimes.com

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The Edgemere Community Civic Association’s monthly meeting will be held this Monday, March 6, at 7 p.m. The meeting will be at the Beach Green Dunes Eats & Arts. 

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The Rockaway Republican Club will be holding their next meeting on Tuesday, March 7 at 7 p.m. at the Belle Harbor Yacht Club. The guest speaker will be Joe Pinion, who ran against U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer last year. The meeting will also see RRC members nominate candidates for club officer positions and form committees.

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Residents around the affordable housing buildings in Downtown Far Rockaway recently spread the news that a parking garage has opened. But starting at $5.44 plus tax per half an hour, or $300 for a monthly rate, with no discounts for tenants, who exactly is this affordable for? That’s $3,600 a year for tenants who have to make between $21K and $48K to even apply for the lottery for these buildings. With scarce street parking available, those with cars have little choice but to pay up.