High Tide
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Advertiser and reader reminder: Next week is a short week for us. Deadline is Tuesday, November 21, 12 noon for ads. The paper will be delivered on Wednesday and the email version of the paper will go out Wednesday morning.
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And with next week being a short one, put those Thanksgiving orders in now, make those reservations today. And start by checking the pages of where else? The Rockaway Times!
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It seems like everyone was trying to warn Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul that Floyd Bennett Field was not a suitable place for migrants —or anyone for that matter—but they did not listen. Well, those migrants are now saying it for themselves! After weeks of waiting, the first buses arrived at Floyd Bennett Field last Sunday, bringing migrant families to their new accommodations. The only problem? Those migrants are human beings, too, and they understand that those conditions, isolated from the rest of the city and mostly exposed to the elements as winter weather begins to set in, are not suitable. The majority of the migrants who arrived on the buses refused to stay and boarded back onto the buses they arrived in. Reports are that only 10 to 13 of the original 25 families that arrived remain at the National Park which the city had hoped would hold at least 2,000 people. The city now seems to be stuck between a rock and a hard place. They are reportedly telling these families that this is all they have to offer, and if they refuse to stay at Floyd Bennett Field, then they are forgoing any shelter provided by New York City.
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Last year, at the memorial service for Flight 587, we made note about the absence of then newly elected Mayor Adams. That said, this year on the 22nd anniversary of the deadly crash Mayor Adams was in attendance.
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Anyone think they can claim to be the oldest living person to be born and raised in Rockaway? We are talking about who was born on the peninsula, never moved away, and is still living here today. We have someone who turned 99 years old on November 15, and whose family believes she may be the oldest person to have been born here who still lives here, and we are trying to determine if that checks out or if there are any challengers to that claim. Let us know at Mail@rockawaytimes.com
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There’s a new joint on Beach 116th Street, where Tiberios used to be. “Anny’s Restaurant” (155 Beach 116th St. and phone 347-951-5961) is now open Saturdays and Sundays and is serving Ecuadorian cuisine. Welcome to the neighborhood and good luck!
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On Tuesday night, at the monthly Community Board 14 meeting, it was announced that Rockaway will be receiving its first “Public Health Vending Machine.” It will be located outside the Far Rockaway Treatment Center at 1600 Central Avenue. The machine items will include Naloxone, fentanyl test strips, toiletry kits, safe sex kits, sharps containers and sterile syringes. All items available will be free and only a Zip code is needed to access the supplies.
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Kudos to the Graybeards and RIBS, who conducted their annual food drive last weekend and collected almost 1,900 bags of food items that were distributed to local food pantries. What a great way to start Thanksgiving week. Thanks to them for their hard work and all who donated.
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