High Tide
Monday marks the beginning of Passover. Happy Passover to those who celebrate.
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Public schools are off next week. For those of you on vacation, enjoy the time off, whether it is away or a staycation!
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This weekend, head to Floyd Bennett Field for Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy’s first ever Public Arts Festival. They have been working very hard on this and have a great line up for the weekend. Head to www.jbpc.org/arts for more information and the full schedule of what’s going on all weekend. And you can also read more about it in our story on page 9.
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The deadline for this year’s Photo Contest is almost here. If you have not sent in your Rockaway Times 2024 Photo Contest submissions, you have until Monday, April 22 at 12 p.m. Please submit contest photos to Contest@Rockawaytimes.com and only submit up to four entries! After Monday at 12 p.m., the email address will no longer be accepting submissions. It is then in the hands of our esteemed line up of judges who will be charged with the duty of deliberating upon the entries. Stay tuned for our Top 30 in the next couple of weeks.
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We’re sadly losing another business. LuBella Boutique on Beach 129th Street announced that they will be closing on April 29. The clothing store opened in August 2019. All merchandise is 70% off, shoes are $10, and boots are $15. Let this be a reminder to please support our local businesses when you can!
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Last Saturday, strong winds led to an incident at the Beach 108th Street ferry landing causing enough damage that the entire landing needed to be closed for repair. The landing remained closed throughout Sunday and into Monday morning, causing some disruption for the peninsula’s morning commuters. Luckily, by Monday afternoon, the repairs had been completed and service was restored. Kudos to the ferry for its attention to the situation and quick restoration.
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Rockaway Market Street @ Beach 60th will begin Saturday, June 15, 2024. They are looking for vendors to join this community-driven initiative. If you are interested, go to riserockaway.org and click on “Programs” and then “Community.”
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Congratulations to Sienna James of Broad Channel. She is one of this year’s winners of the inaugural Steven H. Pollard ’06 Memorial Scholarship at St. Edmund Preparatory High School. Firefighter Steven Pollard was a graduate of St. Edmund Prep, Class of 2006, and a native of Marine Park. He was a member of Ladder Company 170 in Brooklyn before tragically passing away from critical injuries sustained while responding to a motor vehicle accident on the Mill Basin Bridge on the Belt Parkway on Sunday, January 6, 2019.
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Jagger Eaton, the first American to win an Olympic medal for skateboarding, at the 2021 Summer Games in Tokyo, was seen hitting the ramps at Rockaway’s own skatepark on Beach 90th Street on Monday. He came with a camera crew, so we suspect he was filming something that maybe we’ll get to see in the future.
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Commuter Alert: the Rockaway Freeway between Beach 106th and Beach 102nd Streets will be closed for construction from April 22 though April 30.
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Reminder to all advertisers! If you haven’t reserved space for your ad for The Rockaway Times Summer & Community Guide, the time is now to reserve your spot. Reach out to Mary at Mary@Rockawaytimes to make sure you are in the one can’t miss publication of the year. The summer magazine comes out the Thursday before Memorial Day. Advertising deadlines will be in early May. Thank you in advance for your continued support and participation!
