Chamber’s Business After Hours Moves To The Beach



Chamber’s Business After Hours Moves To The Beach

Drive Honors Assemblywoman Rhodd-Cummings



Drive Honors Assemblywoman Rhodd-Cummings By Brian Magoolaghan The life and work of the late Assemblywoman Pauline Rhodd-Cummings was celebrated last Saturday afternoon as residents, elected officials and representatives from the many civic groups to which she belonged gathered to rename an Edgemere street in her name. Hon. Pauline Rhodd-Cummings Drive is north of Seagirt Boulevard at Beach 25 Street and […]

Fiddler On The Roof Faces Last Performances



Fiddler On The Roof Faces Last Performances By Susan Jasper For the past two weekends the Rockaway Theatre Company’s phenomenal production of Fiddler on the Roof has been playing to packed audiences. At Saturday Night’s performance [7/26], many disappointed theatre goers had to be turned away as all 255 seats had already been sold prior to curtain time. This weekend […]

‘Function At The Junction’ A Summer Hit



‘Function At The Junction’ A Summer Hit "The Function At The Junction," held at Bayswater Park in Far Rockaway, has become an annual event where friends who live in Rockaway, or who once lived in Rockaway, get together to talk about old times. The event has grown larger in each of the years that it has been held.

KidsmART Brings Art and Fun to Rockaway’s Kids



KidsmART Brings Art and Fun to Rockaway’s Kids By Elizabeth Roth Quietly, but with quality in mind, one of the most interesting programs in the city has brought 200 very lucky kids to Gateway National Park for the KidsmART Program, a creative day camp run right in our backyards. Walk into the main building in Gateway and what first strikes […]

St. John’s Home Celebrates Anniversary



John J. Bennett, Jr., Esq., Liz Sulik, and Father Paul Landolfi are to be honored on St. John’s Home 135th Anniversary. Bennett, the President of the St. John’s Board of Directors, is to receive the Spirit Award. Sulik, the Executive Director of the Rockaway Chamber of Commerce, will receive the Community Service Award. Father Landolfi, an alumnus of St. John’s […]

Selected For National Honor



Twenty-five local students have been selected for the National Honor Roll. Those students residing in Far Rockaway and attending Far Rockaway High School: Melissa Abrams, Chigozie Anyanwu, Ikenna Anyanwu, Shirley Ayarkwah, Maria Bardales, Aisha Gardner, Nessa Gibson, Shellon Harris, Tasha Israel, Therese Lee, Shaniqua Moorer, Shioben Robinson, Kristine Tulloch, Danielle Warren, and Marquis Whitmore. The following students all reside in […]

A Busy Month For Family!



A Busy Month For Family! Tina Faulhaber has graduated with honors and in the top ten of her class from Lindenhurst High School. She will be attending St. Joseph’s College in September. Her eighteenth birthday was celebrated July 3. Her younger brother Jimmy celebrated his sixteenth birthday on June 20. Her mom Liz graduated from Farmingdale College with her R.N. […]

Celebrating Eight Years



First Camping Trip