The High Tide: 12/03/15
The Rockaway Times has a new, sleeker look starting this week. Every page has color and is printed on somewhat heavier paper stock. The paper is now the same size as The Daily News, The Tablet, Queens Courier and others. And the paper is now being printed at the Daily News plant in Jersey City. The move saves us some money which now allows us to expand our door-to-door delivery. Knock, Knock, Rockaway Beach!
The tickets are in the mail. St. John’s Basketball tickets, that is. We really did pull the names out of hat. Congrats to the lucky winners: Joseph Foye, Nancy Corrigan, Will Deher, Mike Carey, Jane Canner, Maureen Quigley, Richie Mikell, Jack Weber, Bob Killian, and Margaret Guzzo. Keep an eye out for our next giveaway. If you sent in your name but weren’t selected your odds are increased the next time around!
If you’re not one to go near the beach after Labor Day you might want to know what you’re missing. Whales are still being spotted not far off shore.
Oh, and you can still see models in photo shoots wearing clothes like it’s the middle of July.
The Boyle-Donohue family got a little exotic for Thanksgiving this year and turned it into a destination holiday. When the numbers grew too large for the house, they rented out Grassy Point in Broad Channel. What a great place! And some of the family rented a Tubridy house right on the water. As Peter Mahon might say in his column: Broad Channel – -why have Thanksgiving anywhere else?
Good with your camera phone? Have a killer Canon? Well, wipe off the lens and start clicking. The Rockaway Times will be holding its first ever Rockaway Photo Expo photo contest. There will be cash prizes and the winner will get his or her photo on our front page. Stay tuned for details. John Cori is in charge.
Just ahead, Saturday, December 12 (from noon to 6 p.m.) is the Taste of Rockaway Beach, which has become a fun, fun can’t-miss day in Rockaway. This time around 15 establishments are part of the fun at which you make the rounds enjoying sample food and drinks at local places. Tickets can be picked up at any of the participating places for $10 (a steal!) in advance. The day of, tickets cost $15 (still a steal!). The Rockaway Beach Civic Association will be holding their annual Holiday Season Ceremony the same day starting at 3:30 pm in front of Peninsula Library.
Friday, December 4 is the Beach 116th Street Christmas Tree Lighting. Entertainment and refreshments will be part of the festivities. And we hear a guy in a red suit will make an appearance.
It’s not just your imagination, it gets dark ridiculously early. This Thursday the sun sets at 4:28 pm! As we get closer to December 21 the days get even shorter as sunrise comes later. But look at the bright side, the sun sets at 4:31 on December 21, a whopping three more minutes of daylight in the afternoon.
Happy Birthday to Mike Greenstein, aka Mighty Atom Junior, who turns 95 on December 6. As a spry 93-year-old, Mike pulled a car with his teeth at the 116th Street Fall Festival delighting hundreds of people. He stopped by The Rockaway Times booth his week and he’s still going strong.
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