Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the ready to throw out the first ball on Opening Day at Shea Stadium Monday, April 1. The Mets won the first game of the season, triumphing over the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-2. See story, Page 33. More...
Governor's Island would make an excellent site to house athletes participating in the 2012 Olympic Games, Borough President Helen Marshall said Monday. Marshall's statement was issued shortly after President George W. Bush announced that he would turn the 172-acre facility in New York Harbor over to New York state. More...
Apr. 3, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wyckoff Heights Medical Center second Latino family health symposium, 374 Stockholm St., 5th floor conference center, Brooklyn; 963-6782. More...
Now there's another reason to love our multicultural borough of Queens. A new dinner theater has opened in historic Long Island City at the Jackson Avenue Steakhouse. Diners have been going to the Jackson Avenue Steakhouse for years for wonderful steaks, chops and seafood, but now there's another reason to enjoy an evening there. The Jackson Avenue Steakhouse Playhouse, under the artistic direction of Gary Fisher Dawson, is proud to present "The Miss Firecracker Contest." This gothic comedy, written by Beth Henley, is a quirky look at southern life in a small town that will have you laughing and smiling throughout its two acts. More...
Mayor Michael Bloomberg last Tuesday announced that the city is facing its first drought emergency since 1989. That he chose a day when some parts of the tri-state area were experiencing rain for the first time in several weeks was ironic, but in no way mitigated the seriousness of the situation. More...
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