In a recent talk before the American Heritage Foundation at York College in Jamaica, Assemblymember Brian McLaughlin asserted that the 1963 March on Washington was assuredly civil rights inspired, but was also about the need for job equality. More...
September is Prostate Health Month and Elmhurst Hospital Center is urging all men to get screened during Prostate Cancer Awareness Week. Screening at the hospital, 79-01 Broadway, Elmhurst, will be at no cost to the individual. More...
Thousands of volunteers from local environmental groups, students, scouts, dive clubs, civic organizations, corporations, government agencies and the general public are needed for the annual New York State Beach Cleanup on September 20 at over 2 More...
Justice Dept. Would Block U.S. Sale Of Canadian Drugs
By John Toscano
The U.S. Department of Justice has gone into court in Oklahoma to try to stop a Canadian company from importing drugs from Canada and selling them at a cheaper price to American customers in 85 stores in 26 states. More...
In two separate ceremonies at Borough Hall last Thursday, the nearly 2,800 individuals known to have died in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, 203 of whom were residents of Queens, were remembered. More...
The proposed Charter revision to do away with partisan primary elections is the only item on the November 4 ballot to spark a heated campaign and with an unpredictable outcome. More...
City Councilmember Tony Avella (l.) presented a personal $500 donation to Bernie Caufield, president of the North Shore Anti-Graffiti Volunteers at a 111th Police Precinct Community Council meeting. More...
Owners Luigi Kucica and Joe Honovic are celebrating the grand opening of their newly expanded restaurant and elegant banquet rooms at Ponticello Ristorante. More...
In the latest horror story to come to light regarding children transported to and from school on privately owned and operated school buses, a child was four and a half hours late getting to his Jamaica home from P.S. More...
An icon of the music world has left us. Johnny Cash will be remembered for a long time to come. I think he will be remembered most because he was the voice of the downtrodden and oppressed. More...