Wo rk on the rebuilding of the Steinway Bridge in Astoria was halted last week when the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that the contractor doing the work was found to be in default and was dismissed, as a result of an incident last July More...
The St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre, featuring some of the greatest ballet artists of all time, will present the dramatic and passionate Romeo and Juliet at the Queensborough Performing Arts Center (Q-PAC) on Sunday, April 10th at 3 p.m. More...
The second quarter of 2005 has only just begun and already health officials in Washington have announced that the Medicare premium will go up by $11 a month for each member, to $89.20. More...
Councilmember Peter F. Vallone Jr. and Council Speaker Gifford Miller visited various senior centers throughout Astoria recently. Vallone and Miller were serenaded by this group of seniors at Raices Senior Center. More...
As Roman Catholic churches throughout Queens held special services to commemorate the death of Pope John Paul II, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that former City Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr. More...
To celebrate the life and work and commemorate the passing of Pope John Paul II, a Concelebrated Memorial Mass will be held at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, 29th Street and Ditmars Boulevard, Astoria, on Saturday, April 8 at 10:30 a.m. More...
Vern Hill of Commerce Bank presented the Judge Charles J. Vallone Scholarship Fund with a check for $25,000 at a dinner-dance commemorating the 38th anniversary of the scholarship fund Saturday, April 2 at Riccardo More...
Former Queens Councilmember Tom Ognibene, the insurgent Republican candidate against Mayor Michael Bloomberg in the GOP primary in September, lashed out at the mayor last week for hinting he might endorse Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton in a future r More...
A little over a week ago Hiroshi Takagaki died trying to put out a fire that started when his younger brother, Koji, was smoking in bed in the Astoria apartment the two men shared. More...
Get Out Of UN To The Editor: Let me express my concern regarding the growing power of the UN [United Nations]. It was sold to us as a forum to prevent war, yet we now have UNICEF [United Nations International Children More...
