"At a time when we have young men and women returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan every day, we need to make sure these new veterans also receive the health care they deserve," Congressmember Joseph Crowley declared in speaking against a Ve More...
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum has introduced legislation to try to speed up application approvals for rent exemptions for low-income seniors who are being forced to pay rents they can More...
Many deceased veterans who once lived in Queens now rest in Calverton National Cemetery on Long Island. For their survivors, visiting their loved ones More...
Fireworks Drawings, abstract works by New York artist Rosemarie Fiore that use exploded fireworks as their medium, are being exhibited as part of the Doral Bank Art Program at the bank More...
Thanks to the cooperation of the city Department of Parks and Recreation and Queens Commissioner of Parks Dorothy Lewandowski, all indications are that the waterfront concert series, sponsored by the Central Astoria Local Development Coalition (CALDC More...
The West Queens Independent Democratic Club recently hosted Democratic mayoral hopeful C. Virginia Fields at a club meeting. Fields spoke about creating jobs, improving education and building affordable housing. More...
I had my yearly physical recently, actually a year and a half, and my family internist said I was in excellent health. Aside from insisting I exercise, he adamantly urged me to get a colonoscopy, as I hit the half-century mark several years ago. More...