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A retrospective of the life and works of Scott Joplin, whose ragtime music set tapping the feet of a generation, then faded into obscurity for most of the 20th century, was held at St. Michael More ... Am ericans are expected to eat 7 billion hot dogs between Memorial Day and Labor Day, with 150 million of them being consumed on July 4 alone. As the summer grilling season heats up, Abeles & Heymann Gourmet Kosher Provisions (A&H) introduces their new kosher bison hot dogs that offer a unique, grea More ... Did you know that trees consume the carbon monoxide given off by cars and replace it with oxygen? More ... More than 150 teenagers from all five boroughs of New York City recently participated in the Police Athletic League (PAL) 14th annual youth forum, More ... Not quite a year ago in a sweeping revamp of the entity then known as the city Board of Education, Community School Boards throughout the city were replaced with 32 Community Education Councils. Two other councils were created at the same time: a Citywide Council On Special Education (CCSE) and a Ci More ... Upon learning that the New York City Fire Department is going forward with plans to staff a new Staten Island firehouse that has been standing empty since last year, state Senator George Onorato (D More ... A 48-star American flag hung in the front of the room at the Greater Astoria Historical Society May meeting and during the evening seven men of Astoria and one woman gathered before it and told war stories. The meeting celebrated the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. On More ... RE/MAX Today, located in Long Island City, recently sponsored an educational event with the RE/MAX hot-air balloon at P.S. 78 Robert F. Wagner Jr., School in Long Island City. The program was attended by several hundred students in pre-k through 5th grade. The program included an educational and int More ... Ge t into a conversation with a long-time Queens resident and you%27re likely to discover a subscriber of the More ... Assemblymember Margaret Markey and Tony Bennett, renowned singer and a native of Astoria, last Friday, May 20, hosted a site visit and luncheon for Queens legislative leaders to discuss the Frank Sinatra High School of the Arts in Astoria at Kaufman Astoria Studios. Bennett has been the driving forc More ... The new Queens Hospital Center, a member of the Queens Health Network and affiliate of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), has just completed another successful survey administered by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) with flying colo More ... |
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