Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. issued a warning last week that a suspected pedophile accused of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl in Astoria Park last August has jumped bail and is now being sought by police. More...
(NAPSA)-If quitting smoking has become a habit, you're not alone. A recent study found that more than 51 percent of surveyed smokers say they will or may try to quit in 2006, and nearly all of them (86 percent) have tried to quit before. More...
Assemblymember Catherine Nolan, Ridgewood, was appointed to the chairmanship of the powerful Assembly Education Committee last week, accomplishing what few of her Queens colleagues, past and present, have ever achieved. More...
Some two dozen states, including New York, that stepped in to pay for drugs for seniors who were unable to obtain or pay for them under the new Medicare drug plan that started January 1, will be reimbursed by the federal government or the insurance c More...
Vallone called on the state legislature last week to close a loophole in a law that was enacted last year tightening the statute dealing with persons who leave the scene of an accident. More...
