At a Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce luncheon in May 2002, Vincent Reilly, White Castle regional manager, announced that the second "Night of the Castle" party, complete with king and queen, would be held in September at the White Castle on Queens Boul More...
A 22-year-old man, in town from East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania to attend a christening party, was fatally injured in an altercation outside a Woodside restaurant early last Sunday. More...
Two-way traffic on the Steinway Street Bridge will resume in October, Peter Goslett, community affairs director for the Queens Division of the city Department of Transportation told the Community Board 1 district cabinet last Thursday. More...
Engracio P. Cortes, M.D., an attending oncologist at Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens in Astoria, described what lured him to specialize in caring for cancer patients. More...
City Councilmember Hiram Monserrate on Sunday, June 18 joined with family, clergy and community leaders to rename the corner of 47th Avenue and 104th Street in Corona as Marlon A. Bustamante Place. More...
A property tax relief plan has been approved by the state legislature that will be worth an average of $250 to every homeowner whose taxes go directly to support schools. More...
Congressmember Carolyn Maloney and advocates for improved healthcare service for Ground Zero 9/11 first responders called on President George W. More...
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the New York Tri-State Area (RMHC-NYTSA) recently awarded $20,000 to the Queens Child Guidance Center for the center's efforts to provide services to children from low-income families. More...
"We would like to give scholarships to the youth of our island of Chios," said Constantine Parthenis, president of the Society, located at 43-15 202nd St., Bayside. More...
Lawmakers in Washington from Queens have snagged large transportation grants to improve the city's private bus fleets for 500,000 riders, while city, state and MTA officials are pursuing a plan to create faster travel routes in Queens and the other f More...
Community Board 3 concluded its 2005-06 meeting season by hearing from District Attorney Richard Brown, a representative of City Councilmember Hiram Monserrate about Willets Point, representatives of Vaughn College, seeking a variance so they can bui More...
City Councilmember Eric Gioia joined members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union and workers at a Stop-N-Shop Supermarket in Sunnyside recently to tour the supermarket building, where he saw the extensive structural damages and urged the More...
The Central Astoria Local Development Coalition (CALDC) annual Independence Day celebration will be held on the lawn in Astoria Park between Shore Boulevard and 19th Street, the Hell Gate Bridge and the Astoria Pool on Thursday, July 29, starting at More...
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, acting more than ever like a presidential hopeful, in a speech to the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, a think tank, criticized the Bush administration for failure to develop an energy policy and place more importa More...
The 63 branches of the Queens Borough Public Library all now have free wireless Internet access. Customers are invited to bring in their own laptops and boot up. More...
Day laborers many of them immigrants, gathering on street corners in business districts seeking day jobs have aroused antipathy in some quarters. More...
The Our World Neighborhood Charter School (OWNCS) located in the heart of Astoria hosted their third annual Multicultural Festival on June 3 to celebrate More...
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