The Department of Education Central Headquarters in Manhattan was the backdrop for the citywide awards ceremony for the winners of the annual Ezra Jack Keats Bookmaking Competition. More...
A property on the west side of 35th Street between 34th and 35th Avenues is slated for development into a seven-story residential building, although the site is now zoned for manufacturing use.
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Northern Boulevard was transformed into a Hawaiian beach last Wednesday when City Cadillac Hummer Saab held a luau with great food and live music to celebrate the grand opening of its Saab business and Hummer showroom, the latest additions to the dea More...
In what could turn out to be a tit-for-tat deal, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is exploring the feasibility of building a new Long Island Rail Road station near the new Shea Stadium in Flushing. More...
A Bayside resident who served as the scoutmaster of a Great Neck Boy Scout troop has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing and taking sexually explicit photographs of two 13year-old members of his troop on numerous occasions over More...
The National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS) selected Valerie A. Pallos, from Astoria, for membership.The announcement was made by NSHSS Founder and Chairman Claes Nobel, senior member of the Nobel Prize family. More...
Sunnyside Community Service (SCS) welcomed new members to its board of directors recently. They are: Luis Barragan, president and CEO of 1800-Mattress; Sanket J. More...
Flushing Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:FFIC) ("Flushing Financial"), the parent holding company for Flushing Savings Bank, FSB, and Atlantic Liberty Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:ALFC) ("Atlantic Liberty"), the parent holding company for Atlantic Lib More...
Wheelchair Accessible Taxi Fleet Grows A recent auction of 54 medallions will place that many wheelchair accessible yellow taxicabs into service throughout New York City and add almost $26 million to the city treasury. More...
The Bay Terrace Community Alliance has announced the winners of the Bay Terrace Community Alliance Fourth Annual P.S. 169 School Community Service Award. Lauren Block and Alexander Karras were both awarded a certificate and a U.S. More...
The Astoria Performing Arts Center (APAC) has announced that the Astoria Branch of the Queens Borough Public Library will be accepting into its permanent collection the complete series of plays written by middle-school students in the APAC Playmaking More...
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) is holding ballperson tryouts for the 2006 US Open at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing, Thursday, June 29 at 4 p.m. Registration begins at 3 p.m. More...
(NAPSA)-Today's backyard chefs are exploring all that backyard cooking and patio cuisine have to offer, grilling breakfast, lunch and dinner outdoors. More...
A Flushing hospital's alleged failure to protect workers from exposure to formaldehyde has resulted in $112,500 in fines from the United States Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). More...
Mayor Michael Bloomberg presented a strong case to the House Committee On Homeland Security, for allocating anti-terror grants to the nation's cities solely on the basis of threat and risk, but the Department of Homeland Security turned this standard More...
Congressmember Carolyn Maloney, fearful that pending bills could threaten consumers' identity theft protection, plans to file legislation to uphold current regulations. More...
On Wednesday, June 21 at approximately 7:30 p.m., under the supervision of 114th Police Precinct Commanding Officer Deputy Inspector Brian McCarthy, the 114th Precinct and the Legal Bureau closed two quality of life locations, at 3420 30th Ave. More...
Dear Savvy Senior, In your columns you list a lot of Web site resources that are very helpful, but for seniors that don't have a home computer, what are they to do? More...
Adding to his extensive list of awards and honors, Thomas Chen, president and founder of Crystal Window & Door Systems, was recently recognized by a leading industry trade resource. Chen was selected for inclusion in the inaugural edition of More...
State Senator George Onorato (D-Long Island City) announced on June 19 that a civil service examination for those interested in becoming New York State correction officers will be held on September 9, 2006, with an exam filing deadline of August 7. More...
Commerce Bank kicked off its Summer Reading Program to encourage children to continue reading throughout the summer with Executive Reading Week. More...
The Association of Assistant Principals (AAP) of New York City, the professional association that represents the city's 3,000 school administrators, has announced the winners of this year's Martin Safran Community and School Service Awards. More...
Assemblymember Jimmy Meng was joined by Principal Anastasia Schneider and Carolyn DeSimone, from P.S. 499; and Lois Lee, director of the Chinese Planning Council Inc. Queens School Age Day Care Center for the Assembly's Summer Reading Challenge. More...
The school year at P.S. 84 in Astoria took on an outdoor touch, thanks to a $2,000 contribution from the New York Power Authority (NYPA) that Assemblymember Michael Gianaris requested for creation of a "literacy garden" at the school. More...
The Declaration of Independence, unanimously declared by the thirteen United States of America, was adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The task of getting the document signed began on August 2, 1776. More...
