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Owners and proprietors of businesses in the Steinway Street and 30th Avenue area met last Thursday, August 10, at the Grand Caf, 37-01 30th Ave. to discuss possible legal remedies against Con Edison for losses sustained during the power outage of July. More ... Jaol J. Mendonsa of Jackson Heights has been elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa at Trinity College. More ... A 26-year-old man of Middle Eastern descent was observed pointing a machine gun, which later proved to be a replica, at an establishment at Queens Plaza North and Crescent Street on Wednesday, August 9. The weapon had "snaps" in it, causing it to make realistic noises of a gun being fired. He also r More ... The thunder and lightning storm that dumped two inches of rain on New York City last Thursday night August 10 also left a historic house of worship in shambles. At least one bolt of lightning hit a spire of Trinity Lutheran Church, located at the corner of 31st Avenue and 37th Street in Astoria, sen More ... Those scratches on the inside of your child's belt may be more than just wear and tear-they could be a signal that your child is a member of a street gang, law enforcement officials said. More ... Assemblymember Catherine Nolan joined City Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. (c.) and Joe DiPietro, president of the Federation of ItalianAmerican Organizations of Queens, at 114th Police Precinct National Night Out Against Crime celebrations in Astoria Park on August 1. More ... A Flushing teenager and a 20-year-old Little Neck man have been charged with assault as a hate crime in an alleged biasrelated attack in Douglaston early last Saturday morning in which four Asian youths were terrorized and subjected to racial slurs. During the incident, two of the victims are allege More ... Three of four members of an Astoria family were killed on the New Jersey Turnpike near Teaneck, some four miles from the George Washington Bridge, at about 1:30 p.m. on Monday, August 14. The Christmas family-father Charles, 40, mother Theresa Foti, 41, and daughter Victoria, three years old-all die More ... The American Red Cross in Greater New York (ARC/GNY) will remain on 24-hour alert during the remainder of the summer to assist residents throughout New York City who may become affected by power outages and excessive heat. The ARC/GNY has already distributed water, meals, snacks and information to t More ... Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum charged the city with continued mismanagement of what was once an effective anti-hunger tool, the Hunger Hotline. Gotbaum conducted a follow-up to her May 2004 investigation of the system, which provides hungry New Yorkers with the information they need to access emerge More ... The Astoria Italia S.C. (under 16) ended the 2005-06 season in third place in the U.16 Division in the cosmopolitan junior soccer league. The team is looking for young players 14 and 15 years old. For information call Joe Di Pietro, 718-278-5045 or 917-622-5367. The team: back row (l. to r.): Hector Velasquez, Sr., Adilson Albuquerque, Joey Avila, Fabio Marino, William Lopez, Zouheir Oukili, Steve Scarpati (president); middle row (l. to r.): James Mc Kasty, Kevin Runco, Paruhang Limbu, Karim Dewida, Christian Ortiz, Joe Di Pietro (coach); front row (l. to r.): Philip do Nascimento, Hector Velasquez, Victor Vasquez, Christian Radoi, Rafael Luna. Not pictured: Jack Liparoto, Renato Tonelli and Ammar Lakhdarchaouche. More ... The Queens-based DAC Panthers visited New York Jets training camp yesterday, August 15, a week before the team represents the United States in the annual NFLFlag Football World Championship (FFWC) in Cologne, Germany. The NFLis proud to partner with Reebok, EA and Gatorade and promote this prestigio More ... The annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival at Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park once again brought joy and excitement to thousands of people last Saturday and Sunday. This event has been an attraction for the last 15 years and for this year, the Year of the Dog in the Chinese calendar, the More ... Claire Shulman, former Queens borough president, has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Museum of the Moving Image (MMI). More ... Dental Awareness Day at Park Dental Care, 29-14 Ditmars Blvd., Astoria, with a player from the Mets Major League Baseball team slated to participate and originally scheduled to take place Saturday, August 26, has been postponed. Keep watching the More ... |
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