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A 34-year-old Woodhaven man whose weapons were a green Cadillac and a 9mm pistol fatally shot a Long Island husband and father and injured five other people, including an off-duty police lieutenant, in a violent drive-by shooting spree that crisscrossed the borough last Friday night. Matthew Collett More...

According to the Alzheimer's Association, New York City Chapter, Alzheimer's disease affects at least 4 million Americans. One in every three will encounter it in an older relative, and more than three quarters of those with Alzheimer's live at home. Persons with Alzheimer's disease often require 24 More...

Sep. 8, 1 p.m., St. Michael's Cemetery, Fifth Anniversary 9/11 Memorial Service honoring FDNY & Port Authority Police Officers, RSVP, 72-02 Astoria Blvd., East Elmhurst; 718-278-3240. More...
Housing and health care were the prevalent issues raised by both state Senator John Sabini and City Councilmember Hiram Monserrate at a candidate forum at the Langston Hughes Library and Cultural Center in Corona last week sponsored by the Queens Civic Congress and Citizens Union. More...
Brasilianville Café & Grill 43-12 34th Avenue Astoria  718.472.0090
rasilianville Café & Grill is a wonderful introduction to the flavors, aromas and variety of Brazilian cuisine. This self-serve restaurant and takeout café allows diners to choose just what they want from a wide selection of delicious Brazilian casseroles, vegetables, chicken dishes, s More...
As the period to join the federal government's Part D drug prescription program or switch to another carrier draws closer, Governor George Pataki and state health authorities are sending out reminders that seniors should not forget that they can improve their Part D coverage by adding benefits from More...
Q u e e n s B o r o u g h President Helen Marshall joined with the A m e r i c a n D i a b e t e s A s s o c i a t i o n (ADA) and public hospitals in the borough on August 22, to focus attention on diabetes, a disease that affects 800,000 residents of New York City. More...
This coming Monday we celebrate a holiday that Samuel Gompers, founder and president of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), noted as unique. Labor Day does not celebrate one person's birth or death, the beginning or end of a war or even a national day of privately or publicly expressed appreciat More...
Have you ever pondered the true meaning- and source-of all those markings in different colors on local streets? More...