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Residents in the Dutch Kills community are fighting mad over the condition of a trash-strewn MTA training facility in their neighborhood. More ... Con Ed Ripped At Board 1 BY RICHARD GENTILVISO Assemblymember Michael Gianaris and City Councilmember Peter Vallone, Jr. roundly condemned Con Ed's report in which the utility investigated itself. More ...
If you think you're seeing fewer mailboxes on local street corners, you're probably right. U.S. Postal Service officials announced recently that the agency is eliminating many mailboxes, and has plans to remove 23,000 stamp vending machines by 2010. Postal officials cite a drop in the use of first-c More ... Hevesi, Opponent Callaghan To Debate This Evening BY JOHN TOSCANO State Comptroller Alan Hevesi and his re-election opponent Christopher Callaghan have agreed to a debate tonight at 7 p.m. on NY1, two days after the state Ethics Commission ruled Hevesi had broken the law by having a state worker chauffeur the comptroller's wife over the past three years. More ...
BY JOHN TOSCANO Plans to build 5,000 units of affordable housing along the East River waterfront in Long Island City, announced last week by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, will go a long way toward completing development of the swath of land stretching north from Newtown Creek. More ...
BY LINDA J. WILSON A 28-year-old Manhattan resident charged with being one of New York City's more notorious graffiti taggers last Thursday pleaded guilty to felony criminal mischief, among other charges, and admitted to extensively vandalizing public and private property in Astoria and Long Island City. Queens Distri More ... Housing Issues Are Topic At Dutch Kills Civic Meeting BY THOMAS COGAN Barbara Boyle of the Central Astoria Local Development Coalition, an authority on matters of housing and rentals, addressed the October meeting of the Dutch Kills Civic Association, which otherwise was a forum for complaints about some unpleasantness in the neighborhood, news on building projects (a More ...
The 36th Avenue Shopping District in the Dutch Kills area was the beneficiary of a steetscape improvement program provided by the Central Astoria Local Development Coalition (CALDC) with funding through the city Department of Small Business Services. More ... Renaissance School Gets $15K Science Ed. Grant Con Edison has awarded The Renaissance Charter School in Jackson Heights a $15,000 grant towards creating the Con Edison-Renaissance Science Leaders (CERSL) program in grades seven through 12. This program will prepare students for science majors in college by providing enhanced classroom instructio More ...
Five students from The Mary Louis Academy in Jamaica Estates were More ...
City Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. presents a city council More ... Queens College Students Come Across WWII Vets During World War II, 60 percent of Queens College students enlisted or were called to duty (942 out of a class of 1,600). Founded in 1937, the college graduated its first class the same year that the nation was drawn into the conflict. One student, Arnold Franco (Class of '43) now age 83, served wit More ...
Not forgetting his alma mater, P.S. 84 in Astoria, Assemblymember Michael Gianaris has secured funding for "The Magic School Bus" program, which takes P.S. 84's third, fourth and fifth grade students on monthly outings to some of the city's premier cultural institutions. On a recent Saturday, the Ma More ...
With the help of Assemblymember Mark Weprin (l.) (D-Little Neck), More ...
RENOVATED QBRIDGE PK. OPENS: Borough President Helen Marshall cut the ribbon last More ... T H E p ul p i t Abiding Word Ministries: +Fridays, 8 p.m., prayer and worship service; Sundays, 11 a.m., miracle and healing service; summer day camp, computer training, music lessons, counseling, 116-67 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica; 718.323.9218, www.abidingwordministries. met. More ...
BY THOMAS COGAN Congressmember Carolyn Maloney addressed the October meeting of the Long Island City Business Development Corporation, giving her audience on the 50th floor of the Citibank Building a survey of recent developments in Western Queens and Manhattan, from time to time citing her part in their generation More ...
The 114th Civilian Observation Patrol (Civ- OP) held its annual buffet dinner and dance awards night on Wednesday, October 18. Members of the Civ-OP, local political and community leaders, police officers and auxiliary officers of the 114th Police Precinct were in attendance at Riccardo's By the Bri More ...
Two Queens hospitals are battling for bragging rights as the birthplace of the "Milestone American Baby," the 300 millionth baby born in the United States. More ...
BY JOHN TOSCANO Appearing with Congressmember Joseph Crowley at an economic forum in Corona-East Elmhurst, United States Senator Charles Schumer announced they had teamed up to get a $250,000 "shot in the arm" for the business community in that area. More ... SHAREing & CAREing Raises Funds For Cancer Survivors On November 15 SHAREing & CAREing will hold their 12th anniversary benefit and fundraising silent auction. The gala event will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. at Riccardo's by the Bridge, 21-01 24th Ave., in Astoria. More ... |
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