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BY RICHARD GENTILVISO When Borough President Helen Marshall needed hip surgery she went to a hospital out of her beloved Queens for the operation. "I had both of my hips replaced at [the Hospital for] Joint Diseases on 17th Street [and Second Avenue] in Manhattan," she said. More ... Citibank VP Calls For Small Business Resurgence BY THOMAS COGAN Lutricia "Pat" Edwards, vice president and director of community relations for Citibank North America in Long Island City, was the speaker at the November luncheon of the Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce, held at Dazies Restaurant on Queens Boulevard. She talked about both her community work, some of w More ... Light Sentence In Murder Rouses Family's Fury BY LIZ GOFF Tempers flared inside Queens Supreme Court on November 8 as the family of a Long Island City dry cleaner, shot to death during a botched payroll heist in October 2004, learned that one of five people accused in the murder turned state's evidence for a guaranteed sentence of no jail time. More ...
Armed with e-mails from parents and students fed up with the Department of Education's cellphone ban, Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum called upon Mayor Michael Bloomberg to allow students to take cellphones to school. More ... New DOB Rules Call For Safer Construction Procedures BY RICHARD GENTILVISO On June 7, 2004 Jian Guo Shen, 43, was killed when a foundation wall at 51- 18 92nd St. in Elmhurst collapsed. More ...
BY JOHN TOSCANO After a brief lull in Governor George Pataki's effort to remove state Comptroller Alan Hevesi from office, during which incoming Governor Eliot Spitzer said he intends to remove Hevesi, Pataki has stepped up his probe by giving his attorney in the case subpoena powers. More ...
BY LIZ GOFF C o n g r e s s m e m b e r Anthony Weiner (DQueens, Brooklyn) grabbed a sign and joined a neighborhood protest in Jackson Heights November 9 outside the home of a former Nazi SS death camp guard who was stripped of his United States citizenship in 2003. More ... Search Warrant Yields Guns, Knives, Police Equipment BY LINDA J. WILSON On Wednesday, November 15, the 114th Police Precinct Uniform Patrol responded to a dispute involving a traffic agent. The perpetrator, a 48-year-old white male, was arrested and found in possession of a live round on his person. He was charged with three counts of criminal possession of a weapon in More ... Marshall Hails Cops Who Nabbed Child's Killers BY RICHARD GENTILVISO Borough President Helen Marshall recognized six New York Police Department officers for outstanding work in the case of Genesis Regalado, who was murdered last July in Corona. Lieutenant Edward Rutter, Detective Thomas Nelan, Detective Ramon Munoz, Detective James Aspenleiter, Detective Fred Nocella More ... Crossing Guards Wanted Queens police officials are searching for a few good crossing guards. More ...
BY THOMAS COGAN At the Long Island City Business Development Corporation Annual Luncheon & Trade Show for 2006, held once again at Terrace on the Park in Flushing, one attendee remarked to another, who was just arriving, that the trade show was jam-packed and LICBDC might have to find a larger space for it next yea More ...
More fortunate New Yorkers who want to spread joy this holiday season can partner with the Caribbean American Center of New York (CACNY). The organization is conducting a toy and clothing drive and the gifts will be given to 2,500 homeless and underprivileged children throughout the city. More ...
BY JOHN TOSCANO United States Senator Charles Schumer, fresh from being the More ...
Astoria-based SHAREing & CAREing celebrated its 12 years of maintaining and More ... Free Food, Free Concert Locks of Love is sponsoring a free concert with The Lisa Miller Band, Thanksgiving Eve, November] 22 starting at 9 p.m. More ...
The Trauma Services of Elmhurst Hospital Center sponsored a free helmet More ...
Throughout history mankind has celebrated the bountiful harvest with More ... CORNUCOPIA One of the most recognizable symbols of Thanksgiving is the cornucopia, also called horn of plenty. It is a decorative motif, originating in ancient Greece, that symbolizes abundance. The original cornucopia was a curved goat's horn filled to overflowing with fruit and grain. It symbolizes the horn More ...
Aceremony to rename the Woodside Post Office Building in honor of the late Thomas Manton, by Congressmember Joseph Crowley and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, will be held next week before a crowd of 150 invited guests. More ...
Assemblyman Meng (D-Flushing) welcomed Inspector Matthew Whelan, new commandar of the 109th precinct. More ...
BY RICHARD GENTILVISO At the first Thanksgiving in 1621, Pilgrims and Native American Indians sat down to a feast of geese, ducks, deer, corn, oysters, fish and berries, giving thanks for a successful harvest. They would not go hungry at the end of that first year in the Plymouth colony. More ... The Pulpit Church of the Resurrection: +Dec. 2, Saturday, 6:30 p.m., evening prayer; 7 p.m., dinner/tree decorating party; 8 p.m., magic show. More ...
BY CATHERINE TSOUNIS The Rev. Dr. Robert G. Stephanopoulos, Ph.D was honored for his outstanding teaching at St. John's University in Jamaica. The award ceremony took place at the second annual Evening of Greek Culture and Cuisine on Friday evening, October 13 in Marillac Terrace of Marillac Hall. The award was sponsore More ...
On Sunday, December 10 at 3:00 PM, The Amy Marshall Dance Company brings their enthusiastically received composition "A Klezmer Nutcracker" back to the Queensborough Performing Arts Center for an encore performance. When the company premiered the piece - a fascinating retelling of the Chanukah story More ...
BY LIZ GOFF Five years after the second worst air disaster in U.S. history, family and friends gathered on November 12 to dedicate a memorial to the victims of American Airlines Flight 587. The Airbus A300, bound for the Dominican Republic, crashed shortly after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airpor More ...
Despite an agreement signed by the major developers of the Long Island City waterfront four years ago to build a public library, no work on a library has begun at the site. More ... Ask State For Laws To Stop Human Trafficking Human trafficking, "a modern form of slavery", is a crime and the state legislature must pass laws saying so and also provide services for victims, the City Council stated in a resolution passed recently and sent to Albany. More ...
Margaret Tartaglione, a resident of Queens Boulevard Extended Care Facility, 61-11 Queens Blvd., Woodside since March 1999, celebrated her 100th birthday with her family at the facility on September 18. More ...
Residents, staff, families and volunteers at Queens Boulevard Extended Care Facility enjoyed a fun-filled celebration during Halloween Week. Special events included a pumpkin decorating contest in which many departments in the facility participated. On Halloween day, the costume dress-up-or-dressdow More ...
Queens Theatre In the Park presents a delightful new sequel to Charles Dickens' More ...
On February 11, 2007 P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center will present the first solo exhibition of Norwegian photographer Tom Sandberg in the United States. The presentation features more than 30 photographs taken over the past decade, including the premiere of several new works. Sandberg is on view in th More ...
BY LIZ GOFF For most Queens residents, Thanksgiving and the holiday parties that follow represent a season of eating and socializing with family and friends. More ...
"Shangri La", a new '60s girl group musical, has its world premiere at Queens Theatre in the Park on Thursday, November 30. The show runs through Sunday, December 10. More ...
At 3 p.m., on Saturday, December 16, Ballet for Young Audiences, a professional children's theater group, will perform "The Nutcracker" ballet at the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center (LaGPAC). A colorful and fast-paced production, "The Nutcracker" will feature all the familiar characters- Herr Dross More ... Santa Arrives On Broadway November 29 Santa Claus will make a special appearance at Broadway and 36th Street on Wednesday, November 29th, at 4 p.m. when the Broadway-Astoria Merchants and Professionals Association, in conjunction with Most Precious Blood Roman Catholic Church, hosts the dedication of the Broadway Christmas Tree and Nati More ...
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio President and Founder Joanne Oppenheim reports on the notable (and forgettable) high tech toys for this holiday season. "High tech toys are a strong category once again. We found better uses of technology that are more age appropriate and child-centered than in recent years. More ... NYC Students Can Get Cellphone Waiver Officials at the city Department of Education (DOE) have established a process whereby students with medical problems can apply for approval to take their cellphones to school. More ... |
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