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Zoning Change Keeps Building Empty BY RICHARD GENTILVISO Community Board 1 attaches a brief summary to its meeting agendas. More ...
BY JOHN TOSCANO After years of disappointment and frustration because his vibrant community of Astoria does not have a bookstore, City Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. recently renewed his campaign among the major bookstore chains to establish one here. More ... ASPCA: City Should Handle Animal Care BY RICHARD GENTILVISO More than a decade after dropping its contract with the city of New York to provide animal care and control services, the ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) is lobbying for legislation to establish a new city agency, the Bureau of Animal Control Services, within the De More ...
A state-of-the-art ambulatory care facility ushers in a new era of care at Queens Hospital Center, 82-68 164th St. in Jamaica. More ...
The Queens Economic Development Corporation (QEDC) and two of its women More ...
It was rainy, windy and cold on Thanksgiving Day 2006, but Joe William Ricevuto thoroughly enjoyed his 22nd year as a clown in the annual Macy's Parade. "There I was, wet wig, baggy pants and a dog leash-with no dog," he said. "Marching along the parade route in the rain, I told people the 'dog' was More ...
Construction continues at the site of Commerce Bank's newest Queens branch located at 94-15 Northern Blvd. in Jackson Heights. More ...
Assemblymember Mark Weprin (D-Little Neck, 24th Assembly District) was presented with a citation from the Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives at Queensborough Community College for his continuing support of the Center. More ...
BY JOHN TOSCANO City Councilmembers David Weprin and James Gennaro, alarmed over the devastating effects of overdevelopment in Eastern Queens, were joined by community leaders in calling for a new narrow-lot zoning classification to stem the spree of builders constructing huge homes. More ... Maspeth Bird Haven Seeks Support MBH (Maspeth Bird Haven) a not-forprofit parrot rescue and adoption organization, recently moved to a new home in Maspeth. The owners of the bird haven, Gayle and Barry Schwartz, now have more room to provide better care and facilities for the various parrot species that are left with them, They nee More ...
Adrienne Livadas of Astoria celebrated her 100th birthday the afternoon of November 5 at Punta Dura Restaurant, 41-15 34th Ave. in Astoria with family and friends celebrating with her. Livadas, who is known as "Sweetheart" to her family, gave a special smile and thank you to all. Livadas was born in More ... Simple Steps Help Protect Baby Boomers' Vision (NAPSA)-Americans spend more than $20 billion each year on eye cosmetics and enhancements, but little is spent on preserving eye health-something doctors say people need to make a priority. More ...
The day single mother Monique Holloway holds 9-year-old daughter Nhyzhe's college diploma in hand is the day she says she'll have fulfilled her dream. In a neighborhood where the annual income averages $14,000, and the high school graduation rate among the mostly black and Latino population hovers a More ... LIC H.S. Students Earn AP Awards Sixteen students at Long Island City H.S. have been designated AP Scholars by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement (AP) exams. Long Island City H.S. offers its students a variety of advanced placement courses, ranging from art hist More ...
Councilmember Peter F. Vallone Jr., chairman of the Public Safety Committee, joined with NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly and Speaker Christine Quinn last week to unveil the new bulletproof vests currently being distributed to the city's police force. The vests provide additional protection to the rib ca More ...
Citing a recent study which found that at least two million New Yorkers are at risk of going hungry this Thanksgiving season," Assemblymember Jose Peralta organized a giveaway of 300 turkeys in his Corona district prior to Thanksgiving. More ... Save-The-Gym Rally At City Hall Young athletes from throughout the city rallied last Friday at City Hall to reopen the gymnasium in the Flushing Armory so that they can continue to train for championship competition which will be ending soon. More ... Maloney Hails 'Nurse-Ins': Congressmember Carolyn Maloney, who authored the law guaranteeing the rights to women to breast-feed on federal property, recently hailed the advocates and new mothers who staged nurse-ins at Delta Airlines ticket counters around the United States. More ...
State Senator Frank Padavan R-C, Bellerose) and community activists in Bellerose in Northeast Queens recently held a protest rally against overcrowding and overdevelopment in their residential area from construction of illegal homes called McMansions. More ... The Pulpit All Saints Episcopal: Dec. 5, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Update and discussion on the war against Iraq, 43-12 46th St., Sunnyside. More ...
Students from the Baccalaureate School for Global Education volunteered to serve Thanksgiving Day dinner to hundreds of seniors at the Sunnyside Senior Center. Thanks to College Readiness Program Coordinator Peter Wilson and the students from Baccalaureate, seniors from the surrounding community enj... More ... Ambassador Receives Homeric Award Ambassador Adamantios Th. Vassilakis, Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations, received the Chian Federation's 29th Homeric Award at Federation headquarters in Astoria last Friday, November 24. Prior to his current assignment, from 1999, Vassilakis served as Director General for Eur More ... Cops Look For Purse Thieves, Find Gambling BY LINDA J. WILSON A search for purse-snatchers at a local laundromat yielded cigarettes, knives and money and uncovered an illegal gambling operation. On Tuesday, November 21 at approximately 1:30 p.m. under the direct supervision of 114th Police Precinct Commanding Officer Inspector Brian McCarthy, the 34th search w More ...
Assistant District Attorney Aisha S. Greene of Cambria Heights, received the 15th annual Hal Miller Weinstein Memorial Award in a ceremony November 20 in Queens District Attorney Richard Brown's office. The award is given annually in honor of former Assistant District Attorney Hal Miller Weinstein, More ...
The Federation of Italian American Organizations of Queens, Inc., More ...
On Friday, November 10, Crystal Window and Door Systems of Flushing, hosted a delegation More ... Jessica Johnson Creates And Performs Off B'way The sleeper hit of the 2006 New York International Fringe Festival "Oblivious To Everyone" is a one-woman play created and performed by Astoria resident Jessica Lynn Johnson. A social satire about the media's fierce impact on women, "Oblivious To Everyone" will be at The Studio Theatre in the Theatr More ...
Get into a conversation with a longtime Queens resident and you're likely to discover a subscriber of More ...
QPAC's Children's Book Club & Performance Series presents two Christmas events this December. The program combines entertainment with motivating children to read by allowing them to experience fully-staged musical adaptations of the books they will be encouraged to read or have read to them. More ... |
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