New York Police Department Assistant Chief Diana L. Pizzuti is the new borough commander of Patrol Borough Queens North, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly announced on February 27. More...
Acknowledging the news that New York state will legally be able to detain sex offenders after they have served their prison sentences, Assemblymember Michael Gianaris said, "We now have a mechanism for their evaluation and further confinement." Gian More...
Following the meetings of November 29 and January 17, the third Sunnyside landmark meeting, held February 27, would seem to have been the last, and additionally would seem to put interested parties at the threshold of the final decision to make Sunn More...
Part three of a three part series. The Only President to Serve Nonconsecutive Terms: Grover Cleveland (1885-1889, 1893- 1897) The election of 1884 was one of the closest elections in U.S. history. The Republican candidate, James G. More...
COMPILED BY LIZ GOFF CORONA: Parents Seek Good-Hearted Straphanger
The parents of a 22-month-old Corona toddler are looking for the mystery woman who returned their child who got into a crowded No. 7 train on February 27. More...
Assemblyman Jose R. Peralta helped welcome the Lunar New Year at the Elmhurst/Jackson Heights Senior Center recently. Peralta is joined by Lucy Garcia, executive director of the center, center members and costumed Chinese dancers. More...
Martin H. Smoak, a resident and fixture of Astoria for the past 52 years, died Saturday, February 17. Smoak was a loving father, a devoted grandfather, community activist, member of various community organizations and a very close "friend" of Santa. More...
Ambassadors to the United Nations from China, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the Netherlands gathered February 28 at the Kupferberg Holocaust Center at Queensborough Community College in Bayside for a program dedicated to honoring those diplomats w More...
According to Assemblymember Michael Gianaris, Con Edison admitted that the utility spent $581,000 on a publicity campaign to repair its image in Western Queens after last summer's nineday power blackout in that area. More...
State Senator George Onorato (D) has announced that the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) has agreed to install a new traffic signal at the intersection of 21st Avenue and 81st Street in Jackson Heights. More...
Old fashioned family fun vacations are alive and well at Scott's Oquaga Lake House, a 1,100-acre resort on picturesque Oquaga Lake near Deposit, New York, some 24 miles east of Binghamton in Broome County. More...
Warning "without terrorism insurance New York economic development will come to a screeching halt", Congressmember Carolyn Maloney, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and others urged support for extending the current law which provides federal backing for the More...
Asked whether his office has been tough enough on graffiti vandals, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown replied that he takes vandalism very seriously. More...
Get into a conversation with a long-time Queens resident and you're likely to discover a subscriber of the Long Island Star- Journal, a daily paper that informed the community about local and world news until it folded in 1968. More...
Guests crowded into Trattoria L'Incontro Monday night to attend the second annual benefit dinner of the Christopher Ricardo Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, hosted by Nicola (Nick) Mossa. More...
Legislation to authorize a new program of continued civil commitment of sexual predators who have been convicted of sex crimes and served their prison terms has been agreed upon by Governor Eliot Spitzer and state legislative leaders and will be int More...
Crystal Window & Door Systems, an awardwinning United States manufacturer of windows, doors and high-end fenestration systems, recently announced the opening of a Taiwan subsidiary. More...
Bill Blocks Fees For Paying Bills Online Credit card companies will be prohibited from charging a fee to customers who pay their bills online or by phone under a bill introduced by Congressmember Gary Ackerman (D- Bayside). More...
As Governor Eliot Spitzer made his first visit to Washington to lobby for homeland security funds, Congressmember Anthony Weiner called for mandated public disclosure of all anti-terror spending by cities and states. More...
104 Precinct Bogus Check Bust Police arrested a 26-year-old Ridgewood man on February 26, after he stole and forged two checks and deposited them in his own bank account. More...
The Federation of Italian American Organizations of Queens Spring 2007 Italian Language Classes for adults are about to begin: March 13, Tuesdays, intermediate, 6 to 7:30 p.m., and on March 14, Wednesdays, beginners also 6 to 7:30 p.m. More...
Alan Alda (c.), star of stage, screen and television, posed after a recent dinner at Trattoria L'Incontro, 21-76 31st St., Astoria, with the restaurant's owner, Rocco Sacramone (r.) and Vincenzo Bizati, maitre d'. More...
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