March 14, 2007 RSS feed / Features

Push For Affordable Housing

Caught in the same trap as many Queens areas where population increases have met limited affordable housing availability, Flushing area lawmakers and community leaders have joined in an effort to find workable solutions. More...

FDNY Issues Fire Safety Rules

Queens fire officials last week dubbed electric space heaters the "No. 1 Winter Killer", saying they are the leading cause of fires during the winter months. More...

Hunt On For Thug Who Robbed, Beat Senior Citizens

More than 1,000 calls and tips have come in to police after surveillance video of the mugging of a 101-year-old woman who uses a walker to get around was released to the public last week. More...

Sunday Is St. Francis of Assisi's Sports Day

Run, walk or skip to St. Francis of Assisi on Sunday, March 18 from 2 to 6 p.m. More...

New Apartments For Seniors To Open In May Or June

The Community Board 1 cabinet meeting for March was the first in two months, after the standard February hiatus. More...

Borough-Wide Blotter

Seek Info On Laundromat 'Spillover' Woodside detectives are searching for a gang of knife-wielding toughs who stabbed two men outside a local laundromat on February 28. More...

Queensbridge Robbery Suspect Arrested

A 40-year-old black man was arrested and charged with robbery and criminal possession of stolen property last week, 12 days after he allegedly followed a woman into a building at the Queensbridge Houses and robbed, punched and attempted to choke her More...

Free Synagogue of Flushing Celebrates 90 Years

Musical and religious harmony was celebrated at the Free Synagogue of Flushing's second inter-religious choral festival this past Sunday as community leaders, choirs, soloists and dancers from local houses of worship took part in the gala event. More...

Sen. Smith Honoree At Queens Dem Dinner

In another sign of recognition of the growing power of state Senator Malcolm Smith as that house's minority leader, the Queens Democratic organization will honor the St. More...

NAACP Members Meet With Young

Assemblymember Ellen Young met with President Ken Cohen and members of the Northeast Queens chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. More...

St. Patrick's Day

Saint Patrick's Day (Irish: Lá 'le Pádraig or Lá Fhéile Pádraig), colloquially Paddy's Day, is the feast day which annually celebrates Saint Patrick (373-493), the patron saint of Ireland, on March 17. More...

Board 2 Ponders Unexpected Number Of Hotels

Having handled the third, hastily scheduled, ultimately long, Sunnyside Gardens landmark meeting just two days earlier, Community Board 2 was content to make its regular March meeting a modest one. More...

Cops Belong In Park

The Queens City Council delegation is calling on Mayor Michael Bloomberg to fund a police facility in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Councilmember Hiram Monserrate said at the March meeting of Community Board 4 in Corona. More...

Queens Chinese Women's Assn. Attends UN Conference

In commemoration of International Women's Day on March 8, representatives of Chinese Immigrants Services/Queens Chinese Women's Association attended the 51st session of the United Nations' Commission of the Status of Women. More...

Conservative Sen. Backs Rudy; Clinton 'Recruits' Crowley, Weiner

Based on their belief that, if elected president of the United States, Rudy Giuliani will appoint conservative federal judges, two conservative Republicans, one of them a Congressmember, endorsed Giuliani for president in the 2008 elections. More...

Plans For New Bronx Jail

A plan to build a new jail in The Bronx and to reopen and expand the Brooklyn House of Detention to reduce dependence on Rikers Island was unveiled by Department of Corrections (DOC) Commissioner Martin Horn last week. More...

Public School Early Grade Enrollment Begins

The New York City Department of Education (DOE) today announced that enrollment for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten began March 12 and enrollment for first grade begins March 19. More...

Outstanding Career And Tech Teachers Honored By UFT

United Federation of Teachers President Randy Weingarten, Michael Mulgrew UFT Vice President, Career & Technical Education High Schools and Programs, and students, teachers and their families recognized teachers who had been selected by their collea More...

Graffiti Vandal Indicted In Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan

In September 2006 the New York City Police Department Transit Bureau Special Investigations Unit began an investigation of a graffiti vandal with the tag of "ket" who was defacing trains and stations in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. More...

T H E

Passover begins at sundown April 2 and is celebrated through April 10; Eastern Orthodox and Western Christian celebrations: Palm Sunday, April 1; Good Friday, April 6 and Easter, April 8. More...

Neighborhood News

Bone Marrow Plea Officials at two area hospitals are urging the public to give the gift of life by participating in a Bone Marrow Stem Cell Drive on March 19 and 20. More...

Grand Central Parkway Lane Closures

During the period of March 12 through March 30, 2007, the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) will perform bridge work at the Steinway Street Bridge over the Grand Central Parkway (GCP). More...

On the brief side...

Vallone Panel Conducts Oversight Of NYPD At a hearing last Friday at City Hall, the Public Safety Committee, headed by City Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. and the Civil Rights Committee explored how the NYPD polices and disciplines its officers. More...

Explore How Life Works At NYHOS

Become a DNA Specialist at the New York Hall of Science (NYHOS). Find the secret, draw it up and show the world that you too can crack the code on DNA. More...

Parks 'Super Saturdays' Begin Citywide

Every Saturday the Park's Department Recreation Centers throughout the five boroughs have a host of free activities that New Yorkers can participate in. More...

Two Exhibits Showcase Contemporary Italian Art

Universitas Civium Oratino, the Cultural Association for the Molise Region in America, has sponsored two exhibits of contemporary art at the Buzzeo Gallery, 31-16 36th Ave., Long Island City. More...

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