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July 25, 2007 / Features

Gianaris Seeks Con Ed Reforms After Steam Pipe Explosion

BY JOHN TOSCANO

As the first suit against Con Edison arising from last week's Midtown Manhattan steam pipe explosion was filed on Monday and affected business owners pressed the giant utility for financial assistance, Assemblymember Michael Gianaris called for sig More...

Sunnyside Gardens' Status Gets Mixed Reaction

BY THOMAS COGAN

The Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously voted in late June to designate Sunnyside Gardens as a historic district after conducting four public meetings, from November to April, on the issue of landmark status. More...

Ravenswood, Amalgamated Celebrate Family Day

More than 600 children, teens and adults enjoyed food and music as well as a performance by the "Senior Shakers" from Queensbridge Houses during the Ravenswood Houses' annual summer celebration. More...

LICCA Free Cultural Guides, Summer 2007

Since 2004, the Long Island City Cultural Alliance (LICCA) has produced a free guide to local arts and culture events, and is now distributing 50,000 brochures quarterly at events and venues citywide. More...

CALDC Children's Series Continues Through August

The "Summer Fun" Children's Series presented by the Central Astoria Local Development Coalition (CALDC) will continue on Tuesday, July 31 in Athens Square Park, 30th Avenue and 30th Street, and on Wednesday, August 1 at the Dutch Kills Playground, More...

Dolores Allogiamento Dies, Was Jackson Heights AARP President

Members of the Jackson Heights Chapter 991 of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) mourn the passing of Dolores Allogiamento, president of the chapter for four years. More...

The Pulpit

Compiled by Susan Cleary

Atonement Lutheran: •Sunday worship services in English at 10:15 a.m. More...

12-Year-Old Throws Drain Cleaner At Infants

Police arrested a 12-year-old Jackson Heights youth on July 22 after he sprayed and tossed liquid Drano onto a group of women and infant children inside a Jackson Heights playground. More...

LaG Air Traffic Control Trainee Sets Planes On Collision Course

Sources at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said the trainee was working with an experienced controller as part of a two-man team in the tower on July 5, when the trainee's radar screen "screamed a series of alarms and flashing lights", ale

BY LIZ GOFF

A crew of federal investigators arrived at LaGuardia Airport on July 5. Their mission: to determine how the actions of an air traffic control trainee resulted in a near-collision at one of the nation's busiest airports. More...

News Of The Neighborhoods

COMPILED BY LIZ GOFF

Soprano Star Shot In Queens Emmy Award-winning "Sopranos" star Michael Imperioli was spotted decked out in a Mets uniform at Shea Stadium on July 17, where he was filming the TV movie "For One More Day". More...

Commerce Bank Managers To Wed

Frank Anthony Ryan of Jackson Heights, manager of the East Meadow branch of Commerce Bank, and Lisa Marie Berton, Commerce Bank Hillcrest branch assistant manager, became engaged on June 4. A wedding date of Sept. More...

2007 Greece Travel Tips: Go With Chios Tours

BY CATHERINE TSOUNIS

It has been 30 years since I went to Chios. All our family is deceased and since I would be alone, I asked Panchiaki Koraes Society of Flushing for a travel agency. Their response: Chios Tours. More...

4 Sold Liquor To Minors At Sites In 114th Precinct

COMPILED BY LINDA J. WILSON

On Saturday, July 14, four people at four separate establishments in the114th Police Precinct sold alcoholic beverages to minors under the age of 21 and were charged with having unlawful dealings with a child and engaging in the prohibited sale of More...

Borough-Wide

COMPILED BY LIZ GOFF

105th Precinct Grocery Bandits Sought Police are searching for a pair of thieves who pulled off an armed robbery at a Bellerose grocery store on July 18. More...

On the brief side...

Crowley Votes To Reduce Passport Delays Legislation to eliminate delays for travelers waiting to receive passports, which has become a major problem, has passed the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. More...

St. Michael's Cemetery Plans 9/11 Memorial Service

St. Michael's Cemetery, 72-02 Astoria Blvd., East Elmhurst, will hold its annual memorial service for New York City firefighters and police officers lost in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 8 at 1 p.m. More...

'Exams For Jobs Guide' Available Now

Assemblymember Audrey I. Pheffer (D-Queens) is pleased to announce that she has recently received the Exams for Jobs Guide from the Department of Citywide Administrative Services. More...

Bomb Scare Closes Steinway Street

A suspicious package left inside the Bank of America branch at 31-81 Steinway St., Astoria resulted in Steinway Street being closed down to vehicular and pedestrian traffic for a few hours last Thursday. More...

Onorato Applauds Newtown Creek Cleanup Legal Action

State Senator George Onorato (D-Long Island City) last week commended New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo for filing an important new federal lawsuit against ExxonMobil to compel the giant oil company to clean up a massive underground oil More...

Gioia, YMCA All-Stars Visit Shea

City Councilmember Eric Gioia recently accompanied a group of Gioia- YMCA All-Stars to Shea Stadium to watch the Mets batting practice. The young Little Leaguers watched in awe as the major league baseball stars warmed up. More...

Local Dairy Locks Out Employees

Owners of the Elmhurst Honeywell Dairy locked out more than 170 employees at the Jamaicabased processing plant on July 15, abruptly halting production of almost 90 percent of the city's milk and milk products, forcing retailers to purchase milk fro More...

Million-Dollar Beer Bust?

A bartender at an Astoria tavern thought it was a joke when a man slapped a million-dollar bill on the bar and demanded a beer, according to police sources. More...

Adventure Course Opens

City Department of Parks and Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe joined elected officials, including state Senator Frank Padavan and Assemblymember Mark Weprin, Queens Borough Parks Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski and, Parks Department officials More...

Sports Car Show Raises Money For Cancer Cure

Long Island City was buzzing on Sunday, July 22, when the owners of dozens of antique and classic sports cars and cycle dealers converged on Cinema Paradiso Restaurant, 36-02 35th Ave. More...

Blunder By Gov's Aides Gives New Life To Bruno's Power

A scathing report from state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo that splashed egg all over an embarrassed Governor Eliot Spitzer (D) on Monday probably ended his feud with powerful state senate Republican leader Joseph Bruno, but more likely gave new li More...

Astoria Resident Performs In Dirt

Aug. 10 to Aug. 22 Astoria/Queens resident Christopher Dornig will perform in the 11th annual New York International Fringe Festival U.S. premiere of "Dirt" at The Players Theatre Loft Space, 115 MacDougal St. More...