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On Saturday. September 8, St. Michael's Cemetery, 72-02 Astoria Blvd., East Elmhurst, will be the site of the sixth annual memorial service for the New York City firefighters, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police officers and New York City police officers who died saving others on Sept. 11, 2001. The service is open to the public and admission is free. More ... City Warns: Don't Mess With Our Fire Hydrants! City Comptroller William Thompson is very touchy when it comes to protecting street trees, light posts, street signs and fire hydrants throughout the five boroughs from vandals who are set on chopping, tagging and unplugging the municipal property. More ... Governor Eliot Spitzer will turn into an early version of Santa Claus next Tuesday when he's expected to announce his choice of the franchisee to operate the state's three racetracks, including for the first time, hugely profitable video lottery terminals. More ... Jack Bouba and Stacey Mairs left Portland, Oregon on June 1, bicycling across the country. The two parted company in New Philadelphia, Ohio, with Mairs going on to Virginia and Bouba heading toward his mother's home in Flushing. More ... The Board of Trustees of St. John's University has elected Steven Papamarcos, Ph.D., as the new dean of the Peter J. Tobin College of Business at St. John's University effective immediately. He succeeds Dr. Richard Highfield, who recently stepped down as dean to return as a member of the faculty. More ... The New York City Department of Education (DOE) today announced that 15 temporary Student Registration Centers will enroll new students for the opening of school. All new and returning all elementary, middle school and high school students without a zoned school should visit a Student Registration Center in their borough of residence to register. More ... A silence fell on a crowd of some 400 parishioners at St. George's Coptic Christian Orthodox Church on August 19 as Pope Shenuda III offered a blessing to consecrate the Long Island City house of worship. St. George's Financial Officer Saad Seddik said the ceremony marked the first time the pope had visited the church, located at 38-25 31st St. More ... Jerry Iannece, former chairman of Community Board 11 in Northeast Queens, now vice president of the Italian-American Organizations of Queens and president of the Saint Michael's Society of Senerchia, Italy, recently organized a group trip to Italy. More ... Drama! Excitement! Violence! These are the key elements of the Greek Primetime series "Maheri tis Karthias" (Knife of the Heart) on Greek satellite television throughout the world. Men and women in black attire on the island of Crete are thrilling Greeks in the summer of 2007. There is more to the Cretan spirit. More ... Five Asian males were observed selling alcohol to minors at five establishments in the 114th Police Precinct on Saturday, August 18 and were charged with having unlawful dealings with a child and engaging in the prohibited sale of alcohol. At 34-12 30th Ave. More ... All Saints: •Sep. 15, Saturday, noon. Penny social, drawings start promptly at 2 p.m., refreshments available, 43-12 46th St., Sunnyside; 718.784.8031. **** Astoria Center of Israel: •Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. Shabbat services, followed by Kiddush. More ... Congressmember Joseph Crowley (D-NY), a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, recently returned from a trip to Israel and the West Bank where he was briefed on issues critical to the US-Israeli relationship. More ... "Pray for Uncle Billy," fellow firefighters said. "He's facing a long road back, but he'll make it." Standing in their Long Island City firehouse, comrades of New York City Firefighters William "Uncle Billy" Corbetis and Neil Nally recalled the horror that followed the August 23 accident at the condemned Deutsche Bank Building that almost took the lives of the two men More ... Greek Americans packed cafes and coffee shops throughout Astoria on August 26, sharing stories of home while watching broadcasts reporting a modern-day Greek tragedy. Some 85 fires fed by gale-force winds tore through forests and villages in Greece last weekend, burning perilously close to Athens and killing 64 people at last count. More ... Due to the tragic events caused by the wildfires in Greece, the Board of Directors of the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York, during an emergency meeting, unanimously decided upon the following: 1. To express its condolences and support to the relatives of the victims and to express its immediate and complete assistance to the anguished people of Greece. More ... City Councilmember Eric Gioia (c.) stands with officers of the Queens Robbery Squad, including Detective Chris Alger, who was responsible for the arrest of the mugger who violently attacked two elderly Queens women earlier this year. More ... 115th Precinct Man Sought In Sex Attack Queens detectives are searching for a man who attacked a 16-year-old girl in an abandoned building near her Elmhurst home on August 20. The victim had been shopping with her mother on the afternoon on August 20 when they decided to split up and go to different stores. More ... "Labor Day differs in every essential way from the other holidays of the year in any country," said Samuel Gompers, founder and longtime president of the American Federation of Labor. More ... T he Martyrs' Monument by sculptor, Albert Weinert, takes its inspiration from "La Marseillaise", the national anthem of France. It was a favorite of Albert Parsons and he sang it in his cell just prior to his trip to the gallows. A laurel wreath is placed on the brow of the fallen hero, as the figure of Justice advances, resolutely toward the future. More ... Flushing House residents wanted to do something silly and have a good time laughing together, so Flushing House Recreation Director Lisa Hoxie came up with an idea for a "Crazy Hat" party. Last Tuesday, August 21, 30 residents got together in the game room and made their own "Crazy Hats". More ... Two schools in Queens have received matching grants to fund partnerships between teachers and artists or cultural organizations that will help students reach New York State Learning Standards. Through the partnerships, educators and teaching artists collaboratively plan and teach Standards-based curricula that teach arts and non-arts subjects as part of an integrated unit. More ... A new Quality Inn Hotel featuring sleek, modern accommodations for tourists and weary business travelers located just minutes from the Queens Plaza transportation hub has been opened in Long Island City.. The hotel opened its doors at 30-03 40th Ave. last weekend. More ... Astoria resident Buddy Clayton, who has made entertaining in veterans' homes and at events for members of the armed forces at his own expense a career, hopes to be back on tour again shortly. More ... On Wednesday, August 22, Assemblymember Margaret Markey (D- Maspeth, far l.) visited with New York Junior Tennis League summer camp kids at I.S. 204 in Long Island City and spoke to the campers about the benefits of tennis and athletics. More ... The two Serbi cousins posed with New York Mets mascot Mr. Met at Shea Stadium August 22 Nine-year-old Benjamin Serbi of East Elmhurst and his cousin, Gilad Serbi, five years old, were among the young readers honored at Shea Stadium on August 22 by the New York Mets. More ... Choo-Choo's held its first annual burger-eating contest last Saturday. Choo-Choo's owner, Ismet Bracic, a 26-year-old native Astorian, held the event in front of his establishment, 22-49 31st St., Astoria, where a large crowd of onlookers cheered on the contestants. More ... The Queens Museum of Art, steps away from the US Open, is offering free admission to all during the tournament. Exhibitions on view are: The Panorama of the City of New York, commissioned by Robert Moses for the 1964-65 New York World's Fair; Il Lee: Ballpoint Drawings, early experimental studies and a 50-foot installation behind the museum's auditorium; Generation 1. More ... Aug. 28 DJ Gus Ballas Astoria/Edison, New Jersey Cretans perform Sep. 4 Aurora Coman/Kostas Skrepetos perform Sep.11 Athenians Society/Bryant H.S./J.H.S. 141 perform For more information, contact Athens Square, Inc., 28-52 31st St., Astoria; 718-267-0935. More ... Recycling is doing the right thing for the earth! Labor Day traditionally signals the end of summer and the imminent arrival of fall, the time of the year when we perform the usual change-of-season ritual of going through our closets to get ready for the colder months. More ... In observance of Labor Day, the New York City Department of Sanitation has announced that there will be no garbage or recycling collection, or street cleaning on Monday, September 3. Residents who receive Monday garbage collection should place their trash out at curbside Monday evening after 4 p.m. for pickup. More ... (NAPSA)-Alzheimer's disease currently affects approximately 5.1 million Americans. Support is available and medications exist that can treat the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. For more information, call (toll-free) (866) AFA- 8484 or visit www.alzfdn.org. More ... Regino Dominguez, now 25, whose last known address was 34-12 Union St., Flushing, on August 24 was convicted of second-degree murder, first- and seconddegree assault and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon in the fatal stabbing of one man and the wounding of two others during a fight between two groups of men at a Corona sports bar in the early morning hours of More ... |
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