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The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), in proposing new rules that would deny health care to children and pregnant women, "will set Medicaid and state programs back 40 years", Governor Eliot Spitzer warned in a letter to President George W. Bush, in which he was joined by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. More ... V olunteering can be a gratifying experience at any age. The volunteers at Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens range from high school students through retirees and every stage in between. Become a part of a dedicated team that strives to exceed the needs and expectations of patients, families and employees- and contribute to your community in a meaningful way. More ... Queens received federal disaster funding on August 31, more than three weeks after parts of the borough were ravaged by a major storm and tornado that damaged more than 1,300 properties. Distraught residents had just about given up waiting for President George W. More ... 107th Precinct Garbage Truck Blazes Firefighters responded to a Sanitation depot at Union Turnpike and Winchester Boulevard on August 27, where they extinguished a blaze in a collection truck, officials said. Investigators determined the blaze was caused by combustion, ruling out arson or human error. More ... Governor Eliot Spitzer announced yesterday that he is recommending that a "new" New York Racing Association be awarded a 30-year-franchise to operate the state's three thoroughbred racetracks. Spitzer also announced that Aqueduct would continue as a racetrack and not be closed, as he had previously hinted. More ... Nancy Littlefield, Emmy-award-winning former director of the New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting, and executive director of Queens Public Television (QPTV), died Thursday, August 30 in Delray Beach, Florida. She was 77 and lived in Manhattan, Fire Island, New York and Delray Beach. The cause of death was cancer. More ... Angelos Georgiadis attended the Junior National Young Leaders Conference (JrNYLC), for which he was nominated by his teacher, Mahi Eliodromytis, at P.S. 2, Jackson Heights, from July 21 to July 26. The conference session in Herndon, Virginia included trips to Philadelphia, Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore, Maryland and Washington D.C. More ... No Bidders For Bonds' Historic Homerun Ball Online bidders didn't storm the bases to scoop up Barry Bonds' record-breaking home run ball last week. Bidding for the historic ball opened at $100,000 on August 29 at scpauctions.com Auctioneers said they expect the ball to be worth as much as $500,000- but as of late last week, there were no takers. More ... Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg last week launched the first phase of "Just Ask The Locals," the city's first-ever five-borough marketing and advertising campaign to make visitors feel more welcome, thank them for visiting and help them navigate New York City. More ... Lawmakers whose districts include Astoria and its large Greek-American population reached out to federal, state and local officials last week, imploring them to extend aid to the people of Greece who have suffered through the worst fires their country has ever seen. More ... New York City Transit President Howard H. Roberts, Jr. last week announced that the agency would add trains on the No. 7 line to beef up service before and after the rush hour commuter periods, to address complaints voiced by straphangers in a recent subway survey. More ... Queens Borough President Helen Marshall welcomed Rachel Lieberman (c), 2007 winner of the Robert Mindlin Scholarship, to Borough Hall for formal check presentation ceremony, Wednesday, August 15. More ... City police officials are preparing to sign a $542,000 deal with Microsoft to bring the software giant's highly acclaimed Child Exploitation Tracking System, or CETS, to neighborhoods throughout the city. More ... Police of the 114th Precinct executed the 37th and 38th search warrants of 2007 on Tuesday, August 28. A 53-year-old Asian male was found in possession of counterfeit merchandise and charged with trademark counterfeiting at the 114th Precinct station house, 34- 16 Astoria Blvd. More ... Police continue to search for several men in connection with the September 3 murder of a young man at an Astoria subway station. Jose Sierra, 19, of Brooklyn, was shot in the head and back and stabbed as he bolted from a southbound N train at the Broadway-31st Street station early Monday. More ... Times and dates are subject to change. Please call event sponsors to confirm. 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. More ... Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) has introduced a new service for its residential customers in the New York and New Jersey division: a flat rate, international calling plan that provides for international calling to about 100 countries, representing more than 80 percent of the world's population. More ... This fall season, Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is collaborating with renowned chef Marcus Samuelsson to give customers a taste of its new campaign, "Coffee Is Culinary". Starbucks is introducing two new exquisite coffee blends, delectable bakery items and a cookbook exclusively offered in stores featuring Samuelsson's epicurean expertise. More ... City police officials are seeking help from the public to identify and locate a man who leered at and then exposed himself to a 23-year-old woman traveling on the No. 7 train on August 26. Police said the young woman turned the tables on the pervert, snapping his photo on her cellphone camera. More ... There are several vacancies on the District 26 Community District Education Council. Applications for all interested parents with children attending District 26 schools can be obtained from the Parent Coordinator at the school your child attends or it can be hand delivered to M.S. 74, 61-15 Oceania St. More ... |
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