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BY LIZ GOFF AND DAN MILLER A row of stores on Steinway Street sustained heavy damage in an early morning fire on January 1. According to Fire Department sources, the stores, El Basurero, a restaurant, Optima Beauty Supply and Ritmos 60, a nightclub, all of which are listed as sharing 32-20 Steinway St. as their address, were... More ...
Gerald Ford, the 38th president of the United States, will be buried tomorrow in a cemetery in Grand Rapids, Michigan, near where he was born and lived most of his life. The interment ends a week of viewing, prayers, ceremonies eulogies and recollections of his distinguished service to his country... More ...
BY AYSEL SEKMEC Thousands of people take the subway every day to get from one destination to another. Public transportation is very important in New York City. Taking public transportation is an easy thing to do. All you need to do is get a MetroCard, swipe it and go anywhere you want. More ...
Twenty-five years ago, on Christmas Day 1981,Citymeals-on-Wheels delivered its very first meal to a homebound elderly New Yorker who would have otherwise gone without a Christmas lunch. On Dec. 25, 2006, Mayor Michael Bloomberg marked this very special anniversary by delivering the organization’s 3... More ...
BY LIZ GOFF AND LINDA WILSON Queens cop John Lopez said he’s not a hero, just a family man. Lopez fought back against two career criminals who threatened his family on December 30 when he singlehandedly nabbed the pair, who had just robbed a nearby bank. More ...
Students at The Mary Louis Academy, Jamaica Estates, maintained a five-year-long tradition this past December when the school’s Adopt-A-Grandparent Club, under the direction of Grace West, moderator, performed a Christmas-Chanukah play and held a sing-along for the residents of the Hillside Manor N... More ...
Homeless veterans who participate in the domiciliary care program at the St. Albans Veterans’ Administration facility were the beneficiaries of a clothing drive conducted annually by the JOY program at the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Shrine Church, Flushing. More ... 114 Precinct Blotter: Christmas Was Quiet, But New Year’s Is Noisy While Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve were relatively uneventful in the 114th Police Precinct, New Year’s Day was punctuated by a string of arrests, most for some form of DWI or for domestic violence. Three arrests were made on Monday, December 25. More ... T H E p ul pi t Community United Methodist: •2007 Playgroup registration, nine months to 4 years, 75-27 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village; 718.894.2293 or 718.894.8654 **** Congregation Machane Chodosh: •Jan. 20, 8 p.m., Saturday. Festive Melave Malka, concert, food, free transportation for seniors, $20/$22 at... More ...
When the Rev. Dionisios Marketos was commissioned a First Lieutenant in the New York National Guard recently he became the first Greek Orthodox chaplain in the New York National Guard’s 150-year history, according to First Lieutenant Peter S. Giakoumis of the New York National Guard 4th Platoon, D ... More ...
James Keane, Sr., 80, a resident of Queens Boulevard Extended Care Facility in Woodside, is among 13 artists living in long-term care facilities throughout New York state to have his work featured in the 2007 calendar from the New York State Health Facilities Association (NYSHFA) and the Foundation... More ...
Assemblymember Mark Weprin (D-Little Neck) was at Public School 205Q, the Alexander Graham Bell School, to honor Andrew Ferdinandi, who saved the life of one of the students in the school. Mr. Ferdinandi happened to be walking by the school when a child suddenly collapsed outside the building. He ... More ...
The start of a new administration in Albany has encouraged City Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. to pursue legislation to ban pit bulls in New York City. Noting that a similar proposal had no chance in Albany previously, Vallone (D–Astoria) said he plans to file a bill asking the state legislature ... More ... Workshop For Baby Boomers For baby boomers nearing retirement, and their family and friends, LaGuardia Community College’s adult and continuing education program is offering on January 25 a new workshop that explores ways to create a rewarding retirement. The Redefining Retirement workshop offers techniques to reexamine p... More ... Queens Botanical Garden’s Top Ten Green (Re)solutions For ‘07 The Queens Botanical Garden (QBG) is on the forefront of sustainable design in New York City with its new Visitor & Administration Building and landscapes opening in summer of 2007. The Garden’s project displays innovative storm water management, energy conservation, and environmental stewardship. More ... Grants Offered To Work At Socrates Sculpture Park Application guidelines are available online for artists who would like to work at the Park and who could benefit from grants that are being offered. Applications are due by Jan. 22. More ... 2 Are Arrested In Church Robbery BY LIZ GOFF A pair of Brooklyn men last week were charged in the brazen Christmas Day theft of $30,000 from a Flushing church. Police said Daniel Almodovar, 24, and Daniel Morales, 26, walked into a rear door at St. Mel’s Catholic Church during the 9 a.m. Christmas mass, where they stole a strongbox filled wi... More ... Flushing Assaults Are Pattern Crimes BY LIZ GOFF Queens police officials and detectives at the Crimestoppers Hotline are calling on the public to help identify and locate two men who are being sought as suspects in a recent crime spate in Flushing Meadows- Corona Park. At least nine bicyclists and joggers were assaulted and/or robbed while trave... More ... |
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