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Auxiliary Cops Hailed At 114th Community Council BY RICHARD GENTILVISO When the blackout hit last July, traffic lights went out along with everything else electrical in parts of the 114th Precinct. Police officers had to be posted at nearly every intersection, both during the day and at night under floodlights. "We didn't have enough police officers to direct traffic... More ...
BY THOMAS COGAN Those at the January breakfast meeting of the Long Island City Business Development Corporation at Silvercup Studios last Tuesday heard City Councilmember Eric Gioia talk about urban conditions that, if properly exploited, can lead to civic improvement. More ...
BY JOHN TOSCANO New York- based Democrats, as expected, found fault with virtually everything President George W. Bush said in his State of the Union speech last week, from failing to embrace their plan for a phased-withdrawal from Iraq to omitting any mention of new funding for his education program to sticking i... More ... Bush May Meet With Borja To Discuss Aid For 9/11 Responders BY JOHN TOSCANO Ceasar Borja of Bayside, attended President George W. Bush's State of the Union address last week although his father had died moments earlier from the deadly effects of his labors at the Ground Zero cleanup following 9/11. Although Borja was in the same gallery as others who were introduced by th... More ...
It's no secret that America is growing older. In fact, more than half of Americans expect to have elder care responsibilities within the next 10 years. Today, there are more than 48 million people with some type of disability - one in seven has some form of arthritis, and 18 million are visually i... More ...
BY RICHARD GENTILVISO With the new year, 19 officers have been assigned to the 114th Precinct. "From the last academy class, the 114th got eight new cops and 11 more from IMPACT," said Ann Bruno, president of the 114th Precinct Community Council. A full register should be 197 police officers, said Bruno, but the curren... More ...
BY LINDA J. WILSON As reported in the Gazette last week, police are seeking several Hispanic males who were involved in a confrontation with Lieutenant Wade Kern and Police Officer Joseph Morabito from the 114th Precinct outside the Astoria Sports Complex, 34-38 38th St. As Kern and Morabito were arresting Edison V... More ... Boroughwide Blotter: Violent End For Troubled Couple BY LIZ GOFF Police of the 108th Precinct said a Queens man with a history of violence shot and killed his girlfriend in her Sunnyside home on January 24 and then turned the gun on himself in a murder-suicide that ended the couple's abusive, tumultuous relationship. More ...
David Wexler, a Garden School senior and president of the Student Council, invited Ruth Messinger, president of American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an organization providing on-the-ground aid in Darfur, and a national leader in raising public awareness about Darfur, to address students of The Ga... More ...
Queens Lutheran School students Jeremy Michaels (l.) and Duke Choi, shown with Barbara Darden, Queens Lutheran eighth grade teacher and head teacher, ranked among the top two percent of all eighth-grade students in New York City, More ... LIC YMCA Standings As Of Jan. 22, 2007 Men's Winter Basketball League A Division More ...
Eight eighth-grade students at Most Precious Blood School won scholarships to various high schools in the New York City area. Shown standing (l to r.) are: Barbara DeMaio, principal, John Lipovac, Caitlyn Ferguson, Russell Butiong, Lauren Roeder, Thomas Santos and Donna Flynn, assistant princip... More ... Movie Made In Elmhurst And Jackson Heights Premieres In Astoria Director Tanuj Chopra, a Columbia University graduate student, premieres his film "Punching at the Sun" at the Museum of the Moving Image (MMI) on February 2, at 7:30 p.m. "Punching at the Sun", part of the museum's Independence World Cinema Showcase series, is a feature film that was shown in com... More ... BY RICHARD GENTILVISO City Councilmember Eric Gioia promised to continue to do everything in his power to cut the bureaucratic red tape blocking eligible New Yorkers from the federal food stamp program. "It is inexcusable," Gioia said at the January meeting of Community Board 1 in Astoria. More ...
BY JOHN TOSCANO Legislation aimed at increasing the availability of affordable housing in New York City by making it easier for local governments to purchase buildings owned by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has been introduced by Congressmember Nydia Velazquez (D- Queens/Brooklyn/Ma... More ... Arts Materials Supplier Will Expand BY RICHARD GENTILVISO Materials for the Arts, a program of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) located in Long Island City, is expanding. "We are helping artists and art education teachers to realize their visions by providing materials," DCA Deputy General Counsel Tracey Knuckles said at the January... More ...
Assemblymember Jose R. Peralta was joined by HEALTH PLUS Health Insurance in the distribution of over 300 coats for the winter. Recent dramatic decreases in temperatures have made New York City residents bundle-up and prepare for a cold winter. More ... Steinway Street Bridge Repairs Bring Road Closures The New York City Department of Transportation has announced road closures on the Grand Central Parkway (GCP), Astoria Boulevard and the Brooklyn Queens Expressway (BQE) for the weekend of February 3 through 5. The closures are necessary to dismantle the temporary bridges and demolish the existing... More ... On the brief side... St. John's Prep Group New Orleans Bound A group of some 30 teachers, staff and friends of St. John's Preparatory School in Astoria will be in New Orleans over the February break to help rebuild some still struggling neighborhoods in Katrina-stricken New Orleans. More ... This Year At QCC's Kupferberg Holocaust Center Queensborough Community College (QCC) Kupferberg Holocaust Center will begin a unique series of events and resources in February. More ...
Dissatisfied with the slow pace of the cleanup of the Newton Creek oil spill, the largest in our nation's history, Congressmember Anthony Weiner has called for congressional field hearings to examine the status of current cleanup efforts and the extent to which violations of federal environmental l... More ... Bayside Checkout Granny Bags $1M Prize A Bayside supermarket cashier who scratched off a $1 million lottery prize on January 26 said she has no immediate plans to quit her job. Peggie Wilkins, a 28-year veteran checker at a Bayside Waldbaum's Supermarket, stunned co-workers when she headed back to her counter after scratching off the b... More ... Astoria Senior Residence Is QBBA Award Recipient The Queens & Bronx Building Association (QBBA) held their annual 2006 Building Awards gala at Caffe on the Green in Bayside on December 7, and the Astoria Senior Residence, on the grounds of the Variety Boys & Girls Club, 21st Street and 30th Road, was the beneficiary of a Residential-Apartment Bui... More ... The Pulpit Compiled by Susan Cleary The Brandeis Association: +Feb. 9, Friday, 5:15 p.m. "Law Sabbath" service followed by four-course Sabbath meal; $35/$25, Hollis Hills Jewish Center, 210-10 Union Tpke; 718.520-2859. **** Community United Methodist: +2007 Playgroup registration, nine months to 4 years, 75- 27 Metropolitan Ave., ... More ...
The holiday season generates growth and new directions. Unexpected surprises occur. On Sunday, December 24, a unique moment in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America happened at the Kimisis Tis Theotokou Church of Southampton, Long Island. A filled church was present to hear Coula Johnides pledg... More ... Electric Support Vehicles Installed At La Guardia A project to demonstrate reduction of air pollution at airports has been unveiled at the historic Marine Air Terminal at La Guardia Airport in Queens. Delta Air Lines has replaced diesel-fueled groundsupport equipment servicing the Delta Shuttle with fast-charging electric vehicles. More ... Making the Unthinkable Less Painful BY LARRY SCRIBE T he harsh reality is that life will kill you. People may avoid taxes but the old saying is true that death cannot be avoided. The shocking events of 9/11 made many consider their own Tmortality. The losses of that day caused people to consider what they would do, or want done if they or loved ones ... More ... Out And About The 'Hoods' Elmhurst: Tanks For the Greenspace The city's $11 million plan to turn the former home of the Elmhurst gas tanks into parkland took a step forward last week, when officials put out a request for bids from construction firms interested in building and landscaping the 6-acre site. More ... Teen Shot Grabbing For Gun BY LIZ GOFF Police last night began questioning a 24-year-old man who was being sought in connection with a botched robbery that led to an off-duty police shooting in Corona on January 28. An off-duty police lieutenant shot and wounded a bottlewielding teenager during the incident, as the teen wrestled the co... More ...
The LaGuardia Performing Arts Center's Jazz Jam series will host a night of blues featuring guitarist/vocalist Keith "Captain" Gamble and "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas," vocalist Sweet Georgia Brown on February 16. The two highly acclaimed jazz artists will join the center's popular house band. More ... Gianaris, UCCA Schedule Town Hall Meeting The annual town hall meeting sponsored by the United Community Civic Association, Assemblymember Michael Gianaris and the Gazette will be held Thursday, February 1 in the Riklis Theater of the Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave. between 36th and 37th Streets. The meeting, a tradition for ... More ...
Queens County Clerk Gloria D'Amico and former City Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr. will be honored as Woman and Man of the Year at the Little Neck-Douglaston Memorial Day Parade Organization annual dinner dance at Terrace On the Park February 8. This year's parade will be the organization's 80th.... More ... Dinkins Starts Fifth Term As USTA Director At Large The United States Tennis Association (USTA) has announced that former Mayor David N. Dinkins began a two-year term as USTA Director At Large last week, and will serve on the USTA 15-member board through 2008. Dinkins recently completed his fourth consecutive two-year term as Director At Large. He i... More ... Golden Gloves Comes To Variety Boys & Girls Club On February 22, 2007 the Salah M. Hassanein Variety Boys & Girls Club will host the second event of week 5 of the preliminary bouts of the 80th annual Daily News Golden Gloves. Twelve bouts of three rounds each are planned for the evening. Members of the club will sing the National Anthem and wil... More ... Ahoy! Senior Cruise Escorts Wanted! BY LIZ GOFF Are you a single senior man who loves to travel the high seas? A growing number of cruise lines offer free or inexpensive travel to carefully chosen, unattached men over 50 and 65 who meet rigorous criteria. More ...
Although his part in "A Bronx Tale" ended up on the cutting room floor, Community Board 1 District Manager George Delis may yet find himself treading the boards, cinematographically speaking. More ... Catsimatidis Is Greek Independence Parade Chair The Board of Directors of the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York has unanimously appointed John Catsimatidis chairman for the Greek Parade 2007. The parade will take place on Sunday, April 15 on 5th Avenue in Manhattan. More ...
Huddle Around With These Football Player Cutouts Call a timeout from the routine of chicken wings and nachos, and put these yummy, sporty sugar cookies on the field. Football Player Cookies decorated in team colors are the perfect treat for every "fan"atic. As much fun to eat as they are to prepare, these homemade cookies will become the MVP of ... More ...
hinese New Year on Feb. 18 marks the perfect time to fire up a wok and gather the family for a celebratory feast usher ing in the Year of the Pig. CIn China, the New Year's Eve dinner is so important that if a family member can't attend, an empty seat is kept to symbolize their presence! Don't pan... More ... Little Neck, Forest Hills Mansions Lead House Prices BY LINDA J. WILSON In a Little Neck neighborhood where the asking price of the average house rarely exceeds $2 million, a 14,000-square-foot, fivebedroom, Spanish-style mansion with five full baths and two half baths definitely stands out. The house, at 53-27 254th St. More ... |
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