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BY RICHARD GENTILVISO New York Police Department Assistant Chief Diana L. Pizzuti is the new borough commander of Patrol Borough Queens North, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly announced on February 27. Ann Bruno, president of the 114th Precinct Community Council, at the council meeting that same evening, said, "As o... More ...
BY THOMAS COGAN Since 2000, participants in the St. Patrick's Parade in Sunnyside and Woodside have been gathering at 43rd Street and Skillman Avenue on the first Sunday in March to play music, dance, emote politically and eventually march 15 or so blocks, all in the cause of "inclusivity", a quality they find dem... More ... Congress Urged To Extend Terrorism Insurance BY JOHN TOSCANO Warning "without terrorism insurance New York economic development will come to a screeching halt", Congressmember Carolyn Maloney, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and others urged support for extending the current law which provides federal backing for the program, which will expire at the end of this yea... More ...
BY RICHARD GENTILVISO Acknowledging the news that New York state will legally be able to detain sex offenders after they have served their prison sentences, Assemblymember Michael Gianaris said, "We now have a mechanism for their evaluation and further confinement." Gianaris made the announcement at the March meeting of... More ... Brown Hangs Tough On Graffiti BY RICHARD GENTILVISO Asked whether his office has been tough enough on graffiti vandals, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown replied that he takes vandalism very seriously. Pointing to the recent guilty plea of graffiti vandal Oliver Siandre, Brown noted the 29-year-old man, who spray-painted a reported 600 "KiKo" t... More ...
BY THOMAS COGAN Following the meetings of November 29 and January 17, the third Sunnyside landmark meeting, held February 27, would seem to have been the last, and additionally would seem to put interested parties at the threshold of the final decision to make Sunnyside Gardens a historic district, or landmark are... More ...
Get into a conversation with a long-time Queens resident and you're likely to discover a subscriber of the Long Island Star- Journal, a daily paper that informed the community about local and world news until it folded in 1968. More ...
Part three of a three part series. The Only President to Serve Nonconsecutive Terms: Grover Cleveland (1885-1889, 1893- 1897) The election of 1884 was one of the closest elections in U.S. history. The Republican candidate, James G. Blaine, might have won if one of his supporters had kept ... More ...
Guests crowded into Trattoria L'Incontro Monday night to attend the second annual benefit dinner of the Christopher Ricardo Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, hosted by Nicola (Nick) Mossa. More ... State Leaders Agree On New Jail Program For Sex Offenders BY JOHN TOSCANO Legislation to authorize a new program of continued civil commitment of sexual predators who have been convicted of sex crimes and served their prison terms has been agreed upon by Governor Eliot Spitzer and state legislative leaders and will be introduced shortly in Albany. More ... Neighborhood News COMPILED BY LIZ GOFF CORONA: Parents Seek Good-Hearted Straphanger The parents of a 22-month-old Corona toddler are looking for the mystery woman who returned their child who got into a crowded No. 7 train on February 27. Blanca Amarilis, 35, and Victor Tito, 32, the child's mother and father, described the woman as a good-hearted angel who saved their son from be... More ...
Crystal Window & Door Systems, an awardwinning United States manufacturer of windows, doors and high-end fenestration systems, recently announced the opening of a Taiwan subsidiary. Crystal Union Company, based in the capital of Taipei, will provide project design and installation services for curt... More ...
Assemblyman Jose R. Peralta helped welcome the Lunar New Year at the Elmhurst/Jackson Heights Senior Center recently. Peralta is joined by Lucy Garcia, executive director of the center, center members and costumed Chinese dancers. More ...
Assemblymember Rory Lancman with Rabbi Shlomo Nisanov at the Annual Dinner of Kehilat Sephardim of Ahavat Achim. More ...
Martin H. Smoak, a resident and fixture of Astoria for the past 52 years, died Saturday, February 17. Smoak was a loving father, a devoted grandfather, community activist, member of various community organizations and a very close "friend" of Santa. More ... 114th Pct. Police Blotter COMPILED BY LINDA J. WILSON Tuesday, February 27: + A 32-year-old Hispanic male broke a front window and entered 22-66 21st St. He was found in possession of a screwdriver and flashlight and another person's wallet and was charged with burglary, criminal possession of stolen property and possession of burglar's tools. More ...
Ambassadors to the United Nations from China, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the Netherlands gathered February 28 at the Kupferberg Holocaust Center at Queensborough Community College in Bayside for a program dedicated to honoring those diplomats who helped Jews escape Europe from the Nazi onslaug... More ... On the brief side... Bill Blocks Fees For Paying Bills Online Credit card companies will be prohibited from charging a fee to customers who pay their bills online or by phone under a bill introduced by Congressmember Gary Ackerman (D- Bayside). More ...
BY JOHN TOSCANO According to Assemblymember Michael Gianaris, Con Edison admitted that the utility spent $581,000 on a publicity campaign to repair its image in Western Queens after last summer's nineday power blackout in that area. More ... Spitzer, Weiner Search For More Homeland Security $ As Governor Eliot Spitzer made his first visit to Washington to lobby for homeland security funds, Congressmember Anthony Weiner called for mandated public disclosure of all anti-terror spending by cities and states. More ... Borough-Wide Blotter COMPILED BY LIZ GOFF 104 Precinct Bogus Check Bust Police arrested a 26-year-old Ridgewood man on February 26, after he stole and forged two checks and deposited them in his own bank account. More ... Jackson Heights Gets Traffic Signal State Senator George Onorato (D) has announced that the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) has agreed to install a new traffic signal at the intersection of 21st Avenue and 81st Street in Jackson Heights. In a letter to the senator, DOT Queens Borough Commissioner Maura McCarthy said... More ... Italian Classes Begin March 13 The Federation of Italian American Organizations of Queens Spring 2007 Italian Language Classes for adults are about to begin: March 13, Tuesdays, intermediate, 6 to 7:30 p.m., and on March 14, Wednesdays, beginners also 6 to 7:30 p.m. The 12-week course is $90 plus workbook and will be held at F... More ... Scott's Oquaga Lake House Offers Family Fun Old fashioned family fun vacations are alive and well at Scott's Oquaga Lake House, a 1,100-acre resort on picturesque Oquaga Lake near Deposit, New York, some 24 miles east of Binghamton in Broome County. More ...
Alan Alda (c.), star of stage, screen and television, posed after a recent dinner at Trattoria L'Incontro, 21-76 31st St., Astoria, with the restaurant's owner, Rocco Sacramone (r.) and Vincenzo Bizati, maitre d'. More ... |
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