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BY JOHN TOSCANO As the first suit against Con Edison arising from last week's Midtown Manhattan steam pipe explosion was filed on Monday and affected business owners pressed the giant utility for financial assistance, Assemblymember Michael Gianaris called for significant reforms of Con Ed operations to make the ... More ...
Crowley Votes To Reduce Passport Delays Legislation to eliminate delays for travelers waiting to receive passports, which has become a major problem, has passed the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. More ... St. Michael's Cemetery Plans 9/11 Memorial Service St. Michael's Cemetery, 72-02 Astoria Blvd., East Elmhurst, will hold its annual memorial service for New York City firefighters and police officers lost in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 8 at 1 p.m. This year, a permanent monument will be dedicated to... More ... Sunnyside Gardens' Status Gets Mixed Reaction BY THOMAS COGAN The Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously voted in late June to designate Sunnyside Gardens as a historic district after conducting four public meetings, from November to April, on the issue of landmark status. With final approval by the City Council a near certainty, Sunnyside should find... More ... 'Exams For Jobs Guide' Available Now Assemblymember Audrey I. Pheffer (D-Queens) is pleased to announce that she has recently received the Exams for Jobs Guide from the Department of Citywide Administrative Services. "The Exams for Jobs Guide provides a brief description of duties and education/experience needed for the positio... More ...
More than 600 children, teens and adults enjoyed food and music as well as a performance by the "Senior Shakers" from Queensbridge Houses during the Ravenswood Houses' annual summer celebration. More ...
A suspicious package left inside the Bank of America branch at 31-81 Steinway St., Astoria resulted in Steinway Street being closed down to vehicular and pedestrian traffic for a few hours last Thursday. More ...
Since 2004, the Long Island City Cultural Alliance (LICCA) has produced a free guide to local arts and culture events, and is now distributing 50,000 brochures quarterly at events and venues citywide. More ...
State Senator George Onorato (D-Long Island City) last week commended New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo for filing an important new federal lawsuit against ExxonMobil to compel the giant oil company to clean up a massive underground oil spill in Greenpoint, Brooklyn as well as the notor... More ... CALDC Children's Series Continues Through August The "Summer Fun" Children's Series presented by the Central Astoria Local Development Coalition (CALDC) will continue on Tuesday, July 31 in Athens Square Park, 30th Avenue and 30th Street, and on Wednesday, August 1 at the Dutch Kills Playground, 36th Avenue and Crescent Street. More ...
City Councilmember Eric Gioia recently accompanied a group of Gioia- YMCA All-Stars to Shea Stadium to watch the Mets batting practice. The young Little Leaguers watched in awe as the major league baseball stars warmed up. They were invited by the Mets to stay for the game that followed. More ... Dolores Allogiamento Dies, Was Jackson Heights AARP President Members of the Jackson Heights Chapter 991 of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) mourn the passing of Dolores Allogiamento, president of the chapter for four years. A great friend to many Jackson Heights residents, including Joseph Ricevuto and the Rev. More ... The Pulpit Compiled by Susan Cleary Atonement Lutheran: •Sunday worship services in English at 10:15 a.m. and Sunday school at 11 a.m.; Sunday worship service in Spanish, noon; Mondays, 2:30-6 p.m.,afterschool program, pre-K (free for 4-year-olds) enroll now for September, day camp from July 2, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; New Ground Day C... More ... Local Dairy Locks Out Employees Owners of the Elmhurst Honeywell Dairy locked out more than 170 employees at the Jamaicabased processing plant on July 15, abruptly halting production of almost 90 percent of the city's milk and milk products, forcing retailers to purchase milk from out-of-state processors, union representatives s... More ... 12-Year-Old Throws Drain Cleaner At Infants Police arrested a 12-year-old Jackson Heights youth on July 22 after he sprayed and tossed liquid Drano onto a group of women and infant children inside a Jackson Heights playground. Police said the 12-year-old was with a group of young toughs who ran amok inside the Junction Playground on 34th A... More ... Million-Dollar Beer Bust? A bartender at an Astoria tavern thought it was a joke when a man slapped a million-dollar bill on the bar and demanded a beer, according to police sources. Construction worker Richard Dajti, 31, walked into an establishment on Ditmars Boulevard and 31st Street at about 4:30 a.m. on July 18, slap... More ... LaG Air Traffic Control Trainee Sets Planes On Collision Course Sources at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said the trainee was working with an experienced controller as part of a two-man team in the tower on July 5, when the trainee's radar screen "screamed a series of alarms and flashing lights", ale BY LIZ GOFF A crew of federal investigators arrived at LaGuardia Airport on July 5. Their mission: to determine how the actions of an air traffic control trainee resulted in a near-collision at one of the nation's busiest airports. On the morning of July 5, Delta flight 737 from Cincinnati was on its descent... More ...
City Department of Parks and Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe joined elected officials, including state Senator Frank Padavan and Assemblymember Mark Weprin, Queens Borough Parks Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski and, Parks Department officials, More ... News Of The Neighborhoods COMPILED BY LIZ GOFF Soprano Star Shot In Queens Emmy Award-winning "Sopranos" star Michael Imperioli was spotted decked out in a Mets uniform at Shea Stadium on July 17, where he was filming the TV movie "For One More Day". More ...
Long Island City was buzzing on Sunday, July 22, when the owners of dozens of antique and classic sports cars and cycle dealers converged on Cinema Paradiso Restaurant, 36-02 35th Ave. More ...
Frank Anthony Ryan of Jackson Heights, manager of the East Meadow branch of Commerce Bank, and Lisa Marie Berton, Commerce Bank Hillcrest branch assistant manager, became engaged on June 4. A wedding date of Sept. More ...
A scathing report from state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo that splashed egg all over an embarrassed Governor Eliot Spitzer (D) on Monday probably ended his feud with powerful state senate Republican leader Joseph Bruno, but more likely gave new life to Bruno's efforts to continue the GOP's releva... More ...
BY CATHERINE TSOUNIS It has been 30 years since I went to Chios. All our family is deceased and since I would be alone, I asked Panchiaki Koraes Society of Flushing for a travel agency. Their response: Chios Tours. The agency is owned by Michalis Kolokythias, who has family ties with the village of Tholopotamousis. Hi... More ...
Aug. 10 to Aug. 22 Astoria/Queens resident Christopher Dornig will perform in the 11th annual New York International Fringe Festival U.S. premiere of "Dirt" at The Players Theatre Loft Space, 115 MacDougal St. More ... 4 Sold Liquor To Minors At Sites In 114th Precinct COMPILED BY LINDA J. WILSON On Saturday, July 14, four people at four separate establishments in the114th Police Precinct sold alcoholic beverages to minors under the age of 21 and were charged with having unlawful dealings with a child and engaging in the prohibited sale of alcohol. A Hispanic female 24 years old made an il... More ... Borough-Wide COMPILED BY LIZ GOFF 105th Precinct Grocery Bandits Sought Police are searching for a pair of thieves who pulled off an armed robbery at a Bellerose grocery store on July 18. The unidentified suspects burst into Dino's Deli on Braddock Avenue at about 5:40 p.m., where they threatened store employees and struck a 3... More ... |
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