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BY JOHN TOSCANO Large amounts of federal funding were approved last week by the House of Representatives for two major subway projects, East Side Access and the Second Avenue Subway, Congressmember Carolyn Maloney announced. The House of Representatives also included a $9 million grant to La Guardia Airport for ... More ... Queens Public Hospitals Hold Ed Fairs On Breastfeeding The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) invites Queens residents, including pregnant and breastfeeding mothers and their families, to visit educational fairs at Elmhurst Hospital Center and Queens Hospital Center to learn more about how breastfeeding during the first months and ye... More ...
Crystal Window & Door Systems Vice President of Manufacturing Jimmy Jin was recently honored by the Asian American Business Development Center (AABDC) as one of 50 outstanding Asian Americans in business for 2007. More ... Hazy Days Can Deliver Air Pollution Learning more about air quality-and how you can improve it-may help you breathe a little easier. Poor air quality can be bad for your health. A sky that seems more brownish than clear blue is one warning sign that air is polluted. This pollution is caused when tiny particles or pollutants from ca... More ... News Of The Neighborhoods COMPILED BY LIZ GOFF New 'Satellite Precinct' It's a dream come true for residents in Rosedale and neighboring communities - a new NYPD "Satellite Precinct" located in the southeast tip of the 105th Precinct. Police officials opened the new substation at 242-40 North Conduit Ave. last week in an effort to boost re... More ... Did You Know? (NAPSA)-According to Seven Crown Resorts, one of America's largest houseboat vacation companies, navigating a houseboat is easier than driving a minivan. No experience or special licenses are necessary. First-time houseboaters can find helpful tips on the Web at www.sevencrown.com/tips or by calli... More ...
BY JOHN TOSCANO Homeowners with risky mortgages, placed in jeopardy by the shaky mortgage market, will have the opportunity to refinance and avoid possible foreclosure under a $100 million program announced on Monday by Governor Eliot Spitzer. More ...
After eight years of planning and preparation and seven years of construction Penn Park became an ecological gem at a cost of $87 million. In approximately five years the communities of East New York, Woodhaven, South Ozone Park and Howard Beach will have access to Jamaica Bay. More ...
Madeleine Gillis, longtime Community Board 1 member, contracted amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, Lou Gehrig's Disease) in 2004. More ...
The Taipei Youth Folk Sports Group will be making a rare appearance in the United States at the Queensborough Performing Arts Center, 222-05 56th Ave., Bayside, on Saturday, Aug. 4 at 6 p.m. More ... Simple Tips For Water Conservation Did you know that a faucet that leaks just one drop per second can waste more than 2,000 gallons of water per year? That a leaking toilet can waste 200 gallons a day? Or that an average shower uses 20 to 30 gallons of water? Americans use an average of more than 400 million gallons of water each ... More ...
The first wedding garden built in a public botanical garden celebrated its 25th anniversary last week and Astoria Federal Savings Bank marked the occasion with a $5,000 gift to the Queens Botanical Garden. When it was built in 1982, the Queens Botanical Garden Wedding Garden was the first in the ... More ...
With hurricane and blackout season under way, state Senator John Sabini held a series of workshops on disaster and emergency preparedness in his Western Queens district recently. More ... 'Flushed' With Potential BY MACK THAM Flushing, at the northern section of the borough of Queens, is one of the most vibrant and dynamic neighborhoods in New York City. Very few neighborhoods have as much energy and potential, due to its untapped resources, people, waterfront and unparalleled accessibility to worldclass recreational a... 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 ... More ... Artist Eleanor Manheim Dies On 91st Birthday Rabbi Joseph Potasnik officiated at the funeral service of Eleanor Rampell Manheim, 91, on Monday, July 30 at 3 p.m. at Gutterman's Parkside Memorial Chapel, 98-60 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills. Manheim died July 26, on her 91st birthday. More ... 114th Precinct Blotter Search Warrant Leads To Arrest COMPILED BY LINDA J. WILSON Police of the 114th Precinct on Tuesday, July 17 executed the 31st search warrant of 2007 at 37-14 Ditmars Blvd. A 39-year-old Asian male was found in possession of stolen property and charged with falsification of business records, criminal possession of stolen property and petit larceny. More ... Borough-Wide Blotter COMPILED BY LIZ GOFF 107th Precinct Son Slays Mom Queens detectives are trying to determine the reason for a family argument that led to the July 28 death of a 61-year-old woman inside her Fresh Meadows apartment. Cops responding to a 911 call at about 11:15 p.m. found the victim's husband locked outside the fami... More ...
Councilmember Eric Gioia speaks with homeless veterans outside the Borden Avenue Veterans' Residence in Long Island City. More ... On the brief side... Wins Promise Of Air Controller Study Following recent disclosures of a near collision on a La Guardia Airport runway, Congressmember Joseph Crowley (D- Queens/The Bronx) announced he has secured a commitment for a study as to whether there is a need to train more air traffic controllers. More ...
BY LIZ GOFF Once, or so it seems, neighbors spent hot summer nights on stoops and front porches, chatting and trading advice and neighborhood news. National Night Out Against Crime revives that tradition across the country. More ... 3 Queens Neighborhoods To Be Sprayed For Mosquitoes To control mosquitoes, the city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene will apply larvicide by helicopter to marsh and other non-residential areas of Queens, Staten Island and The Bronx. Weather permitting, the larvicide will be applied on Thursday, August 2, Friday, August 3, and Monday, August ... More ...
Friends of Oakland Lake and Ravine, Inc. President Daniel Egers and other volunteer participants collected litter and cleared debris from the pathway and slopes around Oakland Lake at the organization's Summer Cleanup on July 28 in an event sponsored by the Parks Department More ...
On Thursday, July 12, Carolyn Fostel, assistant vice president and community relations marketing manager for the Astoria Federal Savings Bank Marketing Department, based in Lake Success, presented a $12,500 check to Queens Library Foundation Associate Director Peter Wayne in support of the Queens ... More ... CALDC Summer Children's Series In Full Swing The final shows of the 2007 Summer Fun Children's Series presented by the Central Astoria Local Development Coalition (CALDC) will be entertaining, interactive song and puppetry concerts for children of all ages. More ...
Until October 2007, the Queens Museum of Art will host "Poets in the Galleries", a cocktail hour, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. followed by a creative exchange within the museum's galleries. Throughout the summer and early fall, six poets will lead interactive readings and discussions focusing on the themes... More ...
The Central Astoria Local Development Coalition's (CALDC) Waterfront Concert Series is in full swing. The 25th anniversary celebration of the concerts continued with The Elsbeary Hobbs Drifters on Thursday, July 12 at 7:30 p.m. in Astoria Park. More ...
"Do not go back to Tseme or Turkey," admonished family relatives. "They will finish off what was left uncompleted in 1922." Not one member of our family has stepped foot in Turkey since the Asia Minor catastrophe. I come from a refugee family on my mother and father's side. Only one member, my gra... More ...
Assemblymember Jose Peralta (DJackson Heights), led the Queens Assembly delegation in honoring Mets infielder Jose Reyes Friday, July 27, at Shea Stadium. More ... LIC YMCA Baseball League Standings LIC YMCA Youth All-Stars Baseball League Bantam Division Novice Division LIC YMCA Co-ed Softball League Standings LIC YMCA Men's Spring Basketball League A Division B Division More ...
As temperatures heat up, many residents are working to get their "soft" bodies back in shape. Between lunges, crunches and situps, Major Chrysler Jeep Dodge discovered consumers want to firm up more than just their legs, arms and stomachs this summer. They also want to firm up their tops- their co... More ... |
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