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BY RICHARD GENTILVISO Scores of dead birds were the first sign something was drastically wrong during the summer of 1999. That year, seven city residents died from West Nile Virus (WNV) after the disease appeared in Flushing and College Point and was recorded for the first time ever in the Western Hemisphere. More ...
BY JOHN TOSCANO Citing a series of infrastructure debacles in New York City that have created dangerous conditions and disrupted normal activities, city officials have appealed to Mayor Michael Bloomberg to take immediate steps to address the city's mounting infrastructure problems. More ...
BY DAN MILLER A fire in an apartment at 47-26 49th St., Sunnyside last Thursday took the life of a two-year-old child and injured four adults, including one firefighter. On August 9, 59-year-old Carmen Ospina was babysitting four of her six grandchildren while the children' s mother, Jacqueline Ospina-Lopez, 2... More ...
Thirteen Crystal Window & Door Systems staff members recently completed a course on customer service offered by LaGuardia Community College (LaG CC). Designed by the LaG CC Center for Immigrant Education and Training to assist workers for whom English is a second language, the curriculum focused o... More ...
Councilmember Peter F. Vallone Jr. recently attended the Sports and Arts in Schools Foundation's Summer Camp program, held most mornings at P.S. 234, 30-15 29th St. More ...
Students from a 5th grade class at P.S. 112, Dutch Kills, visited the state capitol in Albany on May 2, on a trip sponsored by Assemblymember Margaret Markey. More ...
BY LIZ GOFF Mr. Met is rounding third in a battle to score a trophy of his own- and he needs fans' help to clinch the title. The big-headed baseball mascot of Queens' Boys of Summer was recently nominated for a spot in the Mascot Hall of Fame. More ...
BY LINDA J. WILSON A woman was sexually assaulted and robbed shortly after 11 p.m. on Sunday, August 12 in an alley off 26th Street near Ditmars Boulevard. The 27-year-old victim told police of the 114th Precinct that she was approached by an unidentified Hispanic man in his 20s who demanded cash at knifepoint. More ... Borough-Wide Blotter COMPILED BY LIZ GOFF 109th Precinct Cops Seize Flushing Arsenal Cops responding to a 911 call of a domestic dispute between a brother and sister on August 9 seized a massive cache of guns, swords, other weapons and ammunition, authorities said. More ...
L. to r): Mark Haken, Friends of Cunningham Park president, and City Councilmember James F. Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows) got in costume to join Philip Levy of Theatricks by Phil at the Community Board 8 Youth Committee Magic Show at the Briarwood branch of the Queens Borough Public Library. More ...
Members of the congregation of Steinway Reformed Church, the congregation of the Shin Poong Korean Methodist Church, which shares the church building at 41st Street and Ditmars Boulevard, More ... Mosquito Spraying By Truck, Copter Due This Week The Health Department will spray from trucks in Queensborough Hill, Flushing, Corona and Kew Gardens Hills on the night of Wednesday, August 15 between the hours of 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. the following morning, weather permitting. In case of bad weather, spraying will be delayed until the next possible... More ... News Of The Neighborhoods COMPILED BY LIZ GOFF Lights Out In Flushing A malfunction in overhead power lines left nearly 1,000 Con Edison customers in the dark for about 90 minutes on August 7. Con Ed spokesperson Chris Olert said power went out at about 1:52 p.m. across a 1-squaremile residential area between 46th and Rose Avenues and 171st... More ... The Pulpit Compiled by Susan Cleary Atonement Lutheran: • Saturday, Aug. 25, 7: 30 p.m., Square Dance • Saturday, Sept. 22, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Extra Flea Market • Sunday worship, 10:15 a.m., English; 11 a.m., Sunday school,11 a.m.; Sunday worship, noon, Spanish; enroll now for September, 30-61 87th St., Jackson Heig... More ... CALDC Children's Series Concert Rescheduled The final show of the "Summer Fun" Children's Series presented by the Central Astoria Local Development Coalition (CALDC), originally scheduled for August 8, has been rescheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 22 at the Dutch Kills Playground, 36th Avenue and Crescent Street. "Song and Puppet... More ... As Temperatures Go Up, Zoo Animals Cool Down Summer in the city may be a scorcher for some, but not for the animals at the Wildlife Conservation Society's Queens Zoo. With shade trees, misters and chill pools, the animals can keep their "zoo" cool. More ...
On Sunday July 29, 2007, Tom Glavine of the New York Mets became the 22nd pitcher in Major League history to win 300 games. Mayor Mike Bloomberg who declared, "I'm a New York baseball fan," invited Glavine to City Hall and presented him with the Key to New York City on Tuesday, August 7. More ... Long Island City YMCA League Standings As Of Aug. 13, 20007 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 ... |
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