Queens District Attorney Richard Brown spoke at the annual installation luncheon of the Queens Chamber of Commerce, held at Antun's in Queens Village April 17, and also swore in the group's slate of officers and board members. More...
Maltese Hails New Discount Rx Card Persons aged 50 to 64 will receive significant discounts on prescription drugs purchased with a new discount card that will be issued by the state Health Department soon, state Senator Serphin Maltese announced. More...
Mayor Michael Bloomberg presented a battered, barely recognizable Willets Point development plan to the City Planning Commission for approval on Monday- a plan to which the City Council declared it was strongly opposed because it lacked the element More...
Adrian Simpson, a 17-year-old young man from Astoria and Lilly Torres, also 17, of Rosedale, will be interviewed on the WOR Morning Show with Joe Bartlett and Donna Hanover. Simpson's day on the airwaves is on Friday, May 9, at 7:20 a.m. More...
An organization of Hispanic-serving institutions of higher learning recently honored Congressmember Joseph Crowley for his efforts in Congress to boost math and science programs at those schools. More...
Apr. 25 Good/Holy Friday (Orthodox); Apr. 27 Eighth day of Passover, Easter (Orthodox); May 1 Ascension (Christan); May 2 Holocaust Remembrance Day (Jewish); May 11 Pentecost (Christian); May 20 Wesak (Buddhist) Astoria Center of Israel: More...
This month's Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce luncheon occurred a day after the state assembly declined even to vote on Mayor Michael Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan, thus stifling it and denying the city federal funds that were contingent on its More...
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary James B. Peake and U.S. Housing and Urban Development Deputy Secretary Roy A. More...
George Delis, outgoing district manager of Community Board 1, walked into what he thought was a meeting at the Astoria World Manor last Wednesday night to find himself the guest of honor at a surprise party to celebrate his imminent retirem More...
In the last tree census, conducted by the Department of Parks for 2005- 06, 239,882 trees were counted in Queens. "Queens has more trees than any other borough," said Borough President Helen Marshall. More...
The solemnity of Holy Week in the Greek Orthodox Church ends with the commencement of Easter celebrations, where it glorifies the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. More...
Mark your calendars- 31 Cent Scoop Night is back at Baskin-Robbins! America's favorite neighborhood ice cream shop is sweetening the spring season by hosting its second annual 31 Cent Scoop Night celebration on April 30 from 5 to 10 p.m. More...
A former Queens Village elementary school assistant principal, demoted for calling a group of fourth-graders "animals" and making them eat with their hands, is suing two teachers and a parent who complained to authorities about her actions, law enf More...
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