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After several drowning incidents occurred last weekend, City Councilmember Peter F. Vallone Jr., chairman of the Public Safety Committee, urged families to be careful when swimming at the beach this summer, especially in the unpredictable Atlantic Ocean currents. More ... City personnel and elected officials will help residents of 147-25 Sanford Ave., Flushing, re-enter their apartments to retrieve their important family belongings, a spokesperson for City Councilmember John Liu announced. The residents were left homeless for nearly a week after a gas explosion damaged many apartments in the 90-unit building on Friday, July 18. More ... According to the just-released "PLDS Public Library Statistical Report 2008", in Fiscal Year 2007, the Queens Borough Public Library topped U.S. public library circulation with 21,033,861 items lent. The Multnomah County, Oregon Public Library circulated the second highest number: 19,589,530. More ... On Thursday, July 31, the body of Sergeant Alex Jimenez, a soldier who had been missing for more than a year in Iraq, was returned to Queens to a hero's welcome in Corona. Jimenez disappeared with two fellow soldiers during an ambush on May 20 2007, when on patrol in Iraq. His was the last of the three missing servicemen's bodies to be recovered. More ... 102nd Precinct Church 9/11 Memorial Vandal Caught Police arrested a 34-year-old Queens man on July 20 after he admitted he vandalized a September 11 Memorial at an Ozone Park church. More ... The Ronald McDonald House of Long Island recently recognized seven representatives of the Walter Kaner Children's Foundation for the foundation's generous gift of $25,000. The funds will be used toward the Share-A-Night program, which assists families with financial challenges. More ... An episode of the hit NBC television show "Lipstick Jungle", a comedydrama that follows three high-powered friends as they weather the ups and downs of lives lived at the top of their game, is being filmed outside Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens at Crescent Street and 30th Avenue this week. More ... Astoria limousine driver Marcos Penteado said "disbelief" is the only way to describe his reaction when he saw the $1,000,000 symbol printed on his $500,000,000 Extravaganza scratch off ticket. "You just don't believe what you're seeing," he remembered. "It takes a few seconds to sink in and then you can't stop looking. More ... NYPD Needs Help Tracking Rapist High-ranking NYPD sources this week responded to an ultimatum by Queens politicians demanding the capture of a Southeast Queens rapist by calling on the community to finger the suspect. More ... State Senator George Onorato (D-Queens) on August 5 announced that a civil service examination for those interested in becoming New York state correction officers will be held on October 18, with an exam filing deadline of September 2. More ... Congressmember Gary Ackerman (DQueens/ L.I.) last week announced that six students from Queens and three from Long Island have received appointments to the prestigious United States Service Academies. All of the students are recent graduates of local high schools or academy prep schools and were nominated by Ackerman last December. More ... While more than 150 rowing teams competed in the 18th annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat races on Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park this past weekend, almost 50 men and women took their chance at becoming this year's Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival Dumpling Eating Contest winners. Each contestant had two minutes to eat all the dumplings they could handle. More ... The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 12-01 will be teaching would-be captains America's Boating Course at Fort Totten, Bayside, on Sunday, August 17. Class will be taught by qualified U.S. More ... It was a Broadway and jazz themed night as the Queens Symphony Orchestra took to the Great Lawn at St. John's University for their 10th annual summer concert on July 30. Queens Symphony Musical Director Constantine Kitsopoulos conducted the performance which also featured a guest performance by Broadway soprano Christiane Noll, Raeann Walters singing the St. More ... Upon entering P.S. 1, guests are welcomed with the museum's very own sustainable farm/garden: Public Farm 1. Built out of recyclable and sustainable materials, P.F. 1 has growing vegetables and plants, seating, a small pool, and even a chicken coop. The design resembles a flying carpet made out of tubes of cardboard filled with lush produce. P.F. More ... Times and dates are subject to change. Please call event sponsors to confirm. All Saints' Church: •Tuesdays, 6 p.m. Join the Sunnyside Drum Corps marching band, boys/girls ages 7-17, 43-12 46th St., Sunnyside; band information, 718.786.4141; rectory 718.729.8523. More ... The Rev. Father Marcello Latona, pastor at Most Precious Blood Roman Catholic Church in Astoria, died on Aug. 4, 2008. He was 70 years old. Latona was born Mar. 8, 1938 and ordained to the priesthood on May 30, 1970. He served the Brooklyn parishes of Queen of All Saints, Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mary Queen of Heaven and Our Lady of Grace. More ... Governor David A. Paterson on Tuesday signed into law a critical subprime lending reform bill which directly addresses the mortgage crisis in New York state. The Governor signed the bill at Queens Borough Hall, appropriate since Queens is one of the areas in New York that has been hit hardest by the foreclosure crisis. More ... At a Saturday morning press conference, the Greater Whitestone Taxpayers Civic Association, a coalition of Whitestone residents and City Councilmember Tony Avella met to draw attention to a steadily increasing problem of illegal truck traffic on Fifth Avenue in Whitestone. More ... The New York League of Conservation Voters (NYLCV) has endorsed state Senator Frank Padavan (R-C, Glendale) for the upcoming 2008 election. The NYLCV cited Padavan as a strong advocate on behalf of the environment. "I am honored and proud to have the endorsement of the New York League of Conservation Voters," Padavan said. More ... This job training program is being offered through Queens College. The City University of New York (CUNY) Women and Work (W&W) is a free 15-week, joband life-skills training program that prepares women for the work place. If you need to work, but think you're not work ready, then you need Women and Work. More ... |
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