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All Nations Baptist: •Sunday, 2:30-5:30 p.m., for three months, free English classes which have already begun, registration required, limited space; 718.296.2025. **** All Saints': •Tuesdays, 6 p.m. Join the Sunnyside Drum Corps Marching Band, boys/girls ages 7-17; band information, 718.786.4141, 43-12 46th St., Sunnyside; rectory 718.729.8523. More ... On Wednesday, November 19, SHAREing & CAREing, founded to serve breast cancer survivors on May 7, 1994 by Anna Kril, Carol Scarano, Lucille Hartmann and Mary Demakos, will hold its 14th annual benefit and fundraising silent auction from 7 to 10 p.m. at Riccardo's by the Bridge, 21-01 24th Ave., in Astoria. A hot and cold buffet and open bar will be featured. More ... Paul Vallone was installed as president of the Astoria/Long Island City Kiwanis by Wayne Sharif, Kiwanis lieutenant governor, in a ceremony at Ponticello Restaurant, Astoria, on October 22. Vallone succeeds Outgoing President Tony Siano. More ... Photos Carl Ballenas Sixth grade classes at Immaculate Conception School, Jamaica Estates, posed with Principal Dori Breen after their Scarecrow Mummy took First Place in the first ever citywide scarecrow competition during the 2008 Pumpkin Festival in Central Park on Saturday, October 25. More ... Women in Astoria and Elmhurst are paying closer attention to their surroundings after a woman was followed into her building at 31st Avenue and 29th Street and choked into unconsciousness and then sexually assaulted. More ... City officials are warning pet owners to "doo" the right thing or face increased fines for failing to clean up after their pooches. Department of Sanitation (DOS) officials last week announced that the citywide fine for failing to pick up after a dog has been more than doubled, to $250. More ... Officials at a Long Island City church are asking the Queens community to open their hearts to help needy families in Africa and Egypt. Sammy Fahmy, a spokesperson for St. George's Coptic Christian Church, said that a group of teen and young adult parishioners approached him recently, hoping to launch the massive aid program. More ... Craig Gibbs, animal and education expert, brings some 10 years of experience overseeing animal collections, care and acquisitions to the Queens Zoo. More ... It's that time of year again. The leaves are turning, there's a chill in the air, crews are painting a blue line along city streets—and volunteers from the Dutch Kills Civic Association are gearing up to assist an estimated 39,000- plus runners through the Long Island City community on Marathon Sunday, November 2. More ... Get into a conversation with a long-time Queens resident and you're likely to discover a subscriber of the Long Island Star-Journal, a daily paper that informed the community about local and world news until it folded in 1968. More ... The Cavalier Restaurant, 85-19 37th Ave., Jackson Heights, brought back prices from 1950 last week. Now, due to overwhelming crowds who came to enjoy great food at great prices, the owners decided to roll back prices again, just in time for Election Week, November 3 to November 7, noon until closing. More ... "I'm a little embarrassed," Queens Borough President Helen Marshall said at the mid-October ceremony to dedicate the new auditorium in Queens Botanical Garden as the Helen M. Marshall Auditorium. More ... Rabbi Michael Weisser will never forget a chilling phone call he received just after he and his family moved into their new home in Lincoln, Nebraska. "You will be sorry you ever moved into 5810 Randolph Street, Jew boy," said a voice on the telephone before abruptly hanging up. More ... Bouzoukia, Greek cuisine and the village in Greece are what young persons learn about their roots. Our family was without a country. They were refugees from Ionia, the shores and islands bordering Asia Minor. More ... |
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