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Water Taxi Beach Draws Fire At Special Board 2 Meeting BY THOMAS COGAN Despite the official and popular support it has gained, at the request of the owner of Water Taxi Beach, a special meeting was held in early March to air and answer charges that the ferry terminal and summer resort on the shore of the East River in Long Island City is a public nuisance. More ...
City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn and Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan on Thursday, March 6 examined traffic conditions along Barnett Avenue in Sunnyside to see how the city can make the area safer for pedestrians. More ...
BY DAN MILLER Assemblymember Rory Lancman (DQueens) has taken the lead in the Assembly to fight proposed cuts in the governor's budget to nursing homes and home healthcare providers. More ... Aldorasi Will Not Return To I.S. 141 BY RICHARD GENTILVISO More than a year after he was quietly removed, Anthony Aldorasi is still a principal but he is not coming back to I.S. 141. Aldorasi was assigned to the Queens Integrated Services Center after a state arbitrator fined him $6,000 and suspended him without pay for 10 days last week. More ...
BY JOHN TOSCANO Standing before a judge in a mostly empty Manhattan courtroom last Friday, former political and labor powerhouse Brian McLaughlin pled guilty to racketeering and perjury charges covering a $2 million crime spree. More ...
BY RICHARD GENTILVISO City Department for the Aging Commissioner Edwin Mendez-Santiago denied that the city is planning to close senior centers. "I just want you to understand that we have everything on the table," he told the Queens Borough Cabinet. He asked for support to modernize the department at the March cabinet... More ...
A 22-year-old man twice last week threw bottles filled with a flammable liquid on the front steps and at a wall of the junior high school he is said to have attended as a young teenager, although school officials could not confirm this. Konstantinos Mavrikos, whose address was given as 149-16 19th... More ... Volunteers Wanted At New York Cares New York Cares, the city's leading volunteer organization, has hundreds of ways for Queens residents to get involved in their community, and becoming a volunteer is easy. Simply attend a one-time orientation, and then choose from more than 900 citywide projects. More ... Go Egg-static For Easter At The Queens Zoo Head to the Queens Zoo for an egg-streme Easter egg-stravaganza! If all those chocolate bunnies, marshmallow eggs and jelly beans have given you egg-stra energy this weekend, take a trip to the Wildlife Conservation Society's Queens Zoo for its annual "Egg-Stravaganza" event on Saturday, March 22... More ...
Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, Chair of the Assembly Education Committee, discussed education issues with Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott, Community Education Council No. More ... News Of The Neighborhoods COMPILED BY LIZ GOFF Million Dollar Dreams Wannabe contestants braved the strong winds and downpour last weekend to take a chance at being called to participate in a new game show being filmed at the Kaufman Astoria Studios. More ...
Saint Patrick's Day (Irish: Lá 'le Pádraig or Lá Fhéile Pádraig), colloquially Paddy's Day, is the feast day which annually celebrates Saint Patrick (373-493), the patron saint of Ireland, on March 17. More ... QMA Plans Expansion Into Ice Rink BY RICHARD GENTILVISO The Queens Museum of Art and World's Fair Ice Skating Rink have lived in a two-family house since 1972. But by this summer, the Museum will double its space when it expands into the south side of the New York City Building the two facilities have shared for more than three decades. More ...
London Lennie's, 63-88 Woodhaven Blvd., Rego Park, was honored with Wine Enthusiast Magazine's Award of Distinction for 2007. The award recognizes the unique, imaginative, and successful wine experience that London Lennie's provides its patrons. For more information, call 718-894- 8084 or visit ww... More ...
BY THOMAS COGAN The Long Island City Business Development Corporation held a breakfast meeting in mid-February at the Riverview restaurant in Hunters Point on a day when a nor'easter was battering the city and drenching all those attempting to attend. More ...
The news to hit the Wildlife Conservation Society's Queens Zoo is the arrival of Josephine, the world's smallest deer and Napoleon's new mate. More ... Queens Museum Of Art March Calendar Of Events • Saturday, March 15, 5-9 p.m. Independence Community Foundation presents the third annual Persian Arts Festival: community gallery exhibition, performances and closing reception The third annual Persian Arts Festival presents Weaving the Common Thread, More ...
BY JOHN TOSCANO Bank fees have been going up into the billions of dollars in recent years, but banks are failing to inform customers about them, in violation of government regulations that require doing so, a report issued last week by a government agency reveals. More ... The Pulpit Compiled by Susan Cleary Times and dates are subject to change. Please call event sponsors to confirm. Mar. 16 Palm Sunday; Mar. 17 St. Patrick's Day; Mar. 20 Holy Thursday; Mar. 21 Good Friday; Mar. 21 Purim; Mar. 23 Easter Sunday; Mar. More ... 114th Police Precinct Blotter Highlights COMPILED BY LINDA J. WILSON Sunday, March 9: • A 19-year-old Hispanic male was charged with assault and harassment after he punched a victim in the face at 28th Street and 34th Avenue. • A 28-year-old Hispanic male was observed on a victim's porch at 56-25 28th Ave., damaging the victim's house windows and doo... More ...
A human skull and other bones found in a suitcase by children playing in Forest Park on March 4 could be those of a Woodhaven mother missing since June 2007, police sources said. Police said the children were playing near Forest Parkway and Park Lane South around 4:30 p.m. More ... Taxi Baby And Mom At Home In Maryland The baby left at an Elmhurst firehouse and her teenage mother returned home to Maryland last weekend, authorities said. More ... |
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