Login Profile Get News Updates Print Edition
Flip Edition
2009-04-01 digital edition
General Health Going Out Finance Real Estate Schools Classifieds
April 1, 2009  RSS feed
Queensboro Bridge Centennial
As the longest bridge spanning the East River, the Queensboro Bridge is also unique for its history and design. On Monday, March 30, Sam Schwartz, president of the New York City Bridge Centennial Commission, announced a week of events, beginning on May 31, to celebrate the 100th birthday of the Queensboro Bridge. More...
Diner Arson Gets Whitestone Man 14 Years In Prison

Whitestone resident Michael P. Trantel on April 1 was sentenced to seven to 14 years in state prison for setting a fire that virtually destroyed a landmark neighborhood diner and surrounding stores. More...

Greater Astoria Historical Society Adopts Winged Fist

Celtic Park, an apartment house complex on 48th Avenue between 42nd and 44th Streets in Sunnyside, gets its name from an athletic field and wooden stadium that was also called Celtic Park and which once stood in the same place. More...

 Community Calendar
• Gazette Calendar Of Events
Community Meetings Associations Apr. 2, 7:30 p.m., sharp, United Community Civic; Augustana Lutheran Church, 69-05 Ditmars Blvd., Astoria Heights. Apr. 7, 7:30 p.m., North Queens Homeowners Civic; Lexington School for the Deaf, 75th Street/30th Avenue. More...
>> Click here for all stories
 Political Page
• article has image Mayor Sets Up Campaign Shops In Queens, Other Boros
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is still working at getting a major political party ballot line for his re-election effort, but the rest of his campaign got off to a start over the weekend as he opened campaign headquarters in each of the five boroughs. More...
• article has image Brown Helps Retired Judge Celebrate 90th Birthday
>> Click here for all stories
 Editorials
• Cut Taxes To Boost Economy
Editorial
The scandals concerning bonus packages awarded to the financial product departments of insurance companies and executive "rest and recuperation" sessions at expensive resorts paid for with money freshly printed from the U.S. Treasury have given the bailout concept a bad name. More...
• article has image Letters to the Editor
• Realities Crowd In On Us All
>> Click here for all stories
 Features
• article has image MSHQ Holds 8th Community Roundtable
Executives of the Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens held their eighth annual community roundtable on Thursday, March 26. John Kump, Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens senior director of marketing, opened the meeting. Chief Executive Officer Caryn Schwab discussed the healthcare climate in Queens, Chief Medical Officer David Nierman, M.D. More...
• article has image Holistic Moms Network Forms Chapter In Queens
• article has image 114th Precinct Sees 12 Percent Crime Decline
>> Click here for all stories
 Sports
• article has image St. John’s-Georgetown Matchup Opens Citi Field
The first game ever played at Citi Field, the rubber match of a three-game series between St. John’s University and Georgetown University, took place on Sunday, March 29. The New York Mets, who will call Citi Field home when the regular Major League Baseball season opens, are still in spring training in Florida, and so the Mets organization took the opportunity to test out the new ballpark with a Big East college game. More...
>> Click here for all stories