The Ravenswood Lions Club, which recently celebrated 50 years of service to the community, made a donation to St. Margaret Mary Church. The contribution was applied to the St. More...
Con Edison estimates summer electric bills will drop overall, compared with last year, due to lower energy supply costs, but the company urges customers to save even more money and to save the environment, by continuing to conserve energy. More...
"We are recognizing tonight the contribution of Catherine Tsounis, adjunct instructor, and Dr. John G. Siolas to the Gamma Kappa Alpha National Italian Honor Society," Dr. More...
After a long and arduous fight by Congressmember Carolyn Maloney, the House of Representatives resoundingly passed her Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights reform measure last week by a 357- to-70 vote with a strong bipartisan majority. More...
Mayor Edward I. Koch (r.) has announced his endorsement of Paul Vallone's campaign for New York City Council in the 19th District of Northeast Queens. More...
The efforts of Jesus Covenant Church to construct a one-story structure on a lot at 26-18 210th St., Bayside for use as a church may have hit a snag. More...
Orange tulips have been in bloom all over New York City to honor the 400th Anniversary of Henry Hudson's arrival to the New York Harbor, a journey that was commissioned by the Dutch. More...
Layla Taj, an Egyptian dance star who has landed numerous contracts as a belly dancer in five-star hotels in Egypt and Dubai and performed for kings of countries and world travelers, has returned to Queens after living abroad in the Middle East sin More...
On Sunday, May 31, in celebration of the borough of Queens, the world center of ethnic and religious diversity, Cantor Steven Pearlston, tenor, and Mason Senft, pianist, with David Davani on clarinet and Jerry Eastman on string bass, will present " More...
In the recently enacted 2009-2010 New York state budget, state Senator George Onorato (D-Long Island City) has secured a total of $70,000 to support the activities of the Central Astoria Local Development Coalition (CALDC). More...
Every day, it's taken for granted that police officers work around the clock to keep us safe. In daylight and overnight, less than two days apart Sergeant Michael Silva and Police Officer Tomas Ramirez of the 114th Precinct did just that. More...
City Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr., who chairs the council Public Safety Committee, said the number of police officers in New York City could soon shrink to about 33,000 from a high of 41,000 in 2001. More...
A federal hate crimes bill which extends protections to additional groups victimized by hate crimes and grants additional resources to local law enforcement agencies for prevention and prosecution was passed by the House last week. More...
The Queens Library at Sunnyside will be closed from May 7 to May 13. Beginning May 14, limited service will be provided from a book bus on Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. until the newly renovated library opens in mid- June. More...
The Livable Neighborhoods Program is designed to help residents respond to their community's rapid growth and change in an equitable and sustainable way. More...
State senate staffers worked feverishly yesterday to dot every i and cross every t to make sure that the MTA bailout bill they were crafting had exactly the language needed to spell out the deal that will save New York City straphangers and other c More...
Sirius Radio producer and Howard Stern sidekick Gary Dell'Abate, Mets reliever J.J.Putz and WPIX Anchor Jim Watkins joined New York Mets Vice President for Business Dave Howard to announce that Autism Awareness Day will be held at Citi Field on Sat More...
Our observance of Mother's Day is little more than half a century old, yet the nature of the holiday makes it seem as if it had its roots in prehistoric times. More...
(Walter Kaner wrote the following tribute to his mother, which we reprinted each Mother's Day. Although Kaner has passed away we feel it is a touching tribute to all mothers on Mother's Day and reprint it now in his name. More...
The neighborhood around Kaufman Astoria Studios on 36th Street between 34th and 35th Avenues went into lockdown yesterday, May 5, when First Lady Michelle Obama paid a visit to Elmo and his pals on the "Sesame Street" set at Kaufman Astoria Studios More...
Queens detectives seek help from the public to identify and locate a pair of well-dressed bandits who last week accosted a 56-year-old woman outside her Woodhaven home. More...
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