Students and staff members dressed in a bevy of costumes celebrated Halloween at P.S. 70, Astoria on Friday, October 30 with the school's annual Halloween Parade. More...
The Free Synagogue of Flushing recently being named to the New York State and National Register of Historic Places couldn’t come at a better time. More...
After last Tuesday’s somewhat astonishing election results in Queens, the focus is now turning toward next year and a new chapter in the battle to control the state senate. More...
Seek Developers For Willets Point The New York City Economic Development Corporation has issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to identify developers for the first stage of the 62-acre Willets Point project in Flushing. More...
Known from 1919 to 1953 as Armistice Day, and since 1954 as Veterans’ Day, November 11 is the day for honoring the brave men and women who have defended this nation in past and present conflicts. More...
Whitestone based Transitional Services for New York (TSI), a comprehensive mental health agency serving Queens County, recently held a dinner gala in celebration of its 34th anniversary. More...
A tragic mistake by a 911 operator on Saturday morning sent Queens firefighters searching for a fatal blaze in the basement of a Woodside home that resulted in the deaths of three victims. Fire officials confirmed that firefighters from Engine Co. More...
The dispatching system under which a 911 operator’s error sent firefighters to the wrong Woodside address early last Saturday morning, causing a delay that resulted in at least three deaths, will be the subject of a hearing by the City Council More...
Katherine Cooper, a science teacher at Townsend Harris H.S., a highly selective New York City public high school in Flushing, has been named a recipient of the Fund for the City of New York’s first annual Sloan Awards for Excellence in Teaching Scien More...
Astoria retailers are hitching their hopes for a black Christmas (as in black ink in their ledgers) to an early shopping season, decorating windows and cutting prices to draw shoppers to put down their cash and plastic for holiday bargains weeks befo More...
On Saturday November 7, citizens of Long Island City and Astoria joined with Green Shores NYC and the Friends of Queensbridge Park Committee for the semiannual, It’s My Park Day. More...
Washington lawmakers from Queens applauded the House passage of a healthcare reform bill last week, saying it was urgently needed by millions of Americans who otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford health insurance. More...
As we celebrate Veterans’ Day next Wednesday, Assemblymember Catherine Nolan reminds us that, “Our responsibility to our nation’s warriors and defenders goes beyond a mere salute and demands that we address the increasingly complex More...
Quality Services for the Autism Community (QSAC, www.qsac.com), a New York charity, was the grand prize winner in a Chronicle of Philanthropy national contest that invited people to create their own ideas of how volunteerism could be incorporated More...
St. Francis of Assisi School recently launched its 2009 Box Tops for Education fundraising campaign. This year, the school has set a goal of earning $1,000 through the Box Tops for Education program. More...
City Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. celebrated his Election Night victory last Tuesday, November 3, at Dino’s Restaurant, 29-35 Newtown Ave., Astoria. More...
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