“Viva Jorge!” was the supporting cheer shouted by hundreds who gathered at the Queens Museum of Art on Friday, November 13 to honor local resident Jorge Muñoz. More...
A private contractor drilling on a site at 37th Street and Skillman Avenue on Tuesday morning November 17 punched a hole in the Buckeye Pipeline, a main artery feeding jet fuel to LaGuardia and Kennedy Airports. More...
There were two presentations at the November meeting of the Dutch Kills Civic Association, concerning Mount Sinai Queens and the rebuilding plan for Queens Plaza. An amendment to the association’s constitution was proposed by President Jerry Walsh and voted upon. More...
Amid reports out of Albany that New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has already advanced his gubernatorial campaign schedule to the ticket-balancing stage, the latest poll on next year’s election shows Cuomo has increased his already staggering lead over Governor David Paterson to 59 points. More...
P ete’s Grill is the place to eat…anytime, 24 hours a day. Pete’s Grill is conveniently located on Queens Blvd. and 39th Street, and is the first diner you’ll see coming from the Queensboro Bridge. Proprietor Pete Moundros opened his eponymously named restaurant two years ago after taking over the old Sunlight Diner. More...
Samantha: the Life of a Slave Girl
By Georgia Humphries Seaburn Publishing Group ISBN: 98-1-59232-187-1 52 pp.; illustrations by the author $7.99 More...
Forty-eight years ago the world woke up one morning to find that the Communist regime that dominated Eastern Europe had erected an outward and visible sign of its wish to impose its rule on the citizens of East Berlin—a concrete wall with guard towers spaced along its length circumscribing a wide area that would come to be known as the “death strip” that contained anti-vehicl More...
The Frank Sinatra School of the Arts H.S. was the setting for a meeting of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Queens chapter on Tuesday, November 10. The in-depth, behind the scenes look at the new public school included a lecture and walking tour. More...
More than 76,000 football fans visited Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands to see the New York Jets (4-4) face the Jacksonville Jaguars (4-4) in a must game for both teams if either would have a chance to see post- season play. More...
Mets, Flushing BID Offer Internships To College Students