District attorneys in 62 counties and elected comptrollers and other financial oversight officials would be brought into the battle against Medicaid fraud, waste and abuse under a plan proposed by state Senator Frank Padavan and the Republican senat More...
Applications for admission to P.S. 280, a new District 30 public primary school in the former Blessed Sacrament building at 34-20 94th St. in Jackson Heights beginning in September 2010, are available for kindergarten and first grade students. More...
Congressmember Joseph Crowley hailed the passage of health care reform as “a historic measure that will put families first”, and colleague Carolyn Maloney declared, “It will help Americans across their entire lives.” More...
Assembly candidate Aravella Simotas continued her campaign fundraising push on Friday, March 19 at the Pancyprian Sports Lounge, 23-15 31st St., Astoria. More...
A statue of the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles will be installed in Athens Square Park, 20th Street and 30th Avenue, some time in the near future. More...
Every September, preparation begins at the Greek Orthodox Shrine Church of St. Nicholas, 196-10 Northern Blvd., Flushing, for the new Metro Greek Orthodox basketball league (MGOBL) season. More...
The luck of the Irish turned lottery tickets into a cool $1 million last week for each of two Queens residents who cashed in on the state’s “Win For Life” game. More...
Continuing to focus on the communities it serves, Amalgamated Bank will present its financial education class for working people at the bank’s 56-29 Myrtle Ave., Ridgewood, branch on Saturday, March 27, from 10 a.m. More...
Time Warner Cable’s New York City Region spring customer sweepstakes offers a chance to win a grand prize trip to the Sunny Side Up Show studio to meet the hosts. More...
Noting that the state police superintendent is “often misused as a political ping-pong ball”, state Senator Toby Ann Stavisky has introduced legislation designed to shield state troopers from political influence and ensure that troopers More...
“It is not an exaggeration to say that the Fiscal Year 2011 preliminary budget proposal is nothing short of devastating,” Queens Borough Public Library Chief Executive Officer Thomas Galante testified before the Select Committee on Libra More...
Thousands of Armenian-Americans will gather on April 25 in Times Square to pay tribute to the 1.5 million Armenians who were annihilated by the Ottoman Empire. More...
The TDC Development and Construction Group presented its new ambitious Flushing Commons project on March 22 to Community Board 7 at Union Plaza, 33-23 Union St., in Flushing. More...
One of the pioneering wineries of New York’s Finger Lakes region, Hermann Wiemer Vineyard has used Old World techniques to take root in the New World. More...
Queens is a thriving area for the arts. In fact, being the most culturally diverse county in the world, it is rich with different kinds of art, especially live theater. More...
Restaurant and business owners along a stretch of 36th Avenue in Long Island City are calling on city agencies to curb the flooding that their establishments suffered during recent heavy rainstorms. More...
St. Michael’s Cemetery Director of Sales, Marketing and Community Relations Ed Horn has been elected to the board of directors of the International Cemetery Cremation & Funeral Association ICCFA). More...
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