Mount Sinai Queens and the United Community Civic Association (UCCA) held its special annual summer dinner and barbecue on June 10 at Central Lounge, 20-10 Steinway St. in Astoria. More...
A delegation of local small business owners and community leaders on Monday announced plans to travel to the nation’s capital to meet with Congressmember Carolyn Maloney and plead for credit card reform to reduce the burden it places on small More...
City Councilmember Peter F. Vallone Jr. made his first stop of the 2010 graduation season June 4 at Saint Demetrios H. S., Astoria, where he addressed 41 graduates. More...
Area residents of Western Queens, including Jackson Heights, came to the Regal Heights Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, 70-05 35th Ave. in Jackson Heights on June 13 for the facility’s eighth annual Community Health Fair. More...
Queens County Savings Bank, a division of New York Community Bank, has pledged $100,000 to match funds that are donated to Queens Library Foundation. More...
Aravella Simotas, a candidate for election to the state Assembly in the 36th Assembly District, and Congressmember Carolyn Maloney took to the streets on Sunday, knocking on voters’ doors in Astoria. More...
Schools Chancellor Joel Klein defended Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s decision to offer teachers no raises, while City Councilmember Daniel Dromm held a different viewpoint. More...
On May 17 English Department Assistant Principal Maria Toskos, Librarians Joey Khoury and Russell Goldenberg heard the results of instilling within their students the lifelong love of reading and literature at Bryant’s 10th Annual Read-Aloud h More...
Determined to keep the people of Sunnyside and Woodside informed, John Young and Tom Smith of the Department of City Planning brought their illustrated zoning lecture to the Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce (SCC) luncheon for June, in order, as Young s More...
Age and disability might have slowed the pace but not the competitive spirit or joy of life of some of the elderly residents who will participate in the Senior Olympics at Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care & Rehabilitation in New Hyde Park on More...
American Airlines AAdvantage® members can earn bonus miles on select fares when flying nonstop routes between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Zurich Airport (ZRH) or Manchester Airport (MAN). More...
In his first major policy statement since becoming the Republican Party choice for governor, Rick Lazio declared that New York state faces an economic emergency and is on the brink of a crisis brought on by Albany’s high spending and high taxi More...
Police officials at the 114th Precinct last week released a list of the top three vehicles sought by car thieves in the Astoria and Long Island City communities. More...
On Wednesday, May 26, 2010, the Kiwanis Club of Astoria/L.I.C. held its annual Scholarship Awards dinner at Ponticello Ristorante. Chairman of this event was, Paul A. More...
Local leaders voted recently to take the “zip” out of a Department of Transportation (DOT) plan that could greatly reduce the number of parking spots available in private and municipal lots throughout the city. More...
The Queens Borough Public Library kicked off Summer Reading 2010 last week with a fivestar extravaganza at the P.S. 111 schoolyard adjacent to the library’s Long Island City branch. More...
York’s Bravest from Engine 295 & Ladder 144, 12-49 149 St., Whitestone, helps extinguish a brush fire at Powells Cove Park in College Point on June 8. The early evening fire More...
Astoria resident Hector Algarroba, co-founder of the HHS Foundation, has been nominated by Major League Baseball and People Magazine as a finalist for the Mets People All-Stars Among Us campaign. More...
The City Council is pushing a “three strikes–you’re-out” measure that would revoke the licenses of food vendors who rack up three parking or idling tickets in one year, officials said. More...
Larry Kahn is a New York native who was born on June 14, 1919, Flag Day. It seems only appropriate that he decided at the age of 18 to enlist in the United States Army. More...
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