Following a hard-fought grassroots effort to save an afterschool program at an Astoria elementary school, students, parents and teachers received word that funding for the program was fully restored in time for a happy, restful summer. More...
“Hood to Hollywood” the signs on the walls of the Jacob Riis Settlement House on 41st Avenue in the Queensbridge Houses proclaimed late last Thursday afternoon. More...
State Senator Toby Stavisky joins Jamaica Estates-Holliswood-South Bayside Volunteer Ambulance Corps Captain Daryl Mazlish (in white shirt) to encourage volunteers to donate blood. More...
The “Summer Fun” Children’s Series presented by the Central Astoria Local Development Coalition (CALDC) will continue on Tuesday, July 27 in Athens Square Park, 30th Avenue and 30th Street, and on Wednesday, July 28 at the Dutch Ki More...
A new independent documentary by two Queens natives about electronic music made its New York premiere on July 9 at the Jackson Triplex Cinema in Jackson Heights. More...
The Central Astoria Local Development Coalition (CALDC) Waterfront Concert Series is in full swing. Enjoy a night of pop/rock music with The Lightyears on Thursday, July 22 at 7:30 p.m. More...
Dear Savvy Senior,
In one of your recent columns (What Healthcare Reform Means for Seniors), you wrote that seniors with a Medicare prescription drug plan could get a $250 rebate check when they hit the donut hole. I’ve just hit it! More...
Time Warner Cable, a Gold Medal Sponsor of the 2010 Empire State Games, will be televising the Empire State Games’ Opening Ceremonies live to Queens customers, beginning at 7 p.m. More...
Congressmember Joseph Crowley’s recent meeting concerning the small business healthcare tax credit, held in a classroom at LaGuardia Community College this month, was the first of many healthcare meetings he would be holding, he promised. More...
Tenzin Dorjee, Juanita Bernal Del Vall, Gabriella Herrera and Manisha Mohanlal, students at the Young Women’s Leadership School of Astoria, under the direction of their 6th grade math teacher, Yariv Cohen, celebrate their success at taking fir More...
Queens Borough President Helen Marshall dedicated a memorial rose garden to late journalist and historian David Oats in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park on Wednesday, July 14. More...
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced June 29 that Nathaniel Thayer Wight of Woodside and Pamela Lewis of Elmhurst are winners of a statewide contest to show how to save energy by switching light bulbs. More...
While he studied for his Pharm. D—the equivalent of a doctoral degree—Michael Polise always chose to take every elective in alternative medications that the six-year course at St. John’s University offered. More...
The city medical examiner’s office last week confirmed that a 46-year-old Queens woman was the first heat-related casualty of this year’s bristling summer. More...
Time Warner Cable, a Gold Medal Sponsor of the 2010 Empire State Games, will be televising the Empire State Games’ Opening Ceremonies live to Queens customers, beginning at 7 p.m. More...
David Oats loved Queens for its rich history, its energy and sense of community. But above all, Oats loved the great green space at the center of the borough, Flushing Meadows- Corona Park. More...
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