Three local political leaders, demanding that the Department of Transportation take responsible action, held an afternoon press conference Friday, April 8, at Queens Plaza South and Crescent Street, near the site of two recent automobile crashes. More...
At noon April 12, the bell at Maple Grove Cemetery began tolling to mark the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War. The war began April 12, 1861 when Fort Sumter was fired upon. It ended in April, 1865 when General Robert E. More...
Students from The Lexington School for the Deaf in Jackson Heights recently took first place in the High School Team Division at the prestigious 2011 Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Science Fair for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Student More...
On April 6, Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer honored the Bryant H. S. Girls Basketball team for their outstanding accomplishments in the PSAL 2010-11 Regular Season. Van Bramer presented the team, their coach and Bryant H. S. More...
On April 8, state Senator Jose Peralta announced that he has procured a $50,000 state Legislative Grant for library materials for Queens Library. More...
Several car dealerships on Northern Boulevard in Bayside have been bad neighbors. Some are operating with expired variances, while others are violating the restrictions placed within their Certificates of Occupancies and park many more vehi More...
Arrest In Restaurant Dispute
Police at the 114th Precinct arrested a 50-year-old Queens man on April 6 after he brandished a loaded weapon during a heated dispute at a now defunct Long Island City restaurant. More...
Tree planting has become a popular method of contributing to the environment in the past few years, especially after the tornado and macroburst incident on September 16, 2010, in which many trees were lost. More...
Legislation extending federally-funded unemployment insurance benefits through 2011 has been signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo, it was announced by the bill’s supporter, state Senator Joseph Addabbo Jr. (D–Howard Beach). More...
Responding to last month’s gang-related murder in Woodhaven, which is also being investigated by the NYPD as a possible hate crime, state Senator Joseph Addabbo Jr. More...
Councilmember Peter F. Vallone Jr. returned to his alma mater St. John’s Preparatory H.S. in Astoria on April 7, where he took questions from three classes during their annual career day. More...
On April 11, the staff of London Lennie’s was visited by Seghesio Family Vineyards lead enologist Sonja Bugica, who offered the curious crew a lesson on Italian-style winemaking in the United States. More...
QCBC will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, April 20, at 8 p.m. at:Alley Pond Environmental Center (Alleypond.com)228-06 Northern BlvdDouglaston, NY 11362-1906All members and guests are welcome to attend. More...
Dear Savvy Senior, Can you give me some information about hospice? My aunt has terminal cancer and wants to stay in her own home as long as possible. Preparing for the End Dear Preparing More...
On April 12, America celebrated the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War. It began with the bombardment of Fort Sumter in Charleston Bay and ended at Appomattox in Virginia. More...
Aravella Simotas, the new representative of the 36th New York state Assembly district in Astoria, was the guest speaker at the first of two April breakfast meetings of the Long Island City Business Development Corporation (LICBDC), this one being hel More...
Bipartisan legislation which would establish a National Museum of Women’s History on the National Mall in Washington was announced last week by Congressmember Carolyn Maloney (DQueens/ Manhattan). More...
The first shovel went into the ground last Thursday to launch a $10 million renovation of the South Queens Boys and Girls Club in Richmond Hill. More...
Bill Manolopoulos, a local financial advisor for the financial services firm Edward Jones, invites the community to attend an open house from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Friday April 29 at 29-20 23rd Ave., Suite 301 in Astoria. More...
On April 7, state Senator Mike Gianaris visited the café that narrowly missed being hit by the cars that exited off the Queensboro Bridge off-ramp in Long Island City. More...
Police in Forest Hills are shaking their heads and chuckling at the antics of a “wannabe” bank bandit who stole a page from Woody Allen’s “Take The Money And Run” when he tried to rob a Forest Hills Bank of America branc More...
108th Precinct
Student Pepper Sprays Classroom
A sixth-grade student at I.S. 125 in Woodside last week was taken into police custody and issued a Juvenile Report after she doused a classroom with pepper spray. More...
A Flushing lawmaker recently introduced legislation calling for a “Transit Bill of Rights” designed to protect straphangers and clarify the responsibility of New York state officials to provide timely, accessible, safe and clean mass tran More...
Councilmember Daniel Dromm has sponsored a new initiative that aims to stimulate commercial activity and jumpstart the economy in Elmhurst by showcasing the multicultural neighborhood as a place where many of the city’s best and most eclectic r More...
Lawmakers representing neighborhoods surrounding the [Ed Koch] Queensboro Bridge are calling for a comprehensive study to review safety of bridge exit ramps after a second crash left a woman dead and severed the arm of a second driver. More...
The large docket of items on the agenda for the April meeting of Community Board 2 was overwhelmed by a dispute about parking facilities on the north and south sides of Queens Plaza. More...
State Senator Michael Gianaris’ (D-Astoria) legislation making it illegal to install or possess a concealed compartment in a vehicle passed through the New York State Senate Codes Committee. More...
On March 11, the strongest earthquake ever recorded in Japan struck the island nation’s northeastern coast. A tsunami (seismic seawave) followed almost immediately, devastating miles of coastline and causing damage as far as six miles inland. More...
Qaddafi’s Got To Go To The Editor: Libya would have been a problem for [President Barack] Obama regardless of what he decided to do. The situation created by [Muammar] al Qaddafi combating the rebels is a morass without clarity. More...
