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...
P.S. 111, Long Island City, and Voice Charter School have “temporarily” shared the same building since September 2008, when Voice opened to kindergarten and first grade students. More...
Continuing to rally on behalf of William C. Bryant H.S. in Long Island City, Western Queens lawmakers urged education officials to support the school, which has been placed on the list of Persistently Lowest Achieving (PLA) schools. More...
Amalgamated Bank recently welcomed the community to its first branch in Jackson Heights, located at 78-01 37th Ave. During the evening reception on March 24, Amalgamated honored Queens Community Board No. 3 Chair Grace V. More...
Queens County Savings Bank, a division of New York Community Bank (NYCB), celebrated the grand opening of its new College Point branch at 133-11 20th Ave. on March 28. More...
On April 9, the Greater Astoria Historical Society presented an event entitled, Sisters of Compassion, a forum on the role of Roman Catholic nuns in establishing schools, colleges and hospitals, as well as their impact on shaping the culture of the C More...
The Astoria Dance Centre has pledged their support to the Andréa Rizzo Foundation’s nationwide fundraising effort, “Dance Across America” for pediatric patients with cancer and special needs. More...
Denmark has given many things to this country, including Legos, Carlsbad beer and Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales. Now Queens College will be giving Denmark a gift in return – the inspired teaching of Political Science Professor Michael A. More...
The Reverend Dr. Robert A. Rimbo, bishop of the Metropolitan New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, will preach and preside at the Easter Vigil Liturgy at Trinity Lutheran on April 23 at 8 p.m. 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...
Quontic Bank has extended its community oriented financial services to a new location in Astoria. Services for the new branch, 35-01 Broadway, began on April 11. More...
Congressmember Joseph Crowley (D–Queens/The Bronx), fighting to save a major college tuition program, was in a pitched battle with Republican opponents last week who wanted to downgrade the program and merge it with others. More...
The Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, 21-47 29th St., Astoria, will be holding a screening event, Alfred Hitchcock and the Catholic Experience, for three weeks in May. More...
A lthough some comic book historians disagree, most believe that comic books began in Japan in the 18th century. At the time, wooden blocks were carved and used to print booklets containing short stories. More...
State Senator Michael Gianaris announced on April 4 the restoration of state funds to keep senior centers open. The funds will allow senior centers originally slated to close to remain open. More...
Con Edison has petitioned regulators to reconsider a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) decision that will impose up to $500 million a year in unfair costs on our customers. More...
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