Smart Power NY, a coalition of business, labor and environmental groups along with local and state elected officials, announced that City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has joined the group, which is advocating for access to safe and reliable source More...
State Senator Michael Gianaris was the keynote speaker at the City Council event honoring the contributions of Arab-Americans at the Museum of the Moving Image in Long Island City. The senator was joined by Arab community organizer Moustafa Elshiekh. More...
A male calf was born in May to Joan, a seven-year-old cow. The calf was 60 pounds at birth and is growing quickly. There are three Texas longhorns at the Queens Zoo including the calf. More...
A drunken, unlicensed driver struck and killed an electrician working on the Grand Central Parkway on July 10.Utility worker Frank Avino, 63, of Ronkonkoma, Long Island, was setting up traffic cones for a left lane closure on the westbound Grand Cent More...
A Queens Grand Jury last week handed down an indictment charging law school graduate Jason Bohn, 33, with first-degree murder in the brutal death of his live-in girlfriend—a higher charge than the original top count of murder in the second degree. More...
Three days of intense Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) and video game competition at the 2012 Pokémon U.S. National Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana culminated in the crowning of six U.S. More...
It is easy to center on the more visible elements of medicine—smiling nurses reassuringly patting hands and soothing fevered brows, the determined surgeon who removes the appendix or stitches the edges of a wound together so deftly that only a More...
This summer promises to offer a phenomenon not seen in recent years in Queens—a serious rise in crime rates. Many factors have contributed to this diminution in the quality of life in the borough. More...
Building upon its long-standing support of the annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival (HKDBF) in Queens, Time Warner Cable announced that it will be the official media sponsor of this year’s festival taking place August 4 and 5 at Flushing Meado More...
Queens Gazette country is growing by leaps and bounds, with seven new towers planned for Hallets Point in Astoria and a dizzying array of developments underway in Long Island City. More...
LaGuardia Community College (LAGCC) has received reaffirmation of its accreditation for a 10-year period—the highest re-accreditation status possible— from the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association, which accredi More...
Time Warner Cable, in agreement with NBCUniversal, today announced a multiplatform content offering for NBCUniversal’s coverage of the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games to commence on Wednesday, July 25 through Sunday, August 12. More...
Assemblymember Phillip Goldfeder visited the Howard Beach Senior Center at the Rockwood Park Jewish Center where he enjoyed lunch and spoke with seniors about issues in the community. More...
Detectives at the Queens Child Sex Abuse Squad tracked down and arrested a 49-year-old registered sex offender on July 7, charged with groping two young girls inside a Queens Library branch at 41-17 Main St. in Flushing. More...
Wedding bells will ring from the rooftop of a Long Island City venue on July 28, as Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer ties the knot with his longtime partner, Dan Hendrick.The couple will exchange vows in an evening ceremony on the rooftop garden of Stu More...
Astoria Music & Arts, a non-profit group which works to expose the best of Astoria’s musicians and artists to the public, has been keeping busy since their last major festival: Astoria Music Now! 2011. More...
A group of Danish Students and their host families enjoying a visit to the iconic Empire State Building as they take part in the sixth edition of Riis Settlement’s Danish Cultural Exchange Program with residents of Queens. More...
107th PrecinctRaging Bus Rider BustedThe drover of an MTA bus in Fresh Meadows this week is recovering from cuts, bruises and head injuries he suffered on July 5, when a 20-year-old passenger went berserk and started pummeling the city employee. More...
New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, finishing his third and last term as mayor, joined Reverend Floyd Flake, religious and spiritual leader of the Queens based Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral of New York for Sunday morning Mass on July 15. More...
Will former Congressmember Anthony Weiner, still in the doldrums since resigning his job last year after a texting scandal, attempt a political comeback by getting into next year’s mayoral race? More...
MENG URGES NEW ANTI-CRIME METHOD: Assemblymember Grace Meng joined on Monday with state Senator Jose Peralta and other lawmakers to urge passage of a law requiring gun and ammunition manufacturers to use bullet microstamping technology as a crime-sol More...
Dirt is a four-letter word to many moms, but letting your kids get dirty is actually good for them according to a new report from the National Wildlife Federation, “The Dirt on Dirt: How Getting Dirty Outdoors Benefits Kids.” More...
When was the last time you ate three meals in a day? What was the last snack you had? If you can answer the snack question faster than you can answer the meals question, it’s not surprising. More...
