Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed legislation on April 12 enacting the Excelsior Scholarship, the first-of-its-kind in the nation program to provide tuition-free college at New York’s public universities to families making up to $125,000 a year. More...
The citywide Panel for Educational Policy (PEP) will meet at Long Island City High School tonight, April 19, at 6 p.m., to vote on a proposed $15.5 billion amendment to the Department of Education’s (DOE) five-year capital plan (2015 to 2019).& More...
A Con Edison researcher from Whitestone has won a prestigious award from a leading industry organization for work that will help protect the East River ecosystem. More...
What happens when the love which burned brightly during a 12-year marriage is extinguished – only to be reignited when the two lovebirds are reunited as senior citizens? More...
A wedding day is filled with symbolic tradition, from varied religious customs to the never-ending circle reflected in the rings and the types of flowers accentuating the celebration. More...
A Yonkers contractor was arraigned last week on a criminal complaint, charging him with fourth-degree arson, second-degree reckless endangerment and a violation of the city fire code that safeguards roofing operations. More...
New York City Council Member Daniel Dromm (D-Elmhurst, Jackson Heights) and First American International Bank (FAIB) announced Eat Elmhurst Restaurant Week 2017, an initiative created to stimulate commercial activity and jump start the local economy More...
The New York City Department of Transportation and Citi Bike have announced the proposed locations of 59 bike docking stations in Astoria/LIC north of Queensboro Plaza. More...
East River Kiwanis recently completed its annual Spring Food Drive. It was held on Saturday April 8 at Best Yet Supermarket on 37th Street between 19th and 20th Avenues. More...
Rafael Bergamaschi is a New York-based documentary filmmaker and film editor. Fascinated by the “magic of perpetuating the motions of life,” Bergamaschi has been trying to make sense of his existential anxieties through the camera lens. More...
On Thursday, April 13, Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer, Flor Jimenez, 29, widow of Gelacio Reyes, a cyclist killed on April 1 by a drunk motorist who fled the scene after the crash, Transportation Alternatives, Make Queens Safer, senior citizens fro More...
Borough President Melinda Katz announced on April 11 the appointments of 354 individuals to serve two-year terms on their respective community boards. More...
New York City author Camille Perri’s spectacularly reviewed, timely, and “wickedly funny debut” (Vanity Fair), “The Assistants” (available in paperback May 2), combines a delicious revenge fantasy with a bull’s eye More...
Thomas Flynn and Jakob Matala, juniors at St. John’s Preparatory School in Astoria, were recently honored with The Congressional Award Silver Medal at the New York Statewide Ceremony at Hunter College in Manhattan. More...
Last Wednesday afternoon children turned out in full force for some learning and fun at the Dutch Kills Playground, sponsored by Central Astoria LDC. More...
The Korean American Law Enforcement Council of Greater New York (KALEC) declared state Senator Toby Ann Stavisky Woman of the Year at their annual gala dinner. More...
By LIZ GOFF A Brooklyn Federal Court judge ordered on March 31 that a 2015 lawsuit filed by graffiti artists against the owners of the former 5Pointz warehouse complex would go to trial some time in May. More...
Alley Pond Environmental Center is holding its 2017 Green Gala on Thursday, April 20, at Terrace on the Park in Flushing Meadows Corona Park (52-11 111th Street, Flushing, NY 11368). More...
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