As children bounced on a trampoline a few yards to the right of the osteoporosis screening booth, the goal of the United Community Civic Association’s sixth annual Health Fair was as clear as the day’s radiant sky: to promote health awareness and quality of life for all generations. The United Community Civic Association and Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens joined […]
Board 2 Hears DOT Plans For 51st Ave., Sunnyside Study
The last Community Board 2 meeting until September opened a half hour early at the Sunnyside Senior Center in order to present further findings from the plan for Sunnyside formulated by graduate students at the Hunter College department of urban affairs and planning. The students, supervised by Drs. Susan Meiklejohn and Lynn McCormick, had made their initial presentation in mid-March, […]
Robert McDonald, Democratic District Leader, Dies
Robert McDonald, a Master Electrician, a 40-year member of the Electrical Workers Union and a Democratic District Leader, has died. He was 79 years old. He is survived by his wife, Frances, his son, Robert, a justice of the New York State Supreme Court, his daughter, Ellen Ann, and grandsons Joseph and Robert Edward. McDonald served in the United States […]
USA Offers Pamphlet On Displaying American Flag
With Flag Day and the Fourth of July weekend upon us, the United Spinal Association (USA), a national veterans service organization based in New York City, hopes to help educate the public on the proper display of America’s colors by offering a free pamphlet called “How To Display Our Flag.” “We at United Spinal can think of no better way […]
On the brief side… Padavan Joins Mayor At Parade
State Senator Frank Padavan (R–C, Bellerose) joined Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the recent Memorial Day Little Neck/Douglaston Parade at which Borough President Helen Marshall and the mayor served as Honorary Grand Marshals. Padavan also joined in the College Point Parade, which celebrated the 60th anniversary of World War II. He also joined in a memorial with fellow veterans at the […]
Gianaris Skewers His AG Rivals In Albany Lampoon Skit
In a departure from his usual legislator’s persona, Assemblymember Michael Gianaris took the stage last Saturday evening to poke fun at himself and his rivals in the race for state attorney general with a skit he performed as part of the annual festivities accompanying the political lampoon show of the Legislative Correspondents Association (LCA). The press corps satirized its coverage […]
NYC OTB Presents Equestrian Couture
Racing is full of unlikely combinations. No one gave Seabiscuit a chance for a comeback after injury, no one could have predicted that a group of friends from upstate New York could win two legs of the Triple Crown with a New York bred gelding named Funny Cide, and nobody imagined 50-1 shot Giacomo would be standing in the winner’s […]
Art Club Holds Spring Show
Landscapes, still life paintings and seascapes are being exhibited over two weekends, June 11 and 12 and June 18 and 19, on the fence of P.S. 69 at 37th Avenue and 78th Street, Jackson Heights, at the annual Spring Outdoor Show of the Jackson Heights Art Club. Art enthusiasts will find framed and unframed paintings in oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastel […]
Adult Day Care Center Proposed For Ridgewood
“If this were across Seneca Avenue, it would be as of right,” Gary Tarnoff of Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel speaking on behalf of Comprehensive Care Management Corporation, testified at land use hearings in Borough Hall last Thursday. “This” is conversion of a 7,600-square-foot factory that formerly produced sewing machine parts into an adult day care center and staging area […]
Ice Cream Challenge Contest Rules Change
The entrance fee for the ice cream eating challenge to be held at Eddie’s Sweet Shop, 105-29 Metropolitan Ave., Forest Hills, on June 25 ha been halved. Originally $100, the fee is now $50. “We wanted to make it easier for people to enter and find sponsors if they choose,” Vito Citrano, Eddie’s Sweet Shop owner, explained. Contestants can choose […]