The New York State College Aid Awareness Network (CAAN), a program to provide detailed information on all aspects of college financial aid, was announced last week by state Senator Toby Ann Stavisky (D–Flushing). The project consists of a year-long series of special programs and events designed to assist students and families to pay for college. CAAN is a cooperative project […]
Mayor: Lack Of State Funds Blocks School-Building Plan
New York City will not be able to go through with plans to build 23 new schools if the state does not deliver what it owes to the city from a court-ordered award several years ago, Mayor Michael Bloomberg stated recently. But Governor George Pataki, who has tied up the award of billions of dollars in education funds by an […]
Lawmaker Offers Advice On Safe Shopping
Noting that many shoppers are using gift cards and gift certificates as holiday gifts, Assemblymember Mark Weprin issued an information advisory explaining that consumers are now protected from both hidden fees sometimes charged for these items and from undisclosed conditions that can be costly. Weprin (D–Little Neck) said legislation he sponsored helps ensure that consumers know exactly what the terms […]
College Football Player Hangs Up Helmet For Stethoscope
It is often said that nothing is given to a Marine—it is figuratively beaten into the psyche of every young man and woman who steps on the yellow footprints at the recruit depots in San Diego, California or Parris Island, South Carolina, that they are going to have to earn the title Marine. The eagle, globe and anchor symbol is […]
United Spinal Marks 60 Years Aiding Paralyzed Patients
The United Spinal Association will mark its 60th year empowering, renewing, and enhancing the lives of individuals with spinal cord injury or disease in 2006. Launched in 1946 by a small group of World War II veterans paralyzed on the battlefields of Europe and the Pacific, this member-based organization––then known as the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association––has grown into one of […]
St. Jacobus Holds Christmas Services, Luncheon
St. Jacobus Lutheran Church in Woodside welcomes all persons to their Christmas worship services, to be held at 72-01 43rd Ave., just off Woodside Avenue across from P.S. 12, on December 24 and 25. A traditional service of lessons and carols with Holy Communion will be held Christmas Eve at 7:30 p.m., and a special “Christ-Mass” with storytelling for children […]
All Aboard The Seven Line
Our second stop on the “International Express” brings us to the first elevated express stop on the line, Willets Point–Shea Stadium, located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. This park has great historical, recreational and environmental significance. Formerly known as the “valley of ashes,” because it served as the city’s ash heap, it was completely made over for the 1939 World’s Fair. […]
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Atonement Lutheran: •Sunday, 10:15 a.m., services and Sunday school in English; noon, service in Spanish; 2 p.m., service in Korean; 5 p.m., service in Telegu. •Weekdays, 2:30-6 p.m. Afterschool program; free universal pre-school available, 30-61 87th St., Jackson Heights; 718-639-6074. **** Briarwood Jewish Center: •Prayer books with line-by-line English transliteration of the Hebrew text now available at services, 139-06 86th […]
Neighbors CAN! Funds Church Ad Campaign
Neighbors Caring About Neighbors (NeighborsCAN!), a training and capacity-building program of Citizens for NYC’s Neighborhood Leadership Institute (NLI), has agreed to provide funding to Trinity Lutheran Church, 31-18 37th St., Astoria, for a volunteer outreach advertising campaign. NeighborsCAN! supports efforts by community- and faith-based groups in New York City to increase their effectiveness in order to improve the quality of […]
St. Francis of Assisi Carolers Spread Christmas Cheer
The SFA Carolers of St. Francis of Assisi School, Astoria, spread some holiday cheer to neighboring businesses on Friday, December 16. The group, consisting of the school’s 3rd through 6th graders, made their way down Ditmars Boulevard to Commerce Bank, where they sang Christmas songs for the employees and customers and then toured the bank. As they walked back to […]