City Councilmember John Liu, local school principals, community leaders and officials from the Flushing Business Improvement District have announced a “Keep Flushing Clean” poster contest open to all students in 7th, 8th, and 9th grades. Winners will receive prizes donated by local businesses. The contest is sponsored by Liu and the Flushing BID, and co-sponsored by Herald Community Forum, Flushing […]
St. Michael’s Cemetery Earns ICFA Award
St. Michael’s Cemetery, East Elmhurst, has been awarded a First Place and the Grand Prize in the International Cemetery and Funeral Association (ICFA) 2005 KIP (Keeping It Personal) Awards, recognizing the best in personalization in the cemetery and funeral service profession. St. Michael’s Cemetery Director of Sales Edward Horn submitted the winning entry in the Most Personalized Service or Memorial […]
Quinn: Queens Is Most Targeted Boro For Hospital Closings
n a cold and snowy night in Queens, Christine Quinn, the new Speaker of the City Council, told the United Community Civic OAssociation (UCCA) she would be a “fiveborough Speaker” presiding over a “fiveborough council”. Calling Quinn a counterpart to Mayor Michael Bloomberg in government, UCCA President Rose Marie Poveromo noted history was made when Quinn was elected by her […]
6th Search Warrant Of 2006 Executed In 114th Precinct
Execution of the sixth search warrant of 2006 by the 114th Precinct resulted in two felony arrests and seizure of significant evidence. Under the direct supervision of 114th Precinct Commanding Officer Deputy Inspector Brian McCarthy, an investigation targeted 40-05 30 Ave., a site involved in several forms of illicit activity, with documented criminal incidents transpiring at the location by the […]
Poll: Rudy Is Top U.S. Pol; Manhattan Woman Eyes Hillary Challenge
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani is the country’s favorite politician by far, according to a Quinnipiac University poll, reported yesterday as the Gazette was going to press. Meanwhile, United States Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, a possible presidential candidate in 2008 but who ran far behind Giuliani in the survey, is getting another Republican challenger in this year’s Senate election. Manhattan socialite […]
Crowley, Rice Meet At Foreign Aid Budget Hearings
Congressmember Joseph Crowley, a senior member of the House Committee on International Relations, recently met with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice when Rice testified in support of the foreign aid budget for Fiscal Year 2007. At the meeting, Crowley expressed concerns about the recent Hamas win in the Palestinian elections as well as the Bush Administration’s plans to cut international […]
On the brief side…
Maloney Invites Fosco To Hear BerlusconiCongressmember Carolyn Maloney (D-Queens/Manhattan) invited Maria T. Fosco of Astoria, president of the Italian American Museum in Manhattan to be her guest when Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi addressed a joint session of Congress last week. “It’s an honor to have a leading Italian American New Yorker as my guest,” Maloney said. “Italians and Italian Americans are a major part […]
Labor Council Names Committee To Deal With McLaughlin Probe
A top labor official has announced that he is appointing a special committee to deal with a federal probe of the New York City Central Labor Council and its president, Assemblymember Brian McLaughlin. Denis M. Hughes, president of the New York state AFL-CIO, in announcing the action, said that McLaughlin (D-Flushing) would remain in charge of the council, but would […]
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Higher Education In Queens:
Queens College Is 'Jewel Of CUNY System'ueens College, the second school we consider in our survey of Queens’ institutions Qof higher learning, is perhaps the most popular in the borough. Established in 1937, Queens College is one of the largest senior colleges that make up the City University of New York (CUNY). Its mission is to offer students a first-class education and develop leadership skills for […]