Following up on a promise to intensify the fight to get more state funding for education, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has enlisted the support of a 15-member team of distinguished local leaders, including former Mayor Ed Koch, Schools Chancellor Joel Klein and salsa musician Willie Colon. They will urge local planning boards in the 21 communities slated to lose school construction […]
English Conversation Continues In Queens
Co m m u n i t y U n i t e d M e t h o d i s t Church, under the leadership of Dr. Ronald Tompkins, still reaches out to serve the needs of its membership and the needs of Jackson Heights and the surrounding communities. Volunteers from the church and community residents are enlisted […]
Higher Education In Queens:
Queensborough Community College Is Gateway SchoolQ u e e n s b o r o u g h Community College (QCC) is one of the six community colleges in the City University of New York (CUNY) system. Some 85 percent of its culturally diverse student body comes from the neighborhoods surrounding its Bayside campus. The college enrolled its first students in 1959. Today, the 37-acre […]
4th Grade Voting Rights-Citizenship Curriculum Published
In a city where less than 40 percent of registered voters cast their ballot in the mayoral election, the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives has developed a curriculum that teaches fourth grade students a lesson on the importance of voting. “Kids do not know that much about voting,” Lisa Sita, associate project director who was instrumental in developing the local history […]
The Parade
St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated on March 17, the religious feast day and the anniversary of St. Patrick’s death in the fifth century. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for over 1,500 years. On St. Patrick’s Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families traditionally attended church in the morning and celebrated in […]
Sun Shines On Sunnyside’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade
The weather was perfect for the seventh annual St. Patrick’s Parade for All in Sunnyside, moving parade organizer Brendan Fay to make a little easy word play. “We’re in Sunnyside and the sun is on our side today,” he announced from the bed of a truck parked at the parade starting point, Skillman Avenue and 43rd Street. The truck bed […]
Markey Introduces Bills To Foil Child Molesters
At the March meeting of the Dutch Kills Civic Association, Assemblymember Marge Markey reported about her recent activities, including sponsorship of a bill aimed at better controlling child molesters and one aimed at better control of cattle feed mills. There was also a report from Deputy Inspector Brian McCarthy of the 114th Police Precinct, news of a proposed zoning change […]
Police Brass Report On Crime To Astoria Civic Association
City Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. introduced New York City Police Department Deputy Chief Thomas Chan of Patrol Borough Queens North, Chief of Detectives Louis Croce, former 114th Police Precinct Commanding Officer Patrick Timlin and present 114th Precinct Commanding Officer Deputy Inspector Brian McCarthy at the March meeting of the Astoria Civic Association last Tuesday, March 7 at Riccardo’s by the […]
LIC YMCA Standings As Of 3/13
Men’s Winter Basketball League -A Div. Dream Team “A” 7 1 Untouchables “A” 7 1 Black Ice 6 2 House of Pain 5 4 Super Soul Sonics 2 5 Awesome 1 7 Tha Block Entertainment 1 9 Men’s Winter Basketball League -B Div. East Da Bomb Squad 7 1 Bellevue Ballers 7 1 Cyclones 5 3 Heavy Hitters 3 5 […]
Astoria Animal Hospital Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Pets are not only man’s best friends. In many cases, they become more than friends-they are family members. And like all other family members, their health care is of paramount importance. Queens residents who are pet owners have at their and their pets’ service a local animal hospital with state-of-the-art technology and superb treatment. Astoria Animal Hospital at 25-63 Steinway […]