Congressmember Joseph Crowley (D-Jackson Heights) and United States Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton last Friday met at the T & S Amoco Station, 74-01 Grand Ave. Elmhurst, with a local business owner and area civic leaders to protest escalating prices for gas and other petroleum products. Gas prices across New York state have broken the $3 a gallon barrier and experts […]
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Astoria Center of Israel: +May 5, Friday. Catered Shabbat dinner, reservations, $18 per adult, reserve now. +Monday/Tu e s d a y. J.A.S.A. +Fridays, 8 p.m. Evening services. +Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. Morning services. +Sundays, 11 a.m. Astoria Overeaters Workshop; Astoria Community Church. **** Atonement Lutheran: +May 27, Jun. 10, Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Flea market +Sunday, 10:15 a.m., […]
Queens Astronaut Speaks To Kids About Space Travel
Hometown hero astronaut Charlie Camarda spoke with children about space on Monday, May 1 at the Queens Central Public Library on Merrick Boulevard in Jamaica. Camarda, who was one of the crew on the space shuttle flight of last summer, has become a representative of and role model for the people of Queens. The Space Shuttle Columbia catastrophe of 2003 […]
Board 1 Considers Church, Sidewalk Caf Applications
Astoria is heavily residential and also home to an exceptional number of restaurants. The enthusiasm of restaurant patrons, many of them probably from Astoria, frequently causes nighttime friction with neighboring residents, who desire only a little peace and quiet. At its April meeting, at Astoria World Manor on Astoria Boulevard, Community Board 1 considered six places that could be classified […]
Drawing Circles:Reflections After 11 Years With The Gazette
Drawing Circles: Reflections After 11 Years With The Gazette BY AUSTIN H. ARMITSTEAD In an article in the Mar. 22, 1995 issue of the Gazette, it was announced that following my retirement as the pastor of the Community United Methodist IChurch of Jackson Heights, I would be joining the staff of this newspaper. The article opened with a quote from […]
Flower Donations Beautify Weinberg Center Grounds
The Cyril Weinberg Center thanked Community Board 1 District Manager George Delis, Thomas M. Quinn & Sons Funeral Home Vice President George Stamatiades and Verni’s Garden Center for generous donation of plantings for their parking lot and facility areas. The Cyril Weinberg Center is a day program that serves adults with developmental disabilities in Long Island City. The program teaches […]
Flat Stanley Travels To Albany
Assemblymember Mark Weprin (D-Little Neck) brought a paper cutout of “Flat Stanley,” a character in a children’s book by Jeff Brown, to Albany to take a picture with Governor George Pataki. In the book, Stanley travels throughout the country by mail. An elementary school student sent the cutout to AssemblymemberWeprin, who decided to help by arranging a picture with the […]
Onorato Comments On Veto Overrides
State Senator George Onorato (D-Astoria) commented on the state senate’s overrides last week of the majority of Governor George Pataki’s 207 state budget vetoes: “Without a doubt, this has probably been one of the more unusual State Budget scenarios in recent memory. And it’s anyone’s guess whether it’s over or will continue to play out. “I was proud to join […]
Graffiti Law Defeat Just ‘Bump In Road’
Reacting to a federal judge’s order to New York City to stop enforcing one of its antigraffiti laws, City Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr., who wrote the law, declared he was confident the law would be resurrected. Vallone (D-Astoria), who has emerged as one of the city’s most determined graffiti fighters, stated: “It’s unfortunate that these kids are being used as […]
