Abiding Word Ministries: + Fridays, 8 p.m., prayer and worship service; Sundays, 11 a.m., miracle and healing service; summer day camp, computer training, music lessons, counseling, 116-67 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica; 718-323-29218, www.abidingword ministries. met. **** Astoria Center of Israel: +Monday/Tuesday. 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. […]
Junior National Leadership Conference
Assemblymember Michael Gianaris stands with Brandon Solis, a sixth grader at Most Precious Blood School in Astoria. Brandon will be representing New York at the 2006 Junior National Leadership Conference in Washington D.C. this summer, an exciting but expensive opportunity. Brandon is raising funds to pay for his trip and, at the suggestion of Anna Kril from SHAREing and CAREing, […]
Legislature OKs Property Tax Relief Plan
A property tax relief plan has been approved by the state legislature that will be worth an average of $250 to every homeowner whose taxes go directly to support schools. In New York City, where the income tax provides the money to support schools, the new tax relief benefit would come in the form of an income tax credit for […]
CALDC Waterfront Concerts Kick Off June 29
The Central Astoria Local Development Coalition (CALDC) annual Independence Day celebration will be held on the lawn in Astoria Park between Shore Boulevard and 19th Street, the Hell Gate Bridge and the Astoria Pool on Thursday, July 29, starting at 7:30 p.m. The event will begin with a Marine Corps color guard, followed by an evening of old-time rock ‘n’ […]
PAL Kicks Off Queens Summer Playstreet Program
The Police Athletic League (PAL) will launch its 2006 Summer Program in Queens on Monday, July 10. Hundreds of PAL youngsters play traditional sidewalk games, develop their creativity through arts and crafts, choose books from a mobile reading library and make new friends throughout the summer. PAL’s Summer Playstreet Program closes off streets and utilizes other public areas, such as […]
Giuliani Urges National Energy Policy; Opens Web Site
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, acting more than ever like a presidential hopeful, in a speech to the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, a think tank, criticized the Bush administration for failure to develop an energy policy and place more importance on nuclear power, ethanol based fuels and hybrid vehicles. He did not mention President George W. Bush directly, but said […]
Twins Take 2 Out Of 3 Slots At Sinatra H.S.
Andranik and Arshak Hayotsyans (Andy and Eddy) were among many other students who wanted to transfer into the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, 30-20 Thomson Ave., Long Island City this past spring. Much to their surprise there were only three seats open and were pleased to find out that they had been chosen for two of them. To celebrate […]
Wireless Internet Access Is Free At All Queens Libraries
The 63 branches of the Queens Borough Public Library all now have free wireless Internet access. Customers are invited to bring in their own laptops and boot up. Once logged on to the library’s network, they will have access to the same range of databases and Web sites as if they were on the library’s own workstations. Customers are required […]
Maloney Seeks Meeting With Bush On 1st Responder Health Problems
Congressmember Carolyn Maloney and advocates for improved healthcare service for Ground Zero 9/11 first responders called on President George W. Bush last week to meet with the Ground Zero responders and members of Congress to discuss how the federal government can better assist those who became sick cleaning up the World Trade Center site after the 9/11 attack. Maloney also […]
City May Subsidize Day Labor Centers
Day laborers many of them immigrants, gathering on street corners in business districts seeking day jobs have aroused antipathy in some quarters. The street corner meeting places, however, may be replaced by subsidized job centers under a plan before a New York City panel. Guillermo Linares, the mayor’s commissioner of immigrant affairs is the panel chairman. The panel’s goal is […]