Congressmember Carolyn Maloney, who authored the law guaranteeing the rights to women to breast-feed on federal property, recently hailed the advocates and new mothers who staged nurse-ins at Delta Airlines ticket counters around the United States. The nurse-ins were initiated after Delta employees removed a nursing mother and her family from one of its flights. “I commend the women who […]
Protest McMansions In Bellerose:
State Senator Frank Padavan R-C, Bellerose) and community activists in Bellerose in Northeast Queens recently held a protest rally against overcrowding and overdevelopment in their residential area from construction of illegal homes called McMansions. Padavan said, “With McMansions popping up all over the borough and illegal two-family houses endangering the welfare of our neighborhoods, it is important to address this […]
The Pulpit
The Pulpit All Saints Episcopal: Dec. 5, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Update and discussion on the war against Iraq, 43-12 46th St., Sunnyside. **** Augustana: Dec. 3, Sunday, Advent service, followed by Christmas luncheon at Just Arthur’s Restaurant. Dec. 10, Sunday, Advent service followed by Christmas Caroling for Donnelly Adult Residence, and Flushing House. Dec. 17, Advent service. Dec. 24, Sunday, Christmas […]
Ambassador Receives Homeric Award
Ambassador Adamantios Th. Vassilakis, Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations, received the Chian Federation’s 29th Homeric Award at Federation headquarters in Astoria last Friday, November 24. Prior to his current assignment, from 1999, Vassilakis served as Director General for European Affairs and Director of the Centre for Analysis and Planning in the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Those […]
Cops Look For Purse Thieves, Find Gambling
A search for purse-snatchers at a local laundromat yielded cigarettes, knives and money and uncovered an illegal gambling operation. On Tuesday, November 21 at approximately 1:30 p.m. under the direct supervision of 114th Police Precinct Commanding Officer Inspector Brian McCarthy, the 34th search warrant of 2006 was executed at Bubbles Laundromat, 3-13 27th Ave., after eight purses left unattended in […]
Cambria Heights ADA Receives Weinstein Award
Assistant District Attorney Aisha S. Greene of Cambria Heights, received the 15th annual Hal Miller Weinstein Memorial Award in a ceremony November 20 in Queens District Attorney Richard Brown’s office. The award is given annually in honor of former Assistant District Attorney Hal Miller Weinstein, who died tragically in a car accident in April 1992. Among those present were Weinstein’s […]
FIAO Holds Soccer Camp
The Federation of Italian American Organizations of Queens, Inc., Angie Markham, executive director, hosted its annual summer soccer camp on the FIAO soccer field. Seventy children ages 5 to 14 participated in this week-long program. Skilled soccer coaches instructed the children in the fundamentals of soccer playing. Special emphasis was placed on proper development of specific skills needed in playing […]
Crystal Windows Hosts Chinese Business Delegation
On Friday, November 10, Crystal Window and Door Systems of Flushing, hosted a delegation of officials from the Xiangcheng Industrial District of Suzhou City, China. Steve Chen (l.), Crystal executive vice president presented a gift to the leader of the Chinese Delegation, Cao Houling, Magistrate for the People’s Government of Xiangcheng District, Suzhou. After a tour of the Crystal factory, […]
Jessica Johnson Creates And Performs Off B’way
The sleeper hit of the 2006 New York International Fringe Festival “Oblivious To Everyone” is a one-woman play created and performed by Astoria resident Jessica Lynn Johnson. A social satire about the media’s fierce impact on women, “Oblivious To Everyone” will be at The Studio Theatre in the Theatre Row Complex, 410 W. 42nd St. in Manhattan, from December 1-16. […]