New York- based Democrats, as expected, found fault with virtually everything President George W. Bush said in his State of the Union speech last week, from failing to embrace their plan for a phased-withdrawal from Iraq to omitting any mention of new funding for his education program to sticking it to New York in a proposal to provide more people […]
Bush May Meet With Borja To Discuss Aid For 9/11 Responders
Ceasar Borja of Bayside, attended President George W. Bush’s State of the Union address last week although his father had died moments earlier from the deadly effects of his labors at the Ground Zero cleanup following 9/11. Although Borja was in the same gallery as others who were introduced by the president no mention was made of him. He had […]
Universal Design For People With Diverse Abilities
It’s no secret that America is growing older. In fact, more than half of Americans expect to have elder care responsibilities within the next 10 years. Today, there are more than 48 million people with some type of disability – one in seven has some form of arthritis, and 18 million are visually impaired. That means more people will be […]
114th Pct Gets New Cops, Rewards 6
With the new year, 19 officers have been assigned to the 114th Precinct. “From the last academy class, the 114th got eight new cops and 11 more from IMPACT,” said Ann Bruno, president of the 114th Precinct Community Council. A full register should be 197 police officers, said Bruno, but the current count with the new additions stands at 187 […]
Police Seek Information As Lieutenant Is Assaulted
As reported in the Gazette last week, police are seeking several Hispanic males who were involved in a confrontation with Lieutenant Wade Kern and Police Officer Joseph Morabito from the 114th Precinct outside the Astoria Sports Complex, 34-38 38th St. As Kern and Morabito were arresting Edison Vera of Ridgewood at approximately 4:16 a.m. on Saturday, January 20, the suspects […]
Boroughwide Blotter:
Violent End For Troubled CouplePolice of the 108th Precinct said a Queens man with a history of violence shot and killed his girlfriend in her Sunnyside home on January 24 and then turned the gun on himself in a murder-suicide that ended the couple’s abusive, tumultuous relationship. Cops said Piedad Alcivir arrived home from church services on Wednesday night to find her daughter’s blood-soaked […]
Activist Speaks On Darfur At Garden School
David Wexler, a Garden School senior and president of the Student Council, invited Ruth Messinger, president of American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an organization providing on-the-ground aid in Darfur, and a national leader in raising public awareness about Darfur, to address students of The Garden School in Jackson Heights on Thursday, January 25 about the ongoing genocide in Darfur and […]
QLS Students Accepted At Townsend Harris H.S.
Queens Lutheran School students Jeremy Michaels (l.) and Duke Choi, shown with Barbara Darden, Queens Lutheran eighth grade teacher and head teacher, ranked among the top two percent of all eighth-grade students in New York City, qualifying them for automatic acceptance into Townsend Harris H.S., Flushing.
LIC YMCA Standings As Of Jan. 22, 2007
Men’s Winter Basketball League A Division House of Pain 2 0 Untouchables “A” 1 0 L.E.S. 0 0 Awesome 0 0 Famous 0 1 Invincible 0 2 B Division Cyclones 1 0 Team 911 1 0 Seventh Man 1 0 Part II 1 0 Untouchables “B” 1 0 A5 1 1 Elmhurst Eagles 0 1 Bellevue Ballers 0 1 CFC […]
Scholarship Winners From MPB
Eight eighth-grade students at Most Precious Blood School won scholarships to various high schools in the New York City area. Shown standing (l to r.) are: Barbara DeMaio, principal, John Lipovac, Caitlyn Ferguson, Russell Butiong, Lauren Roeder, Thomas Santos and Donna Flynn, assistant principal; seated (l. to r.): Stephanie Garace, Alyssa Zabala and Jacqueline Shay. A ninth scholarship winner, Vincent […]