The Queens & Bronx Building Association (QBBA) held their annual 2006 Building Awards gala at Caffe on the Green in Bayside on December 7, and the Astoria Senior Residence, on the grounds of the Variety Boys & Girls Club, 21st Street and 30th Road, was the beneficiary of a Residential-Apartment Building awards To compete in the contest, participants must meet […]
The Pulpit
The Brandeis Association: +Feb. 9, Friday, 5:15 p.m. “Law Sabbath” service followed by four-course Sabbath meal; $35/$25, Hollis Hills Jewish Center, 210-10 Union Tpke; 718.520-2859. **** Community United Methodist: +2007 Playgroup registration, nine months to 4 years, 75- 27 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village; 718.894.2293 or 718.894.8654. **** Forest Hills Jewish Center: +Feb. 1, 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Political Seminar with Michael […]
Restaurateur Donates $1 M To Southampton Church
The holiday season generates growth and new directions. Unexpected surprises occur. On Sunday, December 24, a unique moment in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America happened at the Kimisis Tis Theotokou Church of Southampton, Long Island. A filled church was present to hear Coula Johnides pledge $1 million for the establishment of the first Center of Hellenic Learning in Eastern […]
Electric Support Vehicles Installed At La Guardia
A project to demonstrate reduction of air pollution at airports has been unveiled at the historic Marine Air Terminal at La Guardia Airport in Queens. Delta Air Lines has replaced diesel-fueled groundsupport equipment servicing the Delta Shuttle with fast-charging electric vehicles. The $1.1 million project is partially funded by a $494,000 grant from the Queens Clean Air Project (QCAP) and […]
Making the Unthinkable Less Painful
he harsh reality is that life will kill you. People may avoid taxes but the old saying is true that death cannot be avoided. The shocking events of 9/11 made many consider their own Tmortality. The losses of that day caused people to consider what they would do, or want done if they or loved ones were suddenly taken. We […]
Out And About The ‘Hoods’
Elmhurst: Tanks For the Greenspace The city’s $11 million plan to turn the former home of the Elmhurst gas tanks into parkland took a step forward last week, when officials put out a request for bids from construction firms interested in building and landscaping the 6-acre site. The first phase in the development of parkland at the site is scheduled […]
Teen Shot Grabbing For Gun
Police last night began questioning a 24-year-old man who was being sought in connection with a botched robbery that led to an off-duty police shooting in Corona on January 28. An off-duty police lieutenant shot and wounded a bottlewielding teenager during the incident, as the teen wrestled the cop for his service weapon, police officials said. Police said Edwin Guaman, […]
Jazz Jam Series Brings Blues Back to Queens
The LaGuardia Performing Arts Center’s Jazz Jam series will host a night of blues featuring guitarist/vocalist Keith “Captain” Gamble and “The Last of the Red Hot Mamas,” vocalist Sweet Georgia Brown on February 16. The two highly acclaimed jazz artists will join the center’s popular house band. Aspiring local musicians are invited to attend and join in the jam session […]
Gianaris, UCCA Schedule Town Hall Meeting
The annual town hall meeting sponsored by the United Community Civic Association, Assemblymember Michael Gianaris and the Gazette will be held Thursday, February 1 in the Riklis Theater of the Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave. between 36th and 37th Streets. The meeting, a tradition for some years now, will start at 7 p.m. and end at 10 […]
D’Amico, Vallone Sr. Honored At Memorial Parade Dinner
Queens County Clerk Gloria D’Amico and former City Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr. will be honored as Woman and Man of the Year at the Little Neck-Douglaston Memorial Day Parade Organization annual dinner dance at Terrace On the Park February 8. This year’s parade will be the organization’s 80th. Grand Marshal Lieutenant General Jack C. Stultz, Chief, Army Reserve and […]