The New York City Department of Education (DOE) today announced that enrollment for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten began March 12 and enrollment for first grade begins March 19. Parents are encouraged to apply as soon as possible at the public elementary school closest to their home or the contracted community-based pre-kindergarten provider they choose. Children who will turn four years old […]
Sunday Is St. Francis of Assisi’s Sports Day
Run, walk or skip to St. Francis of Assisi on Sunday, March 18 from 2 to 6 p.m. and participate in the activities at Monsignor Campbell Hall, 21-18 46th St., Astoria There’ll be guest appearances, games for children, raffles for Islander and Yankee tickets, refreshments, and more- all this for only a $5 admission. For more information, call 718- 726-9405.
Outstanding Career And Tech Teachers Honored By UFT
United Federation of Teachers President Randy Weingarten, Michael Mulgrew UFT Vice President, Career & Technical Education High Schools and Programs, and students, teachers and their families recognized teachers who had been selected by their colleagues and students as Teachers of the Year. Weingarten complimented the honorees who, she said, “make a difference in the lives of young people and subsequently […]
New Apartments For Seniors To Open In May Or June
The Community Board 1 cabinet meeting for March was the first in two months, after the standard February hiatus. On a morning that opened at about 15 degrees, Board 1 District Manager George Delis said, “Normally we don’t have a February meeting, so we won’t have to meet in cold winter weather.” That’s the breaks. The meeting at the commissary […]
Borough-Wide Blotter
Seek Info On Laundromat ‘Spillover’ Woodside detectives are searching for a gang of knife-wielding toughs who stabbed two men outside a local laundromat on February 28. Police said the attack began inside the laundry at Roosevelt and 39th Avenues at about 10:25 p.m., when the victims, ages 18 and 20, got into an argument with their attackers. The dispute spilled […]
Graffiti Vandal Indicted In Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan
In September 2006 the New York City Police Department Transit Bureau Special Investigations Unit began an investigation of a graffiti vandal with the tag of “ket” who was defacing trains and stations in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. The unit developed information pursuant to its investigation that led to the execution of a search warrant in October 2006 at the Upper […]
Queensbridge Robbery Suspect Arrested
A 40-year-old black man was arrested and charged with robbery and criminal possession of stolen property last week, 12 days after he allegedly followed a woman into a building at the Queensbridge Houses and robbed, punched and attempted to choke her. On Wednesday, March 7, PSA 9 anticrime officers arrested Jerome Harris, whose address was given as 41-08 12th St., […]
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Passover begins at sundown April 2 and is celebrated through April 10; Eastern Orthodox and Western Christian celebrations: Palm Sunday, April 1; Good Friday, April 6 and Easter, April 8. **** Atonement Lutheran: +Sunday worship services in English at 10:15 a.m. and Sunday school at 11 a.m. +Sunday worship service in Spanish, noon. +Mondays,, 6 p.m., fitness classes, 30-61 87th […]
Free Synagogue of Flushing Celebrates 90 Years
Musical and religious harmony was celebrated at the Free Synagogue of Flushing’s second inter-religious choral festival this past Sunday as community leaders, choirs, soloists and dancers from local houses of worship took part in the gala event. The synagogue’s Cantor Steven Pearlston and choral groups from the Calvary World Mission Church, Church on the Hill, Hindu Temple Society of North […]
Neighborhood News
Bone Marrow Plea Officials at two area hospitals are urging the public to give the gift of life by participating in a Bone Marrow Stem Cell Drive on March 19 and 20. Specialists at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park and North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset are hosting the recruitment drive in conjunction with the Ida […]