For the third consecutive year, the life and music of ragtime composer Scott Joplin were celebrated at St. Michael’s Cemetery, East Elmhurst this past Saturday, May 12. Orange Kellin, clarinetist and bandleader who played with Louis Armstrong and is one of the creators of “One Mo’ Time”, pianist Terry Waldo, recently heard on the soundtrack of the PBS documentary “The […]
Gioia Applies For Assistance At Local Food Pantry
City Councilmember Eric Gioia’s attempt at eating on the $28 a week allotted to a single adult under the city Food Stamp program ended with his applying to a local food pantry after the initial purchases he made at a neighborhood supermarket ran out. On Thursday May 10, Gioia first took the Food Stamp challenge, which involves living off the […]
Thessaloniki Creates History At 2007 Hermes Expo
Thessaloniki was the sister of Alexander the Great. Her name was given to the only natural seaport after Athens in Greece. The seaport of Thessaloniki is a jewel in Northern Greece. Coveted by foreign powers through history, she remains the unofficial capital of the Balkans. The Bulgarian incursions during WW I resulted in massive slaughter of local inhabitants. The Asia […]
Hotel Construction Versus Housing In Dutch Kills Is Not Welcome
At the May meeting of the Dutch Kills Civic Association clarification of inclusionary zoning (IZ) as a means to guarantee affordable housing was delivered by Jenna Brienes, from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (DHCR). Penny Lee and Joy Chen of the Department of City Planning provided additional information and answered questions about the Dutch Kills rezoning plan, but […]
Community’s Affairs Addressed At CB1 Cabinet Meeting
At the May Community Board 1 (CB1) cabinet meeting held at the Kaufman Astoria Studios Commissary, City Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. spoke about parks, graffiti and Con Edison. Calling Con Edison’s latest rate increase request “the height of arrogance” after the power failure in July, 2007, he asserted that Con Ed was clueless during that crisis and that their laxity […]
I.S. 10 Presents ‘Guys and Dolls’
Damon Runyon’s Broadway came to life on the stage of I.S. 10, the Horace Greeley Junior High School, in Long Island City last Thursday and Friday when the school presented its second annual spring musical, “Guys and Dolls”. Students in sixth, seventh and eighth grades played all parts, including Harold Bartolme as Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Astrid Sosa as Sarah Brown, Myles […]
Summer Jobs For Kids Deadline May 18
Do you know any young people who are looking for a summer job? The New York City Department of Youth and Community Development has a Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). Applications for the 2007 SYEP program can be downloaded by going to www.nyc.gov/dycd, or printing a copy of the application and instructions and sending it to SYEP. The program is […]
Worker Dies When Crushed By Garbage Truck
A 22-year-old private carting (sanitation) worker was killed in a freak accident at about 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 10. The 114th Police Precinct and the New York City Police Department Deputy Commissioner for Public Information reported that Juan Hernandez Morales of 61-08 Broadway, Woodside had parked his private sanitation truck behind a car dealership at 36th Street and Northern […]
Borough-Wide Blotter
110th Precinct/Highway 3 Baysider Killed In Car Crash On GCP Lorraine Neos, 18, was killed instantly in a high-speed crash on May 6, when the driver of the car she was riding in lost control of the vehicle, crashed into a median, bounced off a tree and burst into flames in the eastbound lanes of the Grand Central Parkway (GCP). […]
Steep Water Rate Hike Brings Threat Of Lawsuit
Astounded by the biggest water rate increase in 15 years, public officials threatened to go to court to overturn the new levy. The threat came after the city Water Board voted unanimously to increase water rates by 11.5 percent, beginning July 1. The new rate will drive up the annual cost for the average single-family metered household by $72, from […]