A boneheaded 16-year old boy was arrested at around 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 11 after he climbed to the rooftops of local Astoria businesses in broad daylight just down the street from the offices of anti-graffiti advocate City Councilmember Peter F. Vallone Jr. and vandalized walls with spray paint. After seeing the vandal atop a restaurant on 31st Street and […]
On the brief side…
Vallone’s New Plans For Diving Pool City Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. has started discussions with Parks Department officials in hopes of renovating the dilapidated diving pool in Astoria Park next to the Astoria Pool. Vallone (D- Astoria) said that he has spoken with Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe about the project and has suggested other possible uses for the renovated facility, […]
Young And Liu Celebrate July 4 With Community
On a terrace decorated with American flags, some 100 members of the Flushing community came out to celebrate the Fourth of July at a cookout with Assemblymember Ellen Young and Councilmember John Liu at Young’s district office. “Every July 4th reminds me of the history and spirit of the birth of the United States of America. It is always such […]
Astoria Bank Heist Teen Pleads Guilty
A 16-year-old former Astoria high school student received a slap on the wrist when she was sentenced on felony robbery charges June 22 for her role in two local bank robberies. Acting Queens Supreme Court Justice Dorothy Chin-Brandt told Chrystie Almestica she must complete a Fortune Society vocational training program or go to jail for 1-1/3 to 4 years for […]
News Of The Neighborhoods
Neighbors Warn City: ‘Don’t Touch Our Tree!” Flushing residents hugged a majestic beech tree as they joined City Councilmember John Liu in a warning to officials at the city School Construction Authority (SCA) to keep their hands – and buzz saws – off a century-old wych elm tree growing on the construction site of Public School 244 on Franklin Avenue. […]
MacBook Pro Is Video Contest Prize
Con Edison is extending through August 17 the deadline for submissions to its “Power of Power” video contest for 13- to 17-year olds. The utility serving New York City and parts of Westchester County is asking budding filmmakers and videographers to create an original, one- to two-minute video on how electricity affects their daily lives. The contest commemorates the 125th […]
Queens Bodega Owners Call On City For Action
Owners of bodegas and other small shops throughout Queens are calling on Mayor Michael Bloomberg for help in curbing the spike of violence they have experienced over the past few months. According to Jose Fernandez, president of the 7,000-member Bodega Association of New York, 17 Queens bodegas were robbed between March 17 and July 12 this year. Fernandez is calling […]
Students Overcome Odds To Earn H.S. Diplomas
Schools Chancellor Joel Klein has named students who have overcome serious obstacles to earn their diplomas at New York City high schools as “Graduates of the Day”. He congratulated the hundreds of students who have beaten the odds to graduate during a reception at Department of Education headquarters on June 26. Among the Graduates of the Day are Allen Robinson, […]
Congress OKs Biggest College Aid Increase In Past 63 Years
Queens Dem lawmakers last week were singing the praises of a momentous college tuition aid bill.Queens Democratic lawmakers in Washington last week were singing the praises of a momentous college tuition aid bill that increases grants for millions of needy college students and reduces by 50 percent the interest they will have to pay on college tuition loans. The bill breezed through the House. Congressmember Joseph Crowley (D- Queens/The Bronx) hailed the measure as the […]
The Pulpit
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