The New York City Department of Education (DOE) today announced that 15 temporary Student Registration Centers will enroll new students for the opening of school. All new and returning all elementary, middle school and high school students without a zoned school should visit a Student Registration Center in their borough of residence to register. New elementary and middle school students […]
Student Registration For Public Schools Has Begun
The Student Registration Centers in Queens will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. until September 21. The centers will be closed Monday, September 3 (Labor Day) and Thursday and Friday, September 13 and 14 (Rosh Hashanah).
Pope Shenouda III Visits LIC Coptic Church
A silence fell on a crowd of some 400 parishioners at St. George’s Coptic Christian Orthodox Church on August 19 as Pope Shenuda III offered a blessing to consecrate the Long Island City house of worship. St. George’s Financial Officer Saad Seddik said the ceremony marked the first time the pope had visited the church, located at 38-25 31st St. […]
Iannece Family And Friends Invade Sicily
Jerry Iannece, former chairman of Community Board 11 in Northeast Queens, now vice president of the Italian-American Organizations of Queens and president of the Saint Michael’s Society of Senerchia, Italy, recently organized a group trip to Italy. More than 25 Iannece family members and members and friends of the Saint Michael’s Society toured Sicily and had a reunion with family […]
Cretan Societies Leave Imprint On American Soil
Drama! Excitement! Violence! These are the key elements of the Greek Primetime series “Maheri tis Karthias” (Knife of the Heart) on Greek satellite television throughout the world. Men and women in black attire on the island of Crete are thrilling Greeks in the summer of 2007. There is more to the Cretan spirit. Omonoia and Minos Cretan Associations of America […]
Five Charged With Selling Alcohol To Minors
Five Asian males were observed selling alcohol to minors at five establishments in the 114th Police Precinct on Saturday, August 18 and were charged with having unlawful dealings with a child and engaging in the prohibited sale of alcohol. At 34-12 30th Ave., a 25-year-old man was arrested; at 41-12 Broadway a 39-year-old man; at 44-08 Broadway a 43-year-old man; […]
The Pulpit
All Saints: •Sep. 15, Saturday, noon. Penny social, drawings start promptly at 2 p.m., refreshments available, 43-12 46th St., Sunnyside; 718.784.8031. **** Astoria Center of Israel: •Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. Shabbat services, followed by Kiddush. Tickets are on sale for the High Holy Days, 27-35 Crescent St.; 718.278.2680. **** Atonement Lutheran: • Aug. 25, Saturday, 7: 30 p.m., Square dance. • […]
Israel Trip Reinforces Bond With United States
Congressmember Joseph Crowley (D-NY), a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, recently returned from a trip to Israel and the West Bank where he was briefed on issues critical to the US-Israeli relationship. He participated in meetings with officials from the United States, Israel and the Palestinian Authority on advancing the Israeli- Palestinian peace process. The Congressman accompanied […]
LIC Firefighters Injured At Deutsche Bank Building
“Pray for Uncle Billy,” fellow firefighters said. “He’s facing a long road back, but he’ll make it.” Standing in their Long Island City firehouse, comrades of New York City Firefighters William “Uncle Billy” Corbetis and Neil Nally recalled the horror that followed the August 23 accident at the condemned Deutsche Bank Building that almost took the lives of the two […]
Astoria Greeks Can Only Watch As Homeland Burns
Greek Americans packed cafes and coffee shops throughout Astoria on August 26, sharing stories of home while watching broadcasts reporting a modern-day Greek tragedy. Some 85 fires fed by gale-force winds tore through forests and villages in Greece last weekend, burning perilously close to Athens and killing 64 people at last count. “This is hell on earth,” said Stathus Pathoulos, […]
Federation Of Hellenic Societies Organizes Fire Aid
Due to the tragic events caused by the wildfires in Greece, the Board of Directors of the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York, during an emergency meeting, unanimously decided upon the following: 1. To express its condolences and support to the relatives of the victims and to express its immediate and complete assistance to the anguished people of […]