Nancy Littlefield, Emmy-award-winning former director of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting, and executive director of Queens Public Television (QPTV), died Thursday, August 30 in Delray Beach, Florida. She was 77 and lived in Manhattan, Fire Island, New York and Delray Beach. The cause of death was cancer. Littlefield, born and raised in The Bronx, […]
P.S. 2 Graduate Attends Leadership Conference
Angelos Georgiadis attended the Junior National Young Leaders Conference (JrNYLC), for which he was nominated by his teacher, Mahi Eliodromytis, at P.S. 2, Jackson Heights, from July 21 to July 26. The conference session in Herndon, Virginia included trips to Philadelphia, Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore, Maryland and Washington D.C. “This program taught me new […]
News Of The Neighborhoods
No Bidders For Bonds’ Historic Homerun Ball Online bidders didn’t storm the bases to scoop up Barry Bonds’ record-breaking home run ball last week. Bidding for the historic ball opened at $100,000 on August 29 at scpauctions.com Auctioneers said they expect the ball to be worth as much as $500,000- but as of late last week, there were no takers. […]
‘Just Ask The Locals’ Tourist Ad Campaign Launched
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg last week launched the first phase of “Just Ask The Locals,” the city’s first-ever five-borough marketing and advertising campaign to make visitors feel more welcome, thank them for visiting and help them navigate New York City. The campaign, which started August 29, includes outdoor advertising throughout the five boroughs, insider tips from celebrity residents available on […]
Astoria Lawmakers Appeal To High Ranking Officials To Aid Greece
Lawmakers whose districts include Astoria and its large Greek-American population reached out to federal, state and local officials last week, imploring them to extend aid to the people of Greece who have suffered through the worst fires their country has ever seen. City Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. appealed to President George W. Bush and other federal officials, Assemblymember Michael Gianaris […]
More Trains Planned On No. 7 Line
New York City Transit President Howard H. Roberts, Jr. last week announced that the agency would add trains on the No. 7 line to beef up service before and after the rush hour commuter periods, to address complaints voiced by straphangers in a recent subway survey. Straphangers surveyed last month in the firstever “Subway Report Card” gave the No. 7 […]
Mindlin Scholarship Winner Honored
Queens Borough President Helen Marshall welcomed Rachel Lieberman (c), 2007 winner of the Robert Mindlin Scholarship, to Borough Hall for formal check presentation ceremony, Wednesday, August 15. The scholarship is named after the late political editor of the former Long Island Press newspaper. Family members on hand for the ceremony included (l. to r.): brother Charles; grandfather Ted Friedman; friend, […]
NYPD To Launch ‘Child Exploitation Tracking’ System
City police officials are preparing to sign a $542,000 deal with Microsoft to bring the software giant’s highly acclaimed Child Exploitation Tracking System, or CETS, to neighborhoods throughout the city. The system, which is currently being used by cops in Toronto, will connect the NYPD with law enforcement agencies worldwide, giving police valuable information that will help them track down […]
Search Warrants Lead To Counterfeit Merchandise
Police of the 114th Precinct executed the 37th and 38th search warrants of 2007 on Tuesday, August 28. A 53-year-old Asian male was found in possession of counterfeit merchandise and charged with trademark counterfeiting at the 114th Precinct station house, 34- 16 Astoria Blvd. 114th Police Precinct Blotter Highlights Thursday, August 23: • A 19-year-old Hispanic male was charged with […]
Man Shot At Broadway Elevated Station
Police continue to search for several men in connection with the September 3 murder of a young man at an Astoria subway station. Jose Sierra, 19, of Brooklyn, was shot in the head and back and stabbed as he bolted from a southbound N train at the Broadway-31st Street station early Monday. Police sources said investigators believe Sierra became involved […]