The Long Island City Business Development Corporation’s 20th luncheon and 17th annual trade show, held at Terrace on the Park in mid-November, was perhaps more crowded than last year’s presentation, which is not an easy accomplishment. More than 150 exhibitors at the trade show, and a good 2,500 visitors overall, again made it seem the show had outgrown TOP, leaving […]
Klein Revamps Gifted And Talented Program
With school grades in, the Department of Education invited parents to visit schools and confer with teachers last week for Open School Week. This year, the DOE’s theme is “Great Public Schools: A Basic Right and Our Responsibility”. Also celebrated from November 11 through 17 is American Education Week, a national recognition of the importance of providing every child with […]
Kaner Foundation Gives $25K Grant To QSAC
QSAC (Quality Services for the Autistic Community) has received a $25,000 grant from the Walter Kaner Children’s Foundation. The grant will help fund a new adult day program for people with autism. Gary Maffei, QSAC executive director, stated, “We are, indeed, thankful to have friends like the people at the Walter Kaner Foundation. This is not the first time they […]
Vallone Wants More Blue And Gold Amid Flushing Meadows’ Green Acres
After a recent report showing that criminal activity in Flushing Meadows- Corona Park remained the second highest in New York City, City Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. called on the New York City Police Department to add a permanent police presence in Queens’ largest outdoor facility. In making the request, Vallone (D- Astoria) stated: “The NYPD is stretched to the limits, […]
Global Warming?
Homeowners fretting over the cost of heating oil may get a break this year from “Ol’ Man Winter”. The chief long-range forecaster for AccuWeather, Joe Bastardi, predicted last week that the Big Apple is in for a mild winter like those experienced in 2001 and 2002 with average temperatures of 39.3 degrees this winter- 4 degrees above normal. Bastardi has […]
Auditions For ‘City At Peace’ Art Program
City at Peace is a performing arts program that helps to empower teens, 13 to 19, to transform their lives and improve their communities through performing an original musical based on their life and how they’ve helped improve their communities. Auditions are being held now to June 28, 2008 from 11 a.m. (sharp) to 1 p.m. at Queens Borough Hall, […]
Gioia, ERDA Give Turkeys To Public Housing Residents
As they have for the fifth consecutive year, City Councilmember Eric Gioia and Queensbridge Tenants Association President Nina Adams gave away turkeys donated by Fresh Direct to residents of Queensbridge Houses, the largest public housing development in the country. For the fifth year in a row, City Councilmember Eric Gioia, Bishop Mitchell G. Taylor, president of the East River Development […]
News Of The Neighborhoods
SJU Aids Military Families Officials at St. John’s University (SJU) last week announced a program designed to help military personnel and their families adjust to troop deployment in the Middle East. The program will help military personnel and their families adjust to stress and the psychological impact of deployment, Richard Morrissey, director of the St. John’s Center for Psychological Services, […]
Crowley, Sabini Plead For Aid To Cyclone-Stricken Bangladesh
Western Queens lawmakers, community leaders and the Red Cross called on the United States government and New Yorkers to extend a helping hand to the people of Bangladesh in the aftermath of the killer cyclone that struck six days ago. Between 2,000 and 10,000 people have been reported dead by various agencies and many, many more reported injured by winds […]
Solomon Schechter School Gets Classrooms Of Future
Educators are often confronted with the question, “What will the classroom of the future look like?” While this might be an unknown, at Solomon Schechter School of Queens (S.S.S.Q.), the classroom of the 21st century has arrived. This past summer nine Smart Boards were installed in the Jewish Day School’s building located in Flushing. The technology is making a remarkable […]