The Off Track Betting (OTB) establishment at 28-15 Steinway St., Astoria was closed on Tuesday, February 19 as part of a closure plan implemented by the New York City OTB Corporation Board of Directors during an emergency meeting. Although OTB’s revenues exceed its operating costs by $129 million per year, state law requires that it provide millions more annually to […]
Con Ed Raises Energy Need, Environment Awareness
Con Edison last week introduced the EnergyNY program, emphasizing information and programs on the company’s Web site, www.conEd.com, designed to get New Yorkers thinking about their energy use and future needs. The EnergyNY program outlines the increasing energy usage in New York City and Westchester County, the infrastructure investments the company is making to support the area’s economic growth and […]
P.S. 205 Students Donate Food To McDonald House
The success of the New York Giants inspired 300 students from P.S. 205 in Bayside to have a “Souperbowl” event to collect boxes of canned goods for the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island. The students, with help from staff and parents, wore New York Giants gear in a pre-game celebration on February 1. After collecting the non-perishable items through […]
William Modell, Modell’s Chairman, Dies At Age 86
William D. Modell, chairman of the Modell’s Sporting Goods chain, died Thursday, February 14 from complications from prostate cancer in Manhattan. He was 86 years old. Services were held Sunday, February 17 at 11 a.m. in Temple Emanu-El, Manhattan. Modell joined the 118-year-old, family owned sporting goods store chain at the end of World War II and working alongside his […]
Borough-Wide Blotter
104th Precinct Things Don’t Go Better With ‘Coke’ Queens narcotics officers busted a seemingly normal Queens family on February 15 for running a cocaine business out of their Woodhaven home. Police said for some 20 years, Jose Castano, 55, and his wife Myriam Castano-Valencia, 54, peddled cocaine from their home on 90th Street “by word of mouth.” Also charged was […]
The Pulpit
Times and dates are subject to change. Please call event sponsors to confirm. Feb. 24 Mexico Flag Day; Mar. 1 St. David’s Day; Mar. 2 Mothering Sunday; Mar. 7 World Day of Prayer; Mar. 16 Palm Sunday; Mar. 17 St. Patrick’s Day; Mar. 20 Holy Thursday; Mar. 21 Good Friday; Mar. 21 Purim; Mar. 23 Easter Sunday; Mar. 25 Feast […]
Gazette Calendar Of Events
Feb. 24 Mexico Flag Day; Mar. 3 The Doll Festival; Mar. 17 St. Patrick’s Day; Mar. 21 Naw Ruz, India’s New Year’s Day Community Meetings Associations Feb. 21, 7:30 p.m., sharp, United Community Civic; Augustana Lutheran Church, 69-05 Ditmars Blvd., Astoria Heights. Mar. 13, Apr. 10, May 8, United Forties Civic; St. Teresa’s Parish Center, 50-20 44th St., Woodside. Mar. […]
114th Precinct Blotter Highlights
Sunday, February 17: •A 41-year-old Hispanic male was charged with running an unlicensed bottle club, unlicensed warehouse liquor storage, criminal nuisance and sale of alcohol without a license after he was found in charge of an establishment at 40-26 28th St. without a liquor license where alcohol was being sold to patrons. • A 17-year-old Hispanic male was charged with […]
Corona Neighbors Speak Out On ‘Hatchet’ Killer
Last weekend, neighbors walked stone-faced past cops waiting outside the Corona cooperative apartment of the man charged in the hatchet death of a Manhattan psychiatrist. David Tarloff, 39, who police said has a history of mental problems, was charged on February 16 with the vicious murder of therapist Katherine Faughey, who was killed in her Upper East Side office on […]
York Beats Lehman In CUNYAC Quarterfinals
Marcel Esonwune recorded a careerhigh 23 points and 19 rebounds to lead the York College men’s basketball team to a narrow, 59-54, victory over Lehman College in the CUNY Athletic Conference Quarterfinals on Saturday afternoon, February 16. After leading for most of the game, York escaped a late push by the Lightning to hold on for the win. A lay-up […]