Breathtaking views of Manhattan and Queens, dancing under the stars and fabulous cuisine and cocktails are on tap for supporters of SHAREing & CAREing, a non-profit community-based Queens organization that provides breast health outreach, education, support and advocacy services for medically under-served and uninsured women. On June 30, the organization’s “Cruise to Success” will depart from the World’s Fair Marina […]
Lifetime Networks, TWC Hold Women’s Film Competition
In the 80 years of the Academy Awards, only three women have ever been nominated for Best Director (Lena Wertmuller, 1975, Jane Campion, 1993, Sofia Coppola, 2003), and surprisingly, no woman has ever won that award. To spotlight the next generation of great women filmmakers who might one day walk away with an Oscar, Lifetime Movie Network (LMN) and Time […]
Park Tour Finds Relics Of Two World’s Fairs
Despite serving as a location in numerous films and “Law and Order” episodes, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is best known for being the location of the 1939 and 1964 World’s Fairs. A few weeks, ago, a member of the Appalachian Mountain Club led a six-mile hike through the park on a daylong tour that started and ended at the subway platform […]
Flushing Remonstrance Honored
Queens Borough President Helen Marshall (l.) and Tom Finkelpearl, head of the Queens Museum of Art, accept a City Council resolution from Councilmember Helen Sears commemorating the 350th anniversary year of the historic Flushing Remonstrance during a ceremony on Friday, June 6. The document, currently on display at the museum, was signed in Queens in 1657 and was the first […]
Crystal Window President Honored By NMSDC
Crystal Window & Door Systems President and Founder Thomas Chen was honored by the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) for his outstanding business achievements and long-standing dedication to minority business development. The council presented its annual Minority Business Leadership Awards at a gala dinner event on May 20 at the Hilton New York and Towers in Manhattan. Macy’s, Inc […]
Weprin To Klein: Start From Scratch With Pre-K Admissions To Be Fair To Everyone
The city Department of Education’s failure to make some local pre-kindergarten programs available to many parents and their children has led City Councilmember David Weprin to call on Schools Chancellor Joel Klein to start the entire application process again from the beginning. At a City Hall press conference where Weprin was joined by parent groups and the United Federation of […]
Warm Weather Brings Out Burglars In 114th Pct.
With the warmer weather, the potential for burglary becomes greater as people let down their guard in securing doors and windows. Burglaries are up 23.9 percent so far this year compared to last year (through May 25) in the 114th Precinct. For the week of May 19 through 25, 11 burglaries were reported, compared to 8 for the same period […]
Transit Police Captain Exposes Self In Subway
A city Transit Police captain was arrested on May 25 after he allegedly exposed himself to a male straphanger at a Queens subway station while on duty. Rank and file officers applauded the arrest of Transit Bureau Captain Jeffrey Klimas, 51, after years of rumors of how Klimas sought sexual encounters in the city subway system. Sources said Klimas, executive […]
Burglaries Up, Other Crimes Down In 108th Precinct
After Diane Ballek, president, and the rest of the 108th Police Precinct Community Council board were unanimously elected to another year in office, the May meeting at Sunnyside Community Services became the occasion for Precinct Commander Deputy Inspector Thomas Kavanagh’s latest crime report. The crime rate remains low, the commander noted, no thanks to burglary, which showed a significant increase. […]
Fire Damages Historic College Point Church
A College Point church more than 135 years old was severely damaged in a fire late Friday afternoon. A onealarm fire broke out in the wooden First Reformed Church of College Point at 118-17 14th Ave. at 119th St. Six firefighters were hospitalized with minor injuries; no civilians, including the Rev. Linda Burlew, the church’s pastor, were reported injured. According […]