Members of the Queensbridge community in Long Island City gathered to enjoy a Family Fun Day on Saturday, June 21. The weather cooperated, and everyone was treated to a day of food, music and fun.
Queens Library Has Summer Reading For All Ages
No one is too young or too old to catch the reading bug with free summer reading. Babies, children and teens will spend blissful, air-conditioned hours meeting friends, enjoying parties, games, prizes, crafts, films, special performances, live online author chats and best of all, reading just for the fun of it. Babies and new readers may join in by having […]
Queens Youth Cadets Lead World Cultures Parade
On Saturday June 21 some 50,000 spectators lined the streets of the Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan to view the 23rd annual International Immigrants Parade of World Cultures organized by Edward Juarez, president and founder of the International Immigrants Foundation. Leading the parade and carrying flags from the United States, the United Nations, the United States Marine Corp, and […]
Free Tennis Program For Queens Kids
On Monday, June 30 the New York Junior Tennis League will begin its annual summer program offering free tennis to youngsters ages 6 to 18 at various locations throughout New York City. Trained coaches will provide a comprehensive schedule of instruction, practice and play for all levels. The summer program, which runs through Friday, August 22, includes special trips, tournaments, […]
Leaving Children Behind
The Jackson Heights International Socialist Organization is holding a discussion on this subject on July 2, 7 p.m., at the Diversity Center of Queens, 76-11 37th Ave., 2nd Floor. Don’t miss it. Privatizing public education from “No Child Left Behind” to the current budget cuts woke up thousands of teachers last month when it was reported that up to $500,000 […]
City Kids Make Gains In English, Math
New York City schoolchildren got a hearty pat on the back from Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein. City students made progress in both English Language Arts (ELA) and math across the board in grades 3 through 8 on this year’s standardized tests. “Teachers, principals, parents, and students all have been working hard in our city, and they […]
114th Precinct Police Blotter:
Woman Stabbed Near Queensboro BridgeA Brooklyn man has been arrested in the near-fatal stabbing of a 37-year-old woman as she walked with her 13-year-old daughter near the Queensboro Bridge shortly before 10 a.m. on Sunday, June 22. Elie Granger, a 46-year-old black male whose address was given as 1109 Manhattan Ave., East Williamsburg, was charged on June 24 with attempted murder in the second […]
114th Civ-OP Holds Graffiti Cleanup Day
From Broadway to 31st Avenue, graffiti covers the walls of a number of stores and homes alike. The 114th Civilian Observation Patrol, Inc. (114th Civ-OP) is here to help. This past Saturday, June 21, they performed a joint effort with community volunteers, officers from the 114th Police Precinct, and the Mayor’s NYC Graffiti Free Program to take away the graffiti […]
Borough-Wide Blotter
104th Precinct UPS Loader Steals Mac Computers Police arrested a 22-year-old United Parcel Service employee on June 16 after he confessed to stealing two Macintosh iBook computers from a truck parked inside the delivery service depot in Maspeth. Miguel Bravo, a UPS truck loader, confessed during questioning about the two missing computers that disappeared from a truck parked inside the […]
The Pulpit
Times and dates are subject to change. Please call event sponsors to confirm. All Saints’ Church: •Tuesdays, 6 p.m. Join the Sunnyside Drum Corps marching band, boys/girls ages 7-17, 43-12 46th St., Sunnyside; band information, 718.786.4141; rectory 718.729.8523. **** Astoria Center of Israel: •Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. Shabbat services, followed by Kiddush, 27-35 Crescent St.; 718.278.2680. **** Atonement Lutheran: •Sunday worship, […]