Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined former Yankees manager Joe Torre recently at the opening of the Queens Family Justice Center, a refuge for women suffering domestic violence at the hands of husbands, boyfriends or others. Dubbed “Margaret’s Place”, after Torre’s mother, a domestic violence victim, the center will offer women help in several languages, along with a place to stay while […]
New Channels Available On Time Warner Cable
The following four new high definition channels will be available on July 23, 2008 in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island: • Biography Channel in HD – movies, documentaries and original short features profiling historic figures, entertainers and other notable individuals. Available on Channel 763. • Starz Edge HD – current films and the best of Starz programming (available free to […]
Borough-Wide Blotter
107th Precinct Await Cause Of Infant’s Death Queens detectives are awaiting the results of a report by the city Medical Examiner’s office to determine the exact cause of death of a twomonth old Fresh Meadows boy. Police said the infant’s mother called 911 for help on July 21 after she found the boy unconscious in his crib in the family’s […]
Night Out Against Crime Set For Aug. 5
Queens residents from Astoria to Douglaston will once again take to the streets on the first Tuesday in August to send a message to crooks and criminals: “Stay Off Our Streets!” Communities nationwide will join in the annual crime prevention celebration on August 5, lighting neighborhoods with porch lights, flashlights and candles to thwart crime and criminals. Scores of residents […]
Dutch Kills Rezoning Gets Planning Commission Hearing
On Wednesday, July 23, the hearing on rezoning in Dutch Kills before the City Planning Commission did not begin until midafternoon. Many interested Dutch Kills parties were at City Planning headquarters, 22 Reade St. in Manhattan, by 10 a.m. and sat through zoning hearings from East Harlem in Manhattan and from Laurelton and Flushing in Queens before the Dutch Kills […]
Procession Marks St. Irene Chrysovalantou Annual Feast
Thousands of faithful parishioners and adherents of St. Irene Chrysovalantou attended the Saint’s annual Feast and Festival at the Sacred Patriarchal and Stavropegial Monastery of St. Irene Chrysovalantou, 36-07 23rd Ave., Astoria from Thursday, July 24 to Monday, July 28. A highlight of the event was the Great Vespers Service on Saturday, July 26, at which His Eminence Metropolitan Nikitas […]
Steinway Street Repave To Start
A sorely needed milling and repaving project is set to begin this week on Steinway Street. The entire length of the district will be milled and repaved, ridding the street of dangerous cracks and crevices. The project will make Steinway Street safer for pedestrians and vehicles alike. “We are happy to see this project begin. We have had new banners […]
Ten Trees For $10
Everyone who joins the Arbor Day Foundation during August 2008 will receive 10 free Colorado blue spruce trees. Members of the Arbor Day Foundation will also receive The Tree Book, which includes information about tree planting and care. The free trees are part of the nonprofit foundation’s Trees for America campaign, a program dedicated to environmental stewardship through the planting […]
Four Are Lottery Scholarship Winners
State Senator John Sabini (D-I/Jackson Heights, r.) congratulated Kyle Huber of Glendale, one of four New York State Lottery Leaders of Tomorrow scholarship winners in his district. Huber, a senior at Cathedral H.S. in Elmhurst, plans to attend St. John’s University in the fall and major in finance. Also receiving the scholarship were Rakesh Biswas of Newtown H.S., Thomas Moran […]
Dara Bragg: A Local Star Shines
D ara Bragg isn’t living a luxurious life in Beverly Hills. She isn’t paid millions and she doesn’t work with famous actors and actresses. However, she nevertheless goes beyond what a Hollywood director or actress can do as a director, educator, mistress of ceremony, producer, playwright and Screen Actors Guild (SAG) actress. “I’d love to go to Hollywood, I would […]