Last Thursday, members of the board of the United Community Civic Association met at Central, 20-30 Steinway St., Astoria and nominated Maureen Allen, Democratic state committee member and president of the Jackson Heights Kiwanis, to the board. Allen will be installed as a board member at the UCCA meeting of October 2. The UCCA board also welcomed Joseph Risi as […]

This Saturday, September 6, friends, families, loved ones and neighbors and fellow citizens of the New York City and Port Authority police and firefighters, will gather at St, Michael’s Cemetery, East Elmhurst, as they have since 2002, to pay homage to the firefighters, and police who died in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center of Sept. 11, 2001. […]

S ome 20 years ago, New York City was well known to be a city ridden with crime. Graffiti covered subway trains, the crack epidemic was quickly spreading and gang members stalked the streets. Before the crime rate could be brought down—currently it is at its lowest in recent years—many efforts on the part of many people had to be […]

On August 13, more than 500 Police Athletic League PAL) children ages eight to 10 gathered at Pelham Bay Park in The Bronx to celebrate and learn about the cultures of the Caribbean Islands. The event was the culmination of a summer long study, “Exploring the Caribbean”, by the youngsters from 15 PAL centers throughout the five boroughs. Children from […]

City Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. has called upon Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown and his Manhattan counterpart, Robert Morgenthau, to take strong action against two Woodside residents who were recently arrested after they returned to the United States after fleeing to escape arrest on anti-graffiti charges. “These are not a couple of teenagers causing a little mischief,” Vallone said, […]

The Aviation Development Council (ADC), a bridge organization between the region’s aviation industry and the communities it serves, has announced its partnership with City Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. in support of the Astoria Performing Arts Center’s 2008 Summer Stars Program- a seven-week music and theater performance program for young people in Astoria. ADC’s support of this important youth performing arts […]

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development last week formally announced that New York Hospital Queens, located in Flushing, has received approval to add two floors to a five-story wing currently under construction. The hospital has now received all necessary federal, state and local approvals to amend its plan for a five-story wing by adding two floors. The approval […]

United Adult Ministries, the parent company of Flushing House, will honor three senior advocates with the Rose Kryzak Senior Leadership Award during an annual fundraising gala dinner on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008. The awards are named after the late Rose Kryzak, a dedicated senior activist and longtime resident of Flushing House best known for her successful campaign to pass the […]

Shooting a scene during ‘Lovely Lily’. Seven years in the making, "Lovely Lily", an independent feature film produced and directed by Jackson Heights resident Celeste Balducci, is complete and has been submitted to many film festivals both domestic and international. Balducci, along with a "cast of hundreds" from the Jackson Heights community appears in the 80-minute feature. "This movie would […]