When it was passed in 2007, the Lawn Litter Bill did not specify who would enforce it. That duty was finally assigned to the city Department of Sanitation (DOS) after an amendment was made in January 2008. DOS Assistant Chief for Enforcement Todd Kuznitz said there are still problems with the law. “It is a difficult law to enforce,” he […]
Solomon Schechter School Of Queens Holds Open House
The Solomon Schechter School of Queens is holding its open house on Sunday, November 2 at 10 a.m. Children are welcome. Activities and snacks will be provided. Parents will meet the school’s dynamic team of administrators, speak with faculty members, including Gruss and Grinspoon-Steinhart Award winners, and learn about the stellar Judaic and Secular studies curricula. They will also hear […]
Makkos Is HANAC Man Of The Year
George Makkos, president of The Makkos Organization, will be named Man of the Year of the Hellenic American Neighborhood Action Committee (HANAC) at the ANAC 36th annual dinner-dance at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, 80 Columbus Circle at 60th Street, Manhattan on October 24. The black tie dinner at 8:30 p.m. will be preceded by a cocktail hour at 7:30 p.m. […]
New TWC HD, Digital Channels Now Available
The following new channels became available to Time Warner Cable subscribers on September 18: Showtime 2 HD- features box office favorites, “catch-up marathons” of Showtime Original Series and SHO Sports Presents, an exclusive series airing every weeknight featuring the best of Showtime Championship Boxing, ShoBox: The New Generation, mixed martial arts (MMA) matches and the ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series. Available […]
Queens College, Con Ed Set Up Weather Station
Students from kindergarten through high school will not have to travel far to learn firsthand about climate change in the coldest place on earth, thanks to a research weather station that will be set up this fall on one of Antarctica’s active ice shelves. The environmental data-monitoring station is part of a science education initiative called the Con Edison/Queens College […]
Rosh Hashanah Joy and Judgment
Rosh Hashanah literally “head of the year,” is a Jewish holiday commonly referred to as the “Jewish New Year.” It is observed on the first day of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar as ordained in the Torah, in Leviticus 23:24. This year Rosh Hashanah starts at sundown on September 29, in the Jewish year 5769. Rosh Hashanah […]
American Airlines Offers Special Fares To Brazil Cities
American Airlines is adding three destinations in Brazil to its route network this November—Salvador, Recife and Belo Horizonte—and to celebrate the airline is offering special introductory fares to all three cities for travel through next May, as well as double AAdvantage® miles for travel through mid- February 2009. American, a founding member of the global oneworld® Alliance, will start daily […]
The Pulpit
Times and dates are subject to change. Please call event sponsors to confirm. All Nations Baptist: •Sunday, 2:30-5:30 p.m., for three months, free English classes which have already begun, registration required, limited space; 718.296.2025. **** All Saints’: •Tuesdays, 6 p.m. Join the Sunnyside Drum Corps Marching Band, boys/girls ages 7-17; band information, 718.786.4141, 43-12 46th St., Sunnyside; rectory 718.729.8523. **** […]
Astoria Center Of Israel Welcomes Rabbi Pearl
Rabbi Jonathan Pearl, Ph.D was welcomed as the new spiritual leader of the Astoria Center of Israel, an egalitarian conservative synagogue, at a Sabbath service on Sept. 6, 2008. Rabbi Pearl is a graduate of the Academy for Jewish Religion in New York and earned his Ph.D. in the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at the NYU Graduate School […]
Gioia YMCA All-Stars Are Bantam, Novice Champs
On September 20, the Gioia-YMCA All- Stars Youth Baseball League finished its seventh season at Queensbridge Park. The QB Bombers of the Novice Division and the Cyclones of the Bantam Division won the championship to make the day one they will never forget. All season, the QB Bombers struggled to get enough players to field a team and it cost […]