Board 2 Revisits Incident At Veterans’ Shelter
At the November meeting of Community Board 2, the chief topic of the September meeting was again addressed, as Mary Wilson Hall of the Department of Homeless Services gave the department’s side of an incident at the Veterans’ Residence, 21-10 Borden Ave., on Wednesday evening, September 3. Among the other matters addressed at the meeting was one concerning placement of […]
Automatic Meter Reading Program To Start In January
The days of the water man coming to read your meter are numbered as installation of Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) technology begins in January in Queens. “DEP (Department of Environmental Protection) is moving into the 21st century. There will be no need for inspectors to come to homes to read meters,” Karen Ellis, a borough coordinator for the city Department […]
Panel Tries To Fix ‘Broken Meter’ Confusion
The agonizing search for an empty spot at a parking meter, only to find a place with a broken meter where a motorist can’t be sure he won’t get a ticket if he gambles on parking there, may be getting somewhat easier for drivers under a proposed law which passed the City Council Transportation Committee last week. The bill, Intro […]
Astoria UM Church Hails Building’s 100th Year
Good Shepherd United Methodist Church celebrated the 100th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of the building in which its congregation still worships, at the southwest corner of Crescent Street and 30th Road, on October 19. A day-long celebration, beginning with the morning worship service at 10 a.m. and ending with a covered- dish fellowship dinner at 4:30 p.m. […]
Martin Luther H.S. Students’ Walk A Thon Raises $10 K +
Students, faculty, staff, alumni and parents at Martin Luther H.S. put on their walking shoes and circled the block for the Maspeth school’s annual Walk A Thon on October 17. They walked a combined total of more than 400 miles. The walkers gathered pledges and contributions totaling more than $10,000 for improvements around their school building. The funds collected this […]
Opposition To Proposed FedEx Facility Continues
Local residents came to the St. Francis of Assisi School in Astoria to attend the Astoria Ditmars Homeowners, Tenants and Business Civic Association on Thursday evening, October 30, to learn about the status of a plan by Con Edison to sell a 21-acre piece of property to Federal Express, commonly known as “FedEx” which plans to build a major distribution […]
Sign Up Starts For HEAP Heating AID, Paterson Announces
Eligible New Yorkers can now apply to the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) for home heating aid for the coming winter, Governor David Paterson announced. The application period began on Monday, November 3. Eligible families will be able to receive as much as $2,500 to help pay for heating costs, the governor said. He also highlighted recent changes to HEAP, […]
Bring Unused Coats To LIC YMCA’s Fall Coat Drive
The Long Island City YMCA Afterschool and Teen Programs are collecting any size, new or gently-used coats and jackets for children and families in the community until November 28. Coats can be dropped off at the membership desk or put in the designated box located at the front entrance of the Y, 32- 23 Queens Blvd., in Long Island City. […]
Whitestone Man Charged With Diner Arson
A Whitestone man has been charged with arson, reckless endangerment and burglary after allegedly breaking into a diner to steal cigarettes and then setting a fire that virtually destroyed the neighborhood eatery. Michael P. Trantel, 42, of 15-29 159th St., Whitestone has been charged with third and fourth-degree arson, first-degree reckless endangerment, third-degree burglary, fourthdegree criminal possession of stolen property […]