This week, parents are participating in the time-honored tradition of open school days. Intermediate and junior high schools invited parents on Monday evening and Tuesday afternoon for conferences. Elementary schools are welcoming parents on Wednesday evening and Thursday afternoon. Report cards for students and their respective schools have been issued and progress, or the need for it, are certain to […]
QSAC Celebrates 30th Anniversary
On October 23, 420 people gathered at Tavern on the Green in Manhattan to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Quality Services for the Autistic Community (QSAC). On hand to receive the Founders’ Award were QSAC’s longtime vice president, Janice Silber, Thomas and James Prasso, representing their late mother, Georgette Prasso, and Norman and Thea Pulfer, husband and daughter of the […]
Drunken Driver Kills Two In Astoria Crash
Family and friends of two women killed last weekend in a horrific DWI crash in Astoria are trying to cope with their loss as they vent anger over a system that freed a murder suspect to kill again. Effie Delimarkos Fletcher held back tears as she described her friend, Panaviota Demetriou, 30, as a “bouncing bubble of love”, whose life […]
LIC H.S. JROTC Visits EHC Kids For Halloween
On October 29, members of the Long Island City H. S. Junior ROTC (JROTC) Program came to Elmhurst Hospital Center to distribute Halloween toys and treats to the medical facility’s youngest patients. Some 25 students dressed in festive Halloween gear participated, distributing goodies in Elmhurst Hospital’s Pediatric Ward, Pediatric Outpatient Clinic, and Pediatric Emergency Department. The visit was organized by […]
Waterfront Community At Hunters Point South Adds More Housing
Passage of the Willets Point project hogged the headlines last week, but the City Council also approved the Hunters Point South development project in Long Island City, which will create 5,000 housing units for middle-income families. Most of the units will be affordable housing. The project, the largest subsidized undertaking in New York City since Starrett City in the 1970s, […]
Crystal Windows Marks China Sales, Production 1st Year
Crystal Window & Door Systems, an award winning fenestration manufacturer, recently marked the first year anniversary of its pilot production and sales operation in Suzhou, China. The pilot facility is pioneering the production of various fenestration products and their sale and distribution to the expanding domestic Chinese market. The recently constructed 60,000- square-foot plant is located in the Xiangcheng Industrial […]
Mobile Banking Center Visits Assisted Living Facility
Ridgewood Savings Bank announced the expansion of its successful “mobile banking” concept by bringing its full-service Mobile Banking Center to the doorstep of Brandywine Assisted Living at the Savoy, an assisted living facility in Little Neck. This is part of the first-ever program of its kind in New York state, according to bank officials and the New York State Banking […]
GAHOA To Hold 19th Thanksgiving Day Lunch
The Greek American Homeowners Association’s (GAHOA) 19th annual Thanksgiving Day lunch will take place on Thursday, November 27 from noon to 4 p.m. at GAHOA headquarters, 23-49th 31st St. The traditional Thanksgiving fare to be offered includes rice, sweet potatoes, rolls, salads, and certainly turkey. Beverages include coffee, tea, sodas and, for those who care to partake, a glass of […]
Marsala Museum Has Greek Artifacts
The Archaeological Museum of “Baglio Anselmi” in Marsala, Sicily houses the wreck of a Punic ship discovered in 1971. Ancient Lilybaeum, today’s modern Marsala, was the only major city of Sicily that was not completely Hellenized. On the other hand, copies of Greek art, Greek amphorae, lebete (vases), and coinage with the head of Apollo, capitals of columns and the […]
