Andrea Laura Dimech of College Point and John Constantine Diamantis of Mt. Pocono, Pennsylvania, were married Nov. 2, 2008 at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Whitestone. The ceremony was performed by Father John Reeves, Father Konstantin Gavrilkin and Father Theodore Petrides. A reception at the Woodbury Country Club in Jericho followed. An ice sculpture of the Empire State Building was […]
APAC Finds New Home At Good Shepherd UM Church
The Astoria Performing Arts Center (APAC) has found a new home at Good Shepherd United Methodist Church at 30-44 Crescent St. after operating out of the Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens for the last two years. APAC Executive Director Taryn Drongowski and Artistic Director Tom Wojtunik were already familiar with the beautiful century-old house of worship at the […]
Kiwanis Kicks Off Annual Food Drive
The Kiwanis Club of Astoria-Long Island City launched its annual Community Food Collection and Giveaway Drive at Washington Mutual on Monday, November 10. In attendance, were Kiwanis President Paul Vallone, Immediate Past President Tony Siano and Board Members Paul Halvatzis, William Dionisio and Michael Serao, Washington Mutual assistant vice president. Every year since its Food Collection Drive began in 1986, […]
The Pulpit
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’: •Nov. 22, Saturday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Rummage sale, many bargains, reasonable rates for refreshments. •Dec. 6, saturday, 3-7 p.m. Tea party and raffle with a Caribbean flare. •Tuesdays, 6 p.m. Join the Sunnyside Drum Corps Marching […]
Kindergarten Children With Disabilities Information Fair Nov. 20 & 24
The New York City Department of Education (DOE) will be holding information fairs for families of pre-school children with disabilities who are entering kindergarten in the fall of 2009. The Queens information fair will be held November 20, and covers Districts 25, 26, 28, 29. It will be held at I.S. 25, 34-65 192nd St., Flushing, and on November 24 […]
Borough-Wide Blotter
109th Precinct Cops Bust $30M Sports Betting Ring Nassau County detectives last week raided the College Point wire room of a sports betting ring that raked in more than $30 million over the last five years, authorities said. Ten men from Queens and Long Island were busted in the raid, which also covered the homes of several members of the […]
Violence Erupts At Bayside Party Bus Site
A Bayside H.S. student remains in a medically induced coma this week after a birthday party for a classmate turned violent, police said. Dimitri Arvanitogainnis, 19, had been at a birthday bash on a rented party bus when another partygoer was tossed off for smoking. The smoker and two of his buddies got off the bus and jumped into a […]
Have You Seen This Man?
Police are asking for the public’s assistance in finding Edward Gerena, a 54-yearold Hispanic man, who is missing from his home at 1-04 Astoria Blvd., Astoria within the confines of the 114th Precinct. Gerena has brown eyes, is 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighs 130 pounds. While he is known to be in good physical condition, he is reported […]
Cops Seek Tips In Attempted Child Abduction
Police at the 114th Precinct are seeking help from the public to identify and locate a male suspect who they said tried to abduct an eightyear old girl from a Long Island City street corner on November 17. Details were sketchy as the Gazette went to press, but police officials said the girl was on her way to a local […]
Garden School Lady Griffins Win Home Season Opener
On Monday, November 17, the Garden School Lady Griffins varsity basketball squad, hailing from Jackson Heights, opened up the 2008-09 campaign with an impressive 34-11 victory against Lycee Francais de New York (LFNY) from Manhattan. Both ball clubs struggled offensively in the first stanza, with the Queens team holding a small advantage of 4-0. During the second quarter, Garden’s attack […]