An essay on Photo “What the blessings of Christmas mean to me” by Catalina Cipri, an eighth-grade student at Most Precious Blood parochial school in Long Island City, took first prize in a contest that drew entries from schools throughout the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens. Cipri’s prize included a visit by two of the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes […]
The History Of Thanksgiving And Its Celebrations
T hroughout history mankind has celebrated the bountiful harvest with thanksgiving ceremonies. Before the establishment of formal religions many ancient farmers believed that their crops contained spirits which caused the crops to grow and die. Many believed that these spirits would be released when the crops were harvested and they had to be destroyed or they would take revenge on […]
Maloney Autographs Her First Book At Barnard College
Congressmember Carolyn Maloney held a discussion and book signing, organized by members of Smart Women Lead, for her book Rumors of Our Progress Have Been Greatly Exaggerated… on Monday, November 24 in Manhattan at Barnard College. Barnard’s new President Debora Spar introduced Maloney (D- Queens/Manhattan) as a champion of women’s issues to the women who gathered for the event and […]
Census Bureau Seeks More Answers In 2010
Nationally, the response rate for the 2000 census count was 67 percent. In Queens, the response rate was 54 percent. Although Census Day 2010 is more than a year away, representatives of the U.S. Census are already laying the groundwork to assure a more thorough count occurs. “We’re here today to make sure Queens County gets its fair share,” said […]
Queens Library Hosts Urban Literature Authors
Urban fiction. Street literature. Gangster fiction. By any name, these wildly popular novels have legions of fans. The Queens Borough Public Library invites readers to meet some of the most popular authors on Urban Literature Author Day, Saturday, December 6, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Queens Library for Teens, 2002 Cornaga Ave. at the corner of Beach 20th […]
Crowded Schools, Rationing Ending Mark November 1945
Get into a conversation with a long-time Queens resident and you’re likely to discover a subscriber of the Long Island Star- Journal, a daily paper that informed the community about local and world news until it folded in 1968. A banner across the Star-Journal masthead reminded readers that the newspaper’s name came from the merger of the Long Island Daily […]
10th Annual Car Run Brings Toys To St. Mary’s Hospital
On Sunday, November 16 the 10th annual Toys-4-Tots Car Run brought a plenitude of toys to St. Mary’s Hospital for Children in Bayside. Sponsored and founded by the East Coast Car Association, every year, classic and custom car and motorcycle enthusiasts join a police escorted car parade led by a fire truck playing Christmas carols provided by the Metropolitan Fire […]
The Queens Zoo Unwraps Christmas
‘Tis the season of giving at the Queens Zoo when animals receive their holiday presents in a wild way from the generosity of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). Visit the zoo and watch animals such as polar bears, baboons, and pumas tear into their very own Christmas presents on the weekends of December 6-7, 13-14, and 20- 21. Decked out […]
Flushing Holiday Events Scheduled
The Downtown Flushing Marketing Task Force, led by the Flushing Business Improvement District, announced at their regularly scheduled meeting that their annual Holiday Season Kickoff with Macy’s will be held on Monday, November 24, at 5 p.m. at Macy’s Flushing. The kickoff will be followed by the annual holiday party with Con Edison and the Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel at […]
‘Virtual Video Store’ Available In Queens
Through its Enhanced TV platform, Time Warner Cable today, November 19, launched another innovation, the Virtual Video Store. Now available to customers in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Mount Vernon, New York state’s Hudson Valley region and Bergen County New Jersey, the Virtual Video Store, a new convenient option, brings the On Demand movie library to 1,000 titles across six […]