Times and dates are subject to change. Please call event sponsors to confirm. All Nations Baptist: •Apr. 10, Friday, 5:30 p.m. Passover Seder, RSVP required. •Apr. 12, Sunday, 11 a.m. Easter Sunday Resurrection Service & Musical Celebration “Beyond the Cross. •Sunday, 2:30-5:30 p.m., for three months, free English classes which have already begun, registration required, limited space, 86-76 80th St., […]
Thompson Honors Five At Greek Heritage Fete
New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. on March 31 honored five leaders at his eighth annual Greek Heritage Celebration at Surrogate’s Court in Manhattan. The event was co-sponsored by the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in America, and the Greek American Property Owners Association of Brooklyn. The Very Reverend Eugene Pappas of […]
Free College Entrance Exams Apr. 25-26
Princeton Review is holding National Testing Day on April 25 and 26 for college-bound students who require scholarships and financial aid. The Princeton Review has scheduled free, SAT/ACT practice tests to help Queens students do their best on these exams and to encourage them to create a timely and focused study plan. Teens nationwide can experience a full-length practice test […]
American Airlines Expands Inflight Internet Service
American Airlines is taking its high-altitude experiment with Wi-Fi out of the trial stage and has decided to install Gogo®¿ Inflight Internet on more than 300 domestic aircraft over the next two years. The expansion will help American Airlines further enhance its customers’ travel experience and meet their evolving travel needs. American, a founding member of the oneworld® Alliance, was […]
MetLife LIC Office Earns Silver LEED Label
MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) announced April 2 that its Long Island City facility has achieved the Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design for Existing Buildings (LEED EB) Silver certification from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). The LEED program for existing buildings aims to reduce the environmental impact of commercial buildings and to create a healthier workspace. The certification […]
Rare Swan Joins Queens Zoo
The Queens Zoo is looking a little more elegant these days, with the arrival of a new male trumpeter swan that now graces the zoo’s marsh area. Although he’s still acclimating to his new wetland home, Winton has already bonded with Marsh Alice, the zoo’s lone female trumpeter swan. Zookeepers say the two are getting along “swimmingly”. Because it’s common […]
Gazette Calendar Of Events
Community Meetings Associations Apr. 9, May 14, Jun. 11, 7 p.m., United Forties Civic Association; St. Theresa, Parish Center, Rectory Basement, 50-22 45th St., Woodside; 718.392.0416. Apr. 9, May 14, Jun. 11., 7:30 p.m., Dutch Kills Civic; St. Patrick’s School Hall, 39-28 29th St. Apr. 15, 8 p.m., Woodhaven Residents’ Block; Woodhaven Richmond Hill Vol. Ambulance Corp., 78-15 Jamaica Ave.; […]
Take A Pretty ‘N’ Pink Walk On Roosevelt Island
On Sunday, April 12 at 11 a.m. a Magnolia Blossom Walk will take place on Roosevelt Island during a 90-minute tour of the island’s historic sites. The tour, led by Judith Berdy, president of the Roosevelt Island Historical Society, will highlight the principal events and personages of the Island over the past 300 years as well as a stroll past […]
Dem-Created State Budget Looms As Major Issue In Coming Elections
The state budget crafted exclusively by Democratic leaders in Albany last week drew extensive criticism from Republicans and others as extravagant at a time when the state, along with New York City and the nation, is in the throes of a stagnant economy. Following its passage, Governor David Paterson, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith issued […]
