In a celebration entitled “Fifty Years and Going Strong!” members of the Flushing Free Synagogue (FFS), family and friends came together on Sunday, June 14th to commemorate Dr. Charles G. Agin’s 50th anniversary of his association with the congregation as its Rabbi and Rabbi Emeritus. In 1958, Rabbi Max Meyer was due for a sabbatical and Agin came to the […]
Tennisport Bubble ‘Bursts’ In LIC
For 33 years, the white bubble covering Tennisport has served as a landmark in the Hunters Point section of Long Island City. Officials last week confirmed that it’s game, set and match for the tennis center, which will close its doors for good on July 31st to make way for a massive housing development at the East River site. The […]
Hatzis Joins Morisco Funeral Home
Georgette R. Hatzis, a lifelong Astoria resident, has started the Aigias Funeral Home located in the Morisco Funeral Home Building at 30-12 Astoria Blvd., which is owned and operated by Rey Quevedo and George Rivera. Hatzis saw the need for a funeral parlor sensitive to the religion, customs and cultural wishes of local Greek families in Queens. Rivera a director […]
The Pulpit
Times and dates are subject to change. Please call event sponsors to confirm. All Nations Baptist: •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., Woodhaven; 718.296.2025. **** All Saints’: •Mon-Fri., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Citizenship application (Form N400) assistance. •Tuesdays, 6 p.m. Join the Sunnyside Drum Corps Marching Band, […]
Throgs Neck Bridge Construction Starts July 16
Bronx-bound motorists should be aware that the Cross Island Parkway (CIP) ramp leading vehicles onto the Throgs Neck Bridge from Queens and Long Island will close for approximately five weeks starting Thursday, July 16. The closure is necessary to accommodate ongoing rehabilitation work on the 48-year-old bridge’s Queens approach. The Clearview Expressway, or the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, is the alternate route […]
Borough-Wide Blotter
104th Precinct MTA Workers Steal & Sell Forklifts Three workers at a Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) warehouse in Maspeth were charged last week with stealing eight large forklifts from the facility and selling them to a local scrap dealer, authorities said. Investigators said the workers removed the 7-foot forklifts from the warehouse under the guise of having them repaired, but […]
114th Police Precinct Seeks Help
Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a 6-foot, black male in his 20s, wanted in connection with a robbery that occurred on May 31 in front of 28-40 31st St., Astoria. The suspect agreed to meet the victim who had placed an advertisement on Craig’s List to sell a laptop computer. When the victim met the suspect […]
School Crimes Plummet
The number of reported school crimes dropped significantly in the last school year according to the Department of Education, with major crimes dropping nine per cent and violent crimes dropping five per cent during the period from September 2008 through May 1, 2009, police said. Robberies increased from 108 to 122 over the last school year, while rapes jumped from […]
Sunnyside Chamber Hears Of Business Services, Census
At its June luncheon, the Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce welcomed Robert W. Walsh, who for nearly seven years has been commissioner of the city Department of Small Business Services. He spoke about real and hypothetical small businesses that are hard-pressed to get along or find a way even to get started in a time of economic downturn and cutbacks, and […]