Stay on your side of the street! Those are the sentiments echoing through this year’s Variety Boys & Girls Club play, entitled “Astoria Blvd.”. The original musical will be performed on Friday, February 26 and Saturday, February 27 at 6 p.m. in the club’s Broccoli Theatre, 21-12 30th Rd., Long Island City. Adult admission $5; children under 12 $1, and […]
Astoria Bowl Holds Grand Opening
Astoria Bowl, the former Maric Lanes, at 19-45 49th St., Astoria, held a grand opening ceremony on January 30 to herald the continued existence of a bowling facility in the area. Bowling cost $1 per game all day and visitors availed themselves of a free buffet and giveaways. Astoria Bowl came into being when Maric Lanes management decided to close […]
Two Bayside Swimmers Make Cut For State Championships
The Bayside swim team entered the PSAL Swimming and Diving Championships, held at the Flushing Meadows Aquatic Center in Corona this past Sunday as the undefeated champions, Queens division 11-0. The team’s performance reflected the hard work and dedication that was needed since PSAL swimmers were forced to hold a timed final event due to the preliminaries being canceled because […]
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’: •Tuesdays, 6 p.m. Join the Sunnyside Drum Corps Marching Band, boys/girls ages 7-17; band information. 43-12 46th St., Sunnyside; […]
St. Michael’s Cemetery Holds Valentine’s Day Concert
St. Michael’s Cemetery, 72-02 Astoria Blvd., East Elmhurst, refuses to be known merely as a warehouse for the past. Instead, the cemetery is a venue for the celebration and affirmation of life. Those affirmations include concerts on the birthday of Scott Joplin, celebrated ragtime musician who is buried at the cemetery, an annual memorial for firefighters, police officers and other […]
Cite J.H. Fire To Demand End To Firehouse Closings
Two Jackson Heights lawmakers, joined by area Fire Department officials, cited a devastating fire in their area to emphasize demands that no firehouses be shut down because of anticipated budget cuts. The massive fire destroyed a commercial strip on 37th Avenue between 84th and 85th Streets. City Councilmember Daniel Dromm (D–Jackson Heights) declared: “We cannot afford to lose any firehouses […]
Drunk Driver Held In LIC Fatality
A drunken driver found himself behind bars this week after he struck and killed an Asian deliveryman on a motor scooter in Long Island City on February 12. Police said the victim, Jiangiu Chen, 52, was riding on the Long Island Expressway service road near 39th Street in Long Island City at about 8 p.m. on Friday when he was […]
First ‘Accelerated’ Toyota Crash Reported In Queens
Warnings issued by Toyota came too late for an elderly Queens couple who told police last week they were victims of a sticky accelerator on their 2009 ToyotaCamry. Jerry Silver, an 86-year-old WWII survivor who stormed Omaha Beach in 1944, told police he was driving home along Queens Boulevard at about 3 p.m. on February 13 when the accelerator stuck. […]
Help Fight Heart Disease During American Heart Month
Since 1963, Congress has required the president to proclaim February “American Heart Month”. To urge Americans to join the battle against these diseases, the American Heart Association (AHA), the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary health organization dedicated to building healthier lives, free of heart disease and stroke, works with the administration to draft and sign this annual proclamation. There is […]
Letters to the Editor
Democracy Is Dangerous To The Editor: Our country is being transformed by a political force with a radical agenda. At its core is a group of Democrats, among them members of the Democratic Socialists of America who, rather than calling themselves socialists, prefer to hide behind words like “progressive”. The Progressive Caucus supports interventionist economics, income redistribution and single payer […]