Seven magnet schools in Community District Education Council District 30, covering Astoria and Long Island City, will receive a $3.78 million federal grant to implement systemic reforms that give students the opportunity to meet academic challenges, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer announced. “Educational excellence is the key to success for our students—and for New York—and this grant will help us achieve […]
OEM And Pols Urge New Storm Alert Systems
Assemblymember Rory Lancman (D-Hillcrest), city Office of Emergency Management (OEM) Commissioner Joe Bruno, Assemblymember Grace Meng (DFlushing) and City Councilmember Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) visited the stormdamaged Broadway section of Flushing on September 22. The group urged all New Yorkers to sign up for the NY-Alert and Notify-NYC emergency alert systems. These emergency alert systems will provide advance warnings of a […]
Clinton Democratic Club Meets
The William Jefferson Clinton Democratic Club met on September 17 at the Vallone & Vallone office on Francis Lewis Boulevard. President Paul Vallone and State Committee Member John Dorsa congratulated Ed Braunstein on his winning the Democratic nomination for the Assembly District 26 seat. Braunstein also won the support of Elio Forcina, a previous Assembly candidate, when Forcina announced his […]
Maloney Demands Iran End Nuclear Arms Buildup
On Monday, September 20, four days before Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was scheduled to address the United Nations General Assembly, Congressmember Carolyn Maloney (D-Queens/Manhattan) addressed a rally organized by Iran180 in Ralph Bunche Park, opposite the UN building complex. She called on Iran “to do a 180–to stop developing nuclear weapons, stop the human rights abuses, and start investing in […]
Calm Before The Storm In September 1911
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 Star […]
Astoria Senior Residence Renamed For Vallone Family
On October 15, the Astoria Senior Residence at 21st Street and 30th Road will be dedicated and renamed as the Vallone Family Senior Residence. After a ribbon-cutting ceremony, a Fall Festival group activity with seniors and young members of the Salah M. Hassanein Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens, on the grounds of which the residence is situated, will […]
Kiwanis Honors Three Locals
The Kiwanis Club of Astoria-Long Island City honored three local community figures at their annual cocktail party on September 23 at Riccardo’s by the Bridge in Astoria. This year’s honorees included Queens County Clerk the Hon. Gloria D’Amico, Rocco Sacramone, chef and owner of Trattoria L’incontro Ristorante, and Felix DeVito of DeVito Bros. Enterprise. “A real fantastic group of people […]
NEW YORK ANTI CRIME’S “YEAR OF SERVICE”
This past September 11th, on a day that was eerily similar in weather and feel to 2001, over 100 volunteers came together for ‘ A Day Of Service’ in Remembrance of 9/11 in Astoria Park, Queens. It was felt that a reverent commemorative ceremony followed by a Day of Service would be the proper way to honor those that died […]
Nov. 1 Deadline For Lincoln Center’s ‘Rhythm Road’
Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) and The U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs are collaborating for the sixth year on The Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad. JALC is now accepting band applications for the 2010-2011 season. American music quartets from throughout the United States specializing in jazz, urban/hip hop, bluegrass, blues, Cajun, country, gospel, and zydeco […]
Astoria Manor Hosts Food And Wine Gala
The ninth annual Food and Wine Gala sponsored by the Gazette and hosted by Dish du Jour Magazine at the Astoria World Manor on September 21 brought more than 600 contestants hoping for a chance to cook alongside acclaimed chefs Rocco Sacramone of Trattoria L’incontro in Astoria and natural foods chef, author, television host and contender on Bravo’s “Top Chef […]