The Small Business Administration (SBA) has implemented a new program giving increased support to women-owned businesses. Congressmember Carolyn Maloney welcomed the program as “a long overdue, but important step” which will help those businesses to win government contracts, expand and create new jobs. Maloney (D–Queens/Manhattan) said the new program will provide a greater opportunity for the women-owned enterprises to compete […]
Elmhurst Hospital Center Gets Stroke Care Award
On Wednesday, October 6, Elmhurst Hospital Center (EHC) Executive Director Chris Constantino and the EHC Stroke Team accepted the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award. The award, presented by AHA Representative Diana Barrett, recognizes EHC’s success in implementing excellent care for stroke patients. To receive the award, Elmhurst Hospital Center achieved […]
War In Europe Affects Life In Queens In October 1914
Get into a conversation with a longtime 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 […]
Gianaris, Simotas Tour Museum Of Moving Image
Assemblymember Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria) and Assembly candidate Aravella Simotas toured construction at the Museum of the Moving Image (MMI). The museum is undergoing a $65 million expansion and renovation and is scheduled to reopen in January 2011.
Vallone Welcomes Cienna To Astoria
City Councilmember Peter F. Vallone Jr. joined state Senator George Onorato on October 13 for the grand opening of Cienna Lounge and Restaurant at 30-15 Newtown Ave., Astoria. Executive Chef Eric Hara, who revived the Plaza Hotel’s Oak Room in 2009, has cultivated a Mediterranean-inspired menu for the 250-seat restaurant, which also includes a sushi bar.
Azure Creates Exclusive New Creations Line
After being in the business for many years, Azure decided to take a different approach this year. After taking a look at all the new costumes of 2010 that most popular merchants have made. Azure owner Margaret Ioannou was very disappointed at the repeated styles and material that the merchants were using. For many years Ioannou had customers coming to […]
Feds Refuse To Replace Trees
Officials at the Queens Civic Congress are urging member organizations to reach out to their congressional representatives and urge them to demand that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) aid in the replacement of thousands of trees felled during the tornados and macrobursts that swept through Queens on September 16. Civic Congress officials learned on October 8 that FEMA disaster […]
Queens Midtown Tunnel Temporarily Closes
From October 23 to October 25 and October 30 to November 1, one Manhattan-bound Queens Midtown Tunnel tube will be closed for necessary concrete and paving work. The tunnel will be closed from 1 a.m. on Saturday, October 23 to 5:30 a.m. on Monday October 25. The other Manhattan-bound tunnel will remain open for two-way car and NYC bus traffic […]
Denis Butler Dies, Lifelong Astoria Resident Was Assemblymember
Former Assemblymember Denis J. Butler, a lifelong Astoria resident, died on Thursday, October 14. Born July 26, 1927, he was 83 years old. Butler is survived by his wife of 49 years, Mary, three children, Kathleen, Denis and Thomas, a daughter-in-law, Lisa, and four grandchildren. The fourth of five sons of Denis and Annie Butler, Butler was preceded in death […]