On October 29, City Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer hosted his first Hispanic Leadership Awards at Floresta Restaurant in Sunnyside. More than one hundred community members attended the award ceremony where several individuals from the area were honored and recognized, including FOX 5 Reporter and Anchor Taina Hernandez. As a reporter and anchor on FOX 5’s “Good Day New York”, Hernandez […]
SHAREing And CAREing To Hold Annual Benefit
SHAREing and CAREing will hold its 16th anniversary benefit and silent auction on November 17 at Riccardo’s by the Bridge. This year’s guests of honor will include Lena Varis of Lexington Brokerage, LLC and president of the Save a Young Life Foundation and David B. Sargoy of Brown Harris Stevens, director of commercial real estate division. The 2010 Community Recognition […]
GAHOA Holds Annual Thanksgiving Lunch
Every year, the Greek American Homeowners Association (GAHOA) feeds over 1,000 mouths in Queens on Thanksgiving Day. Volunteers gather at an annual group lunch to serve full Thanksgiving dinners to people in need, including the elderly, the homeless and those looking for good food and company. They also deliver both cooked meals and uncooked turkeys to those who cannot attend. […]
Time Warner Cable Reveals New VoiceZone Feature
On November 3, Time Warner Cable NYC announced the launch of VoiceZone. The new web-based portal that provides online access to customizable features for customers to control and monitor Time Warner Cable Digital Home Phone service from any web-enabled computer. With VoiceZone, customers have the power to change call settings including caller ID, access voicemail, block unwanted calls and even […]
Running Your Car On Air Alone
Kids delight in blowing up a balloon and letting it go. The air inside is under mild pressure, and when a youngster lets go of the neck of the balloon, air rushes outward. The escaping air propels the balloon forward like an erratic jet. Remarkably enough, a car powered by the same energy source–compressed air–may be coming to a road […]
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’: •Nov. 20, Saturday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Rummage sale, books/jewelry/clothing/knick-knacks/ refreshments. •Tuesdays, 6 p.m. Join the Sunnyside Drum Corps Marching […]
MetroCard Bus, Van Coming To Queens
MetroCard buses and vans will make scheduled stops in Queens during the month of November 2010. Senior citizens and persons with disabilities may apply for the Reduced Fare MetroCard on our MetroCard buses or may obtain an application from the vans. Seniors must present photo identification proving that they are at least 65 years old. Persons with disabilities must have […]
Track Worker Survives Brush With Death
A subway track supervisor survived a 25-foot plunge to the street from an elevated No. 7 line on November 6, fire officials said. Kent Morgan, 50, fell through a fiberglass pathway near 114th Street and Roosevelt Avenue, crashing hard onto the asphalt near Citi Field. Fellow track workers rushed to help Morgan after the fall, stabilizing him until paramedics arrived. […]
Dutch Kills Civic Celebrates 30th
On November 5, the Dutch Kills Civic Association (DKCA) celebrated its 30th anniversary at Riccardo’s by the Bridge in Astoria. The event served as a triple celebration as guests came to honor not only the association, but to honor the career of state Senator George Onorato who will be retiring on January 1, the end of his term. The day […]
Rumors Abound About Andy-Shelly Relations
Last Tuesday’s election had hardly ended, with a great victory for Governorelect Andrew Cuomo, that the inside stories and the leaked stories started about the new governor looking to sack the powerful Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. But at the moment, all it looks like is both are just feeling each other out before Cuomo is even sworn in. Interestingly, Silver […]