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; for appointment, call 718.784-8031. **** Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic: […]
Queens Cops Hope Reward Will Help Solve 1986 Murder
Queens detectives are hoping a reward will spark new interest that will turn up clues in the 1986 murder of a Long Island City real estate attorney. Police said Richard Belden, 53, picked up a payroll for workers at his Long Island City law firm at about 10:30 a.m. on December 24, 1986 and was walking back to his office […]
More ‘Shaken Baby’ Charges Occur In Corona
Another babysitter is facing charges for shaking an infant left in her care at her Corona apartment, leaving the baby brain dead and in grave condition, authorities said. The Queens district attorney’s office has charged Susana Gil, 26, of grabbing her one-month-old nephew, Alexander Delgado by his arms on Dec. 27, 2010 and “shaking him until he stopped crying and […]
Firefighters Pull Rego Park Man From Blaze
Queens firefighters pulled an 85-year-old man from a burning Rego Park apartment building fire on January 15. The first firefighters to arrive at the blaze battled frozen hydrants and heavy flames, Battalion Chief Robert McBride said. McBride said rescue efforts and efforts to extinguish the flames were not hampered by the frozen hydrants. Firefighters quickly located a working hydrant about […]
Cops Charge Livery Shooter In 16 Robberies
An ex-con accused of shooting a Queens livery driver during a botched robbery attempt last month confessed to a terrifying spree of armed robberies in New York City and on Long Island, police said. Shawn Peace, 22, told investigators he believed a livery driver in his last heist had a gun, which forced him to shoot the driver. Police said […]
Boro-Wide Blotter
107th Precinct Rowdy Road Test Sparks Lawsuit A license examiner for the state Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) recently filed a lawsuit charging she suffered serious injuries when an oil truck struck a Queens DMV test vehicle. Chairiese Harrison charges in the lawsuit that she was unable to work for one full year after the March 2007 collision, when the […]
Parents Call For Change In State Sex Offender Laws
Outraged parents of youngsters attending Queens Catholic elementary schools are calling on officials at the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn to better scrutinize people who volunteer to work with children. Parents and lawmakers in Eastern Queens are up in arms over a convicted sex offender who fell through cracks in the state system and landed a position as a volunteer […]
Greek American Homeowners Association Of Astoria Awards Scholarships
On the evening of January 5, the Greek American Homeowners Association of Astoria (GAHOA) and George Fakiris, philanthropist, granted scholarships to Greek-American college students at the annual Vasilopita at their culture center, 23-49 31st St., Astoria. The outstanding scholars included Christina Manolatos, Queens College; Themostocles Efthimiades; Philip Halikias, St. Joseph’s College; Peter Vasilakos, Pace University; Kyriaki Giannoutsos, Queens College; Emma […]
2010 Athanasiades Scholarships Promote Hellenism Among Middle Class
“What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us. What we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal,” Albert Pike (1809-1891), American lawyer, journalist and soldier said. This has been the guiding principle in the life of Kostas Athanasiades and his late wife Maria Athanasiades. In a time of cutbacks in education and scholarships, the […]