On March 19, the St. Nicholas Senior boys basketball team defeated Archangel Michael 57-46 in the Greek Orthodox Youth of America (GOYA) senior boys championship of the GOYA Basketball League for the Metropolitan Greek Orthodox Basketball League (MGOBL). Coach Nick Tzoumas of Archangel Michael and his team played a very aggressive defense in the first half and as a result, […]
Parents: ‘Move VOICE Out Of Our School!’
Parents of students at P.S. 111 in Long Island City are up in arms over a proposal by city educators who want to provide a permanent home for a charter school inside the elementary school. Members of the Community Education Council in School District 30 met recently to discuss a plan that would keep the VOICE Charter School inside P.S. […]
NAPOLI PIZZA & PASTA
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie…it’s Napoli Pizza and Pasta and yes, it’s amore too! I love Napoli for its "down home" cooking, literally downstairs in a home on the corner of 35th Avenue and 33rd Street in Astoria. Bravo Antonio Petito, who has been serving very generous portions of delicious pasta, chicken, meat and […]
Boys & Girls Club Awards Youth, Mentors
It was a sentimental celebration during the March 16 Keystone awards ceremony for the Salah M. Hassanein Variety Boys & Girls Club of Western Queens, where accolades and acknowledgments were equally shared among youth and mentors. The club’s first-annual honors event commenced at 7 p.m. in the Broccoli Theater, with the club’s Executive Director Terence Hughes serving as main orator. […]
Winter Wildlife Week
The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Queens Zoo in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park held an educational winter camp during school recess on February 22, 23 and 24 for kids ages six to 10. This is the second educational camp event this school year. Curator of Education at the Queens Zoo Tom Hurtubise led a discussion about mammals and habitats while 20 children listened […]
Cuomo, Silver Budget Impass Continues
With nine days to go to the state budget deadline on April 1, Governor Andrew Cuomo and state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver are no closer to resolving their major differences on the budget. If the impass continues into April 1, the date which the state constitution mandates there must be a budget in place for the next fiscal year, Albany […]
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 Englishclasses which have already begun, registration required, limitedspace, 86-76 80th St., Woodhaven; 718.296.2025.****All Saints’:•Apr. 9, Saturday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Rummage sale, books,clothing, jewelry, knick-knacks, refreshments at reasonableprices.•Tuesdays, 6 p.m. Join the Sunnyside Drum CorpsMarching Band, boys/girls ages 7-17; […]
Viva San Gieuseppe, Viva!
On March 19, Roman Catholics of Astoria, Italy and around the world celebrated the Feast of Saint Joseph (San Gieuseppe). The annual celebration commemorates the life of Saint Joseph, the stepfather of Jesus and husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary. People with very strong religious association, often those of southern Italian descent, typically celebrate Saint Joseph’s Day on March 19, […]
Seek Signatures To Save 5 Pointz Building
Graffiti taggers who displayed their work on the 5 Pointz Building in Long Island City are circulating online petitions, hoping to gather enough signatures to stop demolition of the urban art canvas. The “Show Ur Love to 5 Pointz” page at www.ipetitions.com has gathered more than 2,000 signatures from people protesting the demise of the iconic building. One poster compared […]