The Queens County Committee of the American Legion held its 93rd Annual Convention at the American Legion Woodhaven Post 118 on June 4. Before the start of the convention, Queens County Commander Robert Condoleo laid a wreath in the Post’s Garden of Remembrance. After opening ceremonies, the delegates heard from the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation President Marie Thomson, state Senator […]
Haitian Earthquake Memorial For Queens
The Board of Directors of Maple Grove Cemetery in Kew Gardens has unanimously approved creation of a permanent memorial for the relatives of Queens residents who perished in the January 12, 2010 Haitian earthquake and did not receive a proper burial. The memorial will include a list of the names of relatives lost and will be situated locally so families […]
Weiner Debate Heats Up In Kew Gardens
On June 14, anti-Weiner protester Kevin Hiltunen (l.) faces off with pro-Weiner protester Jim Sideris (r.) in front of Congressmember Anthony Weiner’s office in Kew Gardens.
Crowley, Brown And Sexual Assault Victims Call To Restore Funding For Response Team
Councilmembers, the District Attorney’s Office and others gathered for a rally on June 7 to restore funding for the Sexual Assault Response Team (SART). The Bloomberg administration is cutting SART, which costs the city $1.27 million. SART workers are trained to respond to a sexual assault victim within an hour to gather evidence that is needed for investigations and to […]
Kids Rally To Save Libraries
On June 14, children of Queens added their voices to the growing rally to save Queens Libraries from the proposed fiscal year 2012 budget cuts. Queens Library CEO Thomas W. Galante, students from P.S. 111, P.S. 112 and the Voice Charter School, library employees and supporters from across Queens met at the Long Island City branch for the “Save The […]
Sign Of Library Support In LIC
A Long Island City civic leader is reading the riot act to the Bloomberg administration officials and the City Council over a city cost-cutting plan that would drastically reduce funding for Queens Library services. George Stamatiades, former president of the Queens Library board of trustees, last weekend strung an eight-foot banner from the front porch of his Dutch Kills home […]
Keep Queens Parks Clean
In the past week, summer has asserted its presence several weeks early with grueling 80 to 100 degree days throughout Queens, drawing thousands of residents to local parks for their pools, leisure and sunbathing opportunities. But while the weather may bring more possibilities for outdoor activities, it also leads to increased pollution. The sudden flow of population outdoors leads to […]
A Salute To All Fathers
On this coming Sunday, June 19, Americans will celebrate Father’s Day 2011. Along with the ties and aftershave and greeting cards with the drawings of fishing rods and mallard ducks in flight, on this day we acknowledge and honor fathers and the men who sometimes act in their stead as the formative figures in our lives that they are. Little […]
Letters to the Editor
A Loving Memory To The Editor: Wolf Maris Auslander, 1882-1956. My father was a shoemaker in those days when cobblers used nails to bind leather soles to shoes. Poppa was an observant Jew who wore a yarmulke, obeyed the Commandments, and kept the Sabbath and a kosher home. On Saturdays he would rise early to go to shul. On weekdays […]