Youngsters ages seven to 12 from regional and local community youth organizations took part in a special baseball clinic sponsored by Verizon on July 17 as part of its promotional day at Citi Field. More than 100 kids from three Queensbased organizations including the Chinese- American Planning Council of Flushing, The Flushing YMCA and the Rego Park based Queens Community House. […]
Gazette Calendar Of Events
Night Out Against Crime Aug. 2, 7 p.m., 107th Police Precinct Community Council @ Electchester Shopping Center, Jewel Avenue/Parsons Boulevard; 311. Community Meetings Dates & times are subject to change, call to confirm. Clubs Aug. 18, 8 p.m., JFK Regular Dems of Queens, Inc.; Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills, 71-25 Main St., KGH. Community Boards Jul. 24 District 26 […]
170 Anniversary Celebrated
(Avenue) and Van Alst Ave (21st Street) to build the church. The two plots of land on which the church was built came from John Shea, a New York teacher, and his wife, Mary Ann. The lot was secured for $1.00. The first mass in this first parish church was held in September 1841. Subsequent land donations came from a […]
Lexington School For The Deaf Recognizes Class For 2011
Lexington School for the Deaf, the largest school for the deaf in New York State recently graduated 29 high school students in the Class of 2011. The class valedictorian was Jamie Nigel Penzellna of The Bronx and the salutatorian was Sergio Andres Carrillo Valdivieso of Staten Island. “We are exceptionally proud of the class of 2011, many of whom have […]
New Noise Code Is Turning Down The Volume Across The City
City officials are reminding Queens residents that they have the power to turn down the noise in their neighborhoods, including Mister Softee trucks that park and play their familiar jingle, over and over again. The Mister Softee meltdown is only part of the city’s revised noise law that also targets owners of pooches who bark for ten minutes straight, bars […]
Queens Lawmaker Brings First ‘Caylee’s Law’ To New York State
Outrage expressed by Queens parents at the verdict in the Casey Anthony murder trial has encouraged a Flushing lawmaker to draft a bill that would make it a felony to not report the disappearance of a child to police within 72 hours, or the death of a child within 24 hours. Flushing Assemblymember Grace Meng has just completed finishing touches […]
Cops Question Person Of Interest In Laughing Road Rage Killing
Queens detectives this week were questioning a person of interest in connection with a deadly road rage incident in Kew Gardens, that left one man dead and another in critical condition, police sources said. Detectives at the 102nd Precinct Squad questioned the suspect, but were unable to make an arrest when an eyewitness failed to identify the man as the […]
Boro-Wide Blotter
UPS Worker Rerouted To Jail Queens police recently sent a UPS worker to jail after he was caught rerouting shipments of iPhones to his Middle Village home, authorities said. Cops arrested Alphonse Suarez, 29, at home on June 29 for swiping more than $22,000 worth of cell phones, authorities said. Investigators busted Suarez through a sting operation they established by […]
114th Precinct Crime Watch
Probe Alleged Gay-Bash Investigators at the 114th Precinct are probing allegations of an anti-gay hate crime that reportedly took place on June 30, outside a Long Island City deli. Officials at the Queens Lesbian and Gay Pride Committee (QLGPC) reported the attack on one of their board members, police sources said. The alleged attack occurred at about 6 p.m. on […]
Mount Carmel Church Deacon Busted In ‘Jail Sex’
State police arrested a 70-year-old Astoria Catholic church deacon on July 10, after he was caught in a somewhat unholy act. Chaplain Frank DeTucci, who is also a prison chaplain, was carrying $200 in his shoe and another $153 in his wallet when a prison guard at the Queensboro Correctional Facility spotted him kneeling in front of an inmate on […]