BY MICAELA MASTROGIANNIS The new Douglaston greenmarket, now in its fourth week, offers the community an easy and convenient way to purchase fresh food sold from almost a dozen vendors. Visitors can buy fish and shellfish from American Seafood, bread and pastries from Bread Alone Bakery and a variety of cheeses from Cherry Grove Farm. Turkeys can be purchased from […]
Historic Debt/Default Bill Gets Final Approval
President Barack Obama yesterday announced final passage by the U.S. Senate of the national debt ceiling compromise legislation, thereby averting a ruinous national default. The president was expected to sign the historic bill into law later in the day. The House had previously passed the bill on Monday by a vote of 269 to 161. In announcing the compromise bill […]
Boiler Blast Rocks Astoria Power Plant
A boiler explosion at an Astoria power plant resulted in an evacuation on July 27, along with minor equipment damage, a Con Ed spokesperson said. The blast at the U.S. Power Generating Plant on 20th Avenue and Shore Boulevard knocked out a single turbine, shattered windows and rocked the building, the spokesperson said. There were no service interruptions caused by […]
CALL FOR NO CUTS IN SOCIAL SECURITY:
This past Sunday, while last minute negotiations on avoiding default were going on in Washington, Assemblymember David Weprin (D–Little Neck), state Senator Toby Ann Stavisky (D–Whitestone) Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills) and Councilmember Karen Koslowitz (D–Rego Park) pleaded for no reductions in Social Security benefits for seniors. Weprin, the Democratic candidate for the 9th CD seat previously held by Anthony […]
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’: •Tuesdays, 6 p.m. Join the Sunnyside Drum Corps Marching Band, boys/girls ages 7-17; band information, 43-12 46th St., Sunnyside; […]
Cinderella Drama Unfolds In Astoria In August 1925
Get into a conversation with a long time Queens resident and you’re likely to discover a subscriber of the Long Island Star–Journal, a daily paper that informed the community about local and world news until it folded in 1968. A banner across the Star–Journal masthead reminded readers that the newspaper’s name came from the merger of the Long Island Daily […]
Gazette Calendar Of Events
Calendar compiled by Susan Cleary 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 Aug. 3 Calendar Meeting, Community Ed. Council Dist. 25 Office, 718.281.3786. Aug. 16 Community Board 8, Queens Health Fair, 2 […]
Deaf Employee Honored At Little Neck Panera With Associate Of The Month Award
The Panera Bread restaurant of Little Neck is honoring deaf employee Darryl Jennings as associate of the month, in recognition of his superior job performance. The honor comes on the one-year anniversary of his employment with Panera. Jennings was introduced to Panera Bread by Lexington Center for the Deaf Vocational Services and has since proven that, despite his disability, he […]
Correction
A recent Gazette article titled, “New Noise Code Turns Down The Volume,” reported that Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) workers would not enforce the new code, and that “teams of NYPD ‘noise cops’ would respond to complaints, working at night when necessary to nab noisemakers who sound off when the sun goes down.” A DEP spokesperson told the Gazette that […]
Ex-Con Jailed In Woodhaven Rape
A convicted state sex offender found himself behind bars again last week, after he was charged with beating and raping a woman in an alley located just blocks from his Woodhaven home. Kevin Pazmino, 21, was arrested on July 28 after a tipster led police to his home – seven blocks away from the scene of the rape near a […]