Councilmembers Eric A. Ulrich, Elizabeth Crowley and Karen Koslowitz joined Department of Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty and community leaders at Forest Parkway and Jamaica Avenue on Thursday to announce funding for additional days of litter basket service. The councilmembers allocated about $6,000 each in discretionary funding to service the litter baskets along the entire stretch of Jamaica Avenue from the […]
Sanitation Truck Dangles In Queens
A boss at the union representing Department of Sanitation workers last week said the mechanic who drove a salt spreader through the wall of a Maspeth repair shop, “won the lottery”. “I don’t think he has to buy a lottery ticket,” union boss Joseph Colangelo said. “He hit the lottery on Wednesday.” Colangelo, president of Local 246, was referring to […]
Stavisky And Koslowtiz Visit Uzbekistan Exhibit
State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky and Councilmember Karen Koslowitz visited the Uzbekistan exhibit, Our Common Home, at the Bukharian Cultural Center on August 2 in Rego Park, celebrating the 20th anniversary of Uzbekistan’s independence. They spoke about the Bukharian community’s contributions to Queens’ cultural fabric. Seen here are (L. to r.); President of the Bukharian Jewish Center and Congress of […]
Transfiguration Church of Mattituck Initiates Social Change
The Vespers and Feast Day of the Transfiguration of Christ Church on Breakwater Road, Mattituck attracted more than 300 persons each day. On the August 5 evening Vespers, Rev. Sarantis Loulakis, St. Markella Church, Wantagh; Rev. Elias Nikolaou, St. Paraskevi Church, Greenlawn, Rev.Vasilios Govits, All Saints Greek Orthodox Monastery of Calverton, Rev. Demetrios Calogredes, Kimisis Tis Theotokou Church, Port Jefferson, […]
Sunnyside, Whitestone Students Win Astoria Federal Savings’ ‘Teach Children To Save’ Essay Contest
In recognition of Financial Literacy Month, Astoria Federal Savings held its sixth annual essay contest for children, ages five-12, asking them to complete the statement: “If I save a lot today, in the future I could…” More than 1,300 essays were received from the participating neighborhood branches throughout Queens, Brooklyn, Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester. Astoria Federal Savings judges selected seven […]
Local Artist’s Work Showing At Capital One
This is the last chance to see the new collage work of local artist Edwin G. Cadiz at Capital One Bank on 32nd Street and Broadway in Astoria. This popular show is entitled “Collage In and Out of the World” and will be on display for two more weeks, until August 31. Cadiz, whose work is well known in Astoria […]
Cops Ramp Up Search For Abandoned Baby Mom
Detectives at the Queens Child Abuse Squad this week are continuing their search for the mother of a newborn girl, found on August 19, abandoned in a shoebox on an Astoria doorstep. Whoever left the baby surely cared for the newborn, detectives said. “They left two roses at her side.” The owner of the home on 28th Street near Ditmars […]
Jackson Heights/75th Street One-Way Reversal
As part of the overall Jackson Heights improvement plan, NYCDOT will be making the following changes: * Change the direction of 75th Street between 30th Avenue and 37th Avenue, from a northbound street to a southbound street. There will be no parking during implementation on that stretch of 75th Street starting at 8 a.m. on August 25th. […]
Newtown Historical Society Replaces Plaque Dedicated To Astoria’s Hallett Family
The Newtown Historical Society has announced the replacement of an historic plaque dedicated to Astoria’s founding family, the Halletts, at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Maspeth. The Hallett family, led by patriarch William Hallett, emigrated from England and settled in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1648, but moved in 1652 to 160 acres in the Hallett’s Cove area of Astoria. In 1664, […]
Earth’s Fragile Surface
My friend Sharon Rogers lives in suburban Virginia. On Tuesday she and her husband were leaving their house to go to a late lunch when she felt something like thunder sweeping over the neighborhood. “I thought it was a military jet going over too low,” she told me on the telephone. “I said to myself ‘It’s another damn general being […]