Detective Charles LoPresti of the 103rd Precinct was honored during the September 20 Borough Cabinet Meeting at Queens Borough Hall. LoPresti was given the Declaration of Honor by Queens Borough President Helen Marshall for the lifesaving role he played in a bizarre life or death situation. A distraught woman in Kew Gardens used a cellphone to call her mother in […]
Halloran, Parents Call For Busing Options For JHS 194 Students
Last spring, junior high school parents all over New York City found out that school buses were being eliminated for their kids. For parents at JHS 194 in Whitestone, that discovery came late. As in, one day before the 2011-2012 school year started. As a result, hundreds of parents and their children were left stranded, without a reliable transportation option […]
Introducing ‘The Weekender’
MTA Website to Reduce Confusion of Weekend Subway ServiceThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) will today launch “The Weekender,” a new feature of MTA.info intended to transform the way riders navigate the subway system on weekends. The new feature, which will take over the front page of MTA.info each weekend beginning this afternoon, makes it easy for subway riders to visualize exactly how weekend work will affect subway service. […]
Van Bramer Celebrates End Of Season With LIC YMCA
On September 17, Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer handed out awards to young baseball players at the Long Island City YMCA Youth Baseball League’s end of season ceremony at Queensbridge Park. An avid baseball fan and supporter of youth athletics, Van Bramer has allocated $101,428 to the Long Island City YMCA, which runs free baseball, football, basketball and bowling leagues […]
Gold Medalist Jenny Simpson Visits P.S. 273
Jenny Simpson, who won the gold medal for the 1500m earlier this month in South Korea, making her the first American world champion in almost 30 years, paid a visit to P.S. 273 in Richmond Hill on September 16, where she talked with students about leading a healthy lifestyle.
Addabbo To Work With Goldfeder On JFK Safety
State Senator Joseph Addabbo Jr. and Assemblymember Phil Goldfeder attended the JFK Safety Discussion at St. Barnabas Church in Howard Beach on September 20. Addabbo (center) sponsored a public discussion where residents were updated on the security measures being taken at JFK Airport by the Port Authority. Ralph Tragale (right) and Jerry Spampanato (left) informed those who attended the seminar […]
Hunt for Sweet Cicely In Forest Park With Naturalist/Author “Wildman” Steve Brill
Foraging expert “Wildman” Steve Brill will lead one of his world-famous foraging tours of Forest Park in Kew Gardens. The park is one of the best places in the world for fall foraging, with a wide selection of wild mushrooms, herbs, greens, roots and berries. Habitats include miles of mature forest as well as the trail edges and the disturbed, […]
Local Pols Attend Rosh Hashanah Food Drive
State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky and Councilmember Karen Koslowitz assisted the Queens Jewish Community Council, 119-45 Union Turnpike, Forest Hills, in its annual Rosh Hashanah food distribution on September 25. Seen here are (L. to r.); Assemblymember Grace Meng, Stavisky, Councilmember Peter Koo, Koslowitz
Kid-Snatch Parents Nabbed By Pennsylvania Police
The parents accused last week of snatching their eight children from a Forest Hills foster-care facility remain in custody of law enforcement officials in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where they await extradition back to Queens, authorities said. Shanel Nadal, 28, the biological mother of the eight children, and her husband Nephra Payne, 34, were arrested by police in Pennsylvania late Monday night […]
Martin Luther School Announces Addition Of Regents Exams To Advanced Placement Curriculum
Martin Luther School is bringing back the Regents program as part of the high school curriculum. The Regents Exams will be available in English, Algebra, World Studies, U.S. History and Living Environment. “One of the biggest reasons that we’re bringing back the Regents program is that it will make our students more marketable to the CUNY and SUNY schools,” explained […]