To help LaGuardia Community College celebrate its 40th anniversary, Queens Borough President Helen Marshall came to an October 5 birthday party bearing a gift in the form of a proclamation declaring that day as “LaGuardia Community College Day”. The college-wide birthday bash hosted by the college’s honor students, Marshall, a long-time supporter of LaGuardia, hailed the nationally recognized college for […]
Buehler Remembered
For more than half a century, Ann Buehler served as a beacon for local youth seeking refuge from the troublesome life of street gangs. Her legacy was honored on October 8, with the renaming of 30th Road as “Ann Buehler Way” at the intersection of 21st Street in front of the Salah M. Hassanein Variety Boys and Girls Club of […]
iPhone, iPod, iPad, I Sad
At age 56, Steve Jobs, co-founder and head of Apple, who developed and fostered a whole new culture, one that united people around the world, succumbed to pancreatic cancer last week. He leaves behind a wife, four children and a world forever altered by the technology and products that use it that he developed and gave to the world. Much […]
Letters to the Editor
Occupy Wall Street To The Editor: I would like to make a few points in response to Frederick R. Bedell Jr.’s letter, “Police Acted Properly” in which he praised “the NYPD for doing what was necessary to put down the unruly demonstrators who were marching near Wall Street without a permit.” Firstly, a police permit is an unconstitutional abridgement of […]
Beg Pardon
In the October 5 issue of the Gazette, information pertaining to the Memorial Mass for Paul Zammit was erroneously left out. The Mass was held at Immaculate Conception Church followed by a balloon launch and prayer/moment of silence at St. Michael’s Cemetery.
Comedy Club Owners Make Preliminary Visit To Board 2
Steve Hofstetter, identifying himself as an author, columnist and comedian, and Jacob Morvay, an accountant, are trying to open Laughing Devil, a comedy club, at 47-38 Vernon Blvd. They attended the October meeting of Community Board 2 to affirm that their establishment would not be disruptive. Both are Long Island City residents, they said, so they wouldn’t want to cause […]
Stepping Back From Dam Power
Just over a century ago, when William Howard Taft was president and I was a young woman, an entrepreneur named Thomas Aldwell started building a dam in the Northwest woods of the Olympic peninsula in Washington. The 108 foot-high Elwha dam became an early hydroelectric powerhouse, helping to fuel population and industrial growth related to activities as varied as forestry […]
Crowley Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month, Honors Judge
On September 29, Congressmember Joe Crowley celebrated National Hispanic Heritage Month by paying tribute to the extraordinary contributions made by Latinos across his district and all of New York. During the event, held in The Bronx, Crowley honored special guest Queens Civil Court Judge Carmen Velasquez for her dedication to public service and leadership in the community. “It has not […]
