Dear Savvy Senior, What can you tell me about assistive listening devices? My husband is hearing impaired but doesn’t like wearing his hearing aids, so I’m wondering if some of these devices can help. Loud Talking Spouse Dear Loud: Assistive listening devices (ALDs) are very useful products that can help hearing-impaired people, with and without hearing aids, hear better. Here’s […]
Tekserve, A Mac User’s Paradise
Anyone with a computer knows the frustrations they can present. From crashes to viruses to internal issues, the tools that are made to make our lives easier can sometimes make them all the more difficult. Even Macs—renowned for their immunity to viruses—can also have their share of problems, and having a reliable repair service available can make all the difference. […]
Meals-On-Wheels Delivers
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and actress Kathleen Turner rolled up their sleeves and donned their aprons to help Citymeals-on- Wheels prepare a sumptuous Thanksgiving feast for 200 elderly New Yorkers in Queens who would otherwise be alone for the holiday. After taking some time to visit with the seniors at the Peter Cardella Senior Center in Ridgewood, Bloomberg and Turner […]
Giving Thanks
While millions of Americans spent their Thanksgiving holiday in the warm surroundings of home with family and friends, an equal number, including many throughout the city, experienced just the opposite. For the members and volunteers of the Greek American Homeowners Association (GAHOA), this year’s holiday was spent making sure that those unfortunate persons including the elderly, the poor, the homeless […]
Make Your Holidays Merry In Queens
Last year, American Express started Small Business Saturday in cities across the country to give independent retailers a leg up in their competition for shoppers’ dollars. This year, the startup effort continued, with businesses throughout New York City offering specials to bring customers into their establishments and encourage the patronizing of these mom-and-pop enterprises during the 2011 holiday season. Queens […]
Letters to the Editor
Anger Leads To Revolutions To The Editor: Revolutions are never pretty. They are bloody and foster outrageous acts. Regardless, each side considers itself justified to disobey common decency due to the acts of their opponents. Rarely is one side free of guilt. The eight month old Arab Spring has protesters back on the streets of Cairo while the Syrian bloodbath […]
Don’t Disconnect The Country’s Economic Lifeline
Theories on how to fix the economy are everywhere. One of the latest comes from the United Nations – and involves telephones. In this case, the UN is onto something. Released earlier this year, the UN study projects that regulators will have to update their approaches in light of the generational shift from fixed telephones networks to mobile connections if […]
Sex Ed Issue Revives School Board 24–DOE Dispute
Beginning in January 2012, for the first time public middle and high schools will be required by the Department of Education to include sex education as part of the existing health education curriculum. At the time of the announcement in August by Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York called the requirement “troubling” and on August […]
‘Shop-A-Holiday On 23rd’ Sales Event, Fundraiser
The Small Business Community of 23rd Avenue in Astoria announces their event “Shop-a-Holiday On 23rd”, which will take place on December 3 from noon until 5 p.m. along 23rd Avenue from 31st Street to 24th Street. This event has been created to mark the start of the holiday season and to celebrate “SHAREing & CAREing”, a local cancer support charity. […]