Neil Levin, the first of two online experts who spoke at the Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce luncheon meeting at Dazies Restaurant on March 13, told the audience that he has run his company, Webline Design in Long Island City, since 1995 and has had more than 700 projects, many of which he has had to scout by attending meetings where […]
APAC Honors Dito Montiel
Astoria Performing Arts Center’s annual gala took place on March 15, at the newly renovated Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria. The night’s entertainment began with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres from 6:30 to 8; then guests were ushered into the museum’s state of the art theater for a presentation in honor of Astoria native son, filmmaker, musician, writer and […]
AGAVE
With spring nearly here we ventured out on the first warm evening of the season to the borough of Manhattan to the quaint West Village to visit Agave, purveyors of southwestern cuisine and fine tequilas. Agave’s sister restaurant is ‘Mojave,’ in our very own Astoria, so a family visit seemed in order, especially when the food is equally superb in […]
Queens Celebrates Greek Independence
Queens Borough President Helen Marshall presided at the 10th annual Queens celebration of Greek Independence Day on March 16 at the Hellenic Cultural Center in Astoria. Held one week before the 191st anniversary of Greece’s independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1821, the evening’s event honored the civic achievements of four members of the Greek-American community. Accompanying Marshall were state […]
Diversity Celebrated In New Book On Multicultural Co-Existence In Queens
Pax Ethnicaby Karl Meyer and Shareen Brysac304 PagesPublicAffairs, $28.99 BY JASON D. ANTOS Today’s newspaper headlines tell conflicts, atrocities and civil unrest around the world leaving one to ask the question, are there places where people of different ethnicities, especially with significant Muslim minorities, live in peace? If so, why haven’t we heard more about them, and what explains their […]
The Pulpit
Times and dates are subject to change. Please call event sponsors to confirm. All Saints’ Church:•Tuesdays, 6 pm: rehearsals of the Sunnyside Drum CorpsMarching Band, boys/girls ages 7-17 invited, no fee, noauditions, Lower Level, 43-12 46th St., Sunnyside. Forschedule changes, call 718.786.4141.****Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary UkrainianCatholic:•Sunday Mass, 9 am: English; 10:30 am Ukrainian, 171-21Underhill Ave., Fresh Meadows, 718.463.5943.****Ascension […]
Turner Eyes Gillibrand’s Senate Seat
Benefiting from the Queens GOP’s support, Congressmember Bob Turner’s last minute bid to get into the U.S. Senate primary against Democratic incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand was successful as he squeezed in with just over 25 percent of the vote at the Republican Party convention in Rochester. The convention gave most of its support to Manhattan attorney Wendy Long, who got 47 […]
VALLONE HOLDS BUDGET HEARING:
After chairing a preliminary public hearing on the 2012-13 New York City budget, Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. (D–Astoria) noted, “The hearing revealed a bleak forecast of increasing prescription drug abuse citywide, a shrinking police department forced to reduce its overtime budget, and fewer resources for city prosecutors.” Testifying at the hearing were Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, Queens District Attorney Richard […]
Gazette Calendar Of Events
To be considered for the Calendar listing, event info must be received at least two weeks prior to publication. Dates & times are subject to change, call to confirm. Community Meetings Clubs American Legion Post 298 30-61 87th St., East Elmhurst. 1st Mon. of the month at 8 pm American Legion & Ladies Aux. Post 118 89-02 91st St., Woodhaven, […]
Crystal Products Featured On A&E’s Flipping Boston
Crystal Window & Door Systems vinyl window products were recently featured in an episode of A&E Network’s Flipping Boston. Twenty-five of Crystal’s popular Series 200 double-hung vinyl windows were installed for the cable TV show as part of a house renovation in Lowell, MA. The renovation work took place last fall and the episode aired on February 11. While Flip […]