Governor Andrew Cuomo last week sent a message to state motorists who talk and text on their cellphones while driving: “Don’t Even Think About It!” Cuomo last July signed into law one of the strictest measures in the nation, banning the use of handheld electronic devices while driving. Police last week initiated a crackdown based on the new law dubbed, […]
Danny’s Szechuan Garden ReOpens
For more than 40 years, Danny Chan has been a fixture on Cross Bay Boulevard serving fine Chinese food at Danny’s Szechuan Garden. After a brief absence, Chan has now reopened at a new location in Howard Beach at 156-40B Cross Bay Blvd., eight blocks north of the restaurant’s former longtime location at 164-14 Cross Bay Blvd. State Senator Joseph […]
Gianaris And Bryant H.S. Youth Activists Celebrate Earth Day
A group of Global Kids Leaders at William Cullen Bryant H.S. in LIC met with state Senator Michael Gianaris on April 23, for a forum to celebrate Earth Day and explore how young people can improve environmental conditions in Queens. Gianaris imparted strategies to the student leaders on influencing public policy to improve air quality and energy efficiency in Western […]
Lowell School Honor Society Cares
Students from the National Honor Society (NHS) of The Lowell School in Flushing, participated in the annual New York Cares Day on April 21. Students were assigned to Kissena Park and spent the day cleaning up weeds, mulching and clearing an area next to the lake. This is part of the school’s endeavor to provide students with the opportunity to […]
Forest Park Greenhouse To Be Restored
Queens Borough President Helen Marshall joined Queens Parks Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski, state Senator Joseph Addabbo Jr. and Councilmembers Elizabeth Crowley and Eric Ulrich at a ceremony on April 30, to mark the start of the first phase of the restoration of the century-old Forest Park Greenhouse. The Greenhouse near Woodhaven Boulevard, Forest Park Drive and the carousel is where the […]
Con Ed Repair Causes Major Forest Hills Traffic Jam
There was traffic chaos in Forest Hills early last week. Con Ed was in the midst of some routine maintenance construction, which caused a major backup on 108th Street. Con Ed reported that they were repairing a transmission line that went bad under the pavement between 68th Drive and 69th Avenue, on 108th Street. A transmission line circulates electrical currents […]
Supporting Holy Child Jesus School
Manager of Morning Star Auto Service Corporation Netaji Viren, presented a check for $2,000 to Principal Martin Abruzzo, of Holy Child Jesus School, to help support the technology program. Since Graphic Computer Art was recently introduced into the program, there was a need for some updating of the 28 computers in the lab. At the same time, Viren called from […]
Lancman, Nolan Offer Plan To Secure Social Security Program For 75 Years
Two Queens lawmakers, standing in front of a Social Security office in Glendale that had been shut down, proaposed a long-range plan to keep the Social Security system solvent for another 75 years and to reopen the Glendale office. One of the pair, Assemblymember Rory Lancman (D–Fresh Meadows), a congressional candidate, explained that if elected, he would propose the long-range […]
Dutch Kills Developer Reaches New Heights
Development in the Dutch Kills neighborhood in Long Island City is reaching new heights. A vacant, decaying warehouse at 30-30 Northern Blvd. is undergoing partial demolition to make way for the development of a seven-story, 270,000-square-foot commercial complex scheduled for completion by May 2013. Developer Alma Realty is planning to add two stories to the existing building, along with a […]
Newtown Pippen Comes To Queens College
The arbor-minded folk hero Johnny Appleseed would be proud of Queens College—-not only because its one of Princeton Review’s 322 Green Colleges—-but because it is now home to more than 70 newly-planted apple trees. On April 27, Queens College students gathered, shovels in hand, in front of Rathaus Hall to help plant the latest installment of apple trees that will […]