The Clinton Democratic Club (CDC) honored Queens Borough President Helen Marshall this month at their monthly meeting. The borough president also presided over the installation of the Clinton Democratic Club’s Executive Board, Board of Trustees, Young Dems and Club President Paul Vallone. She was once again treated to a performance by the Clinton Club Kids, and CDC President Paul Vallone […]

As the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives debate the federal budget and deficit reduction, a team from Parker Jewish Institute, led by President and CEO Michael N. Rosenblut, visited New York’s U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, as well as Congessmembers Grace Meng, Steve Israel, Joseph Crowley, Carolyn Maloney, Gregory Meeks and Hakeem Jeffries. Parker’s message was clear: […]

Eight elected officials from Eastern Queens have called upon the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to prioritize the Q 46 bus line as part of its new Bus Time program to improve transit use by its riders and many others in that area of the borough. According to Assemblymember Nily Rozic, (D/WF-Fresh Meadows), she and the other lawmakers asked the MTA to […]

Congressmember Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn) hosted a forum and career fair that promoted women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers. The two-part event was held at the CUNY Graduate Center on March 22 and was attended by approximately 400 high school and college-aged students. Maloney’s forum featured six prominent female leaders from different STEM fields, who talked […]

Thousands of Armenians, Jews and other supporters will gather in Times Square on April 21, to commemorate the first genocide of the 20th century, the Armenian Genocide. The event, held on what is also Holocaust Remembrance Day, will pay tribute to the almost two million Armenians who were massacred by the Young Turk Government of the Ottoman Empire and to […]

When Darya Rubenstein, 22, a senior majoring in psychology at Queens College (QC), volunteered to be part of the QC “Global Brigade” to Nicaragua during this year’s winter break, she had no idea what a life-changing trip it would be. “The experience opened my eyes to how people in poor parts of the world live,” said Rubenstein, an Orthodox Jew […]

Lumineers have been enhancing smiles of NYC residents for over two decades. These cosmetic dental enhancements are modern, aesthetically pleasing, ceramic veneers. They are contact lens-thin (approximately 0.2 millimeters), are super translucent in appearance, and resist micro-leakage and micro-cracking. When choosing between Lumineers vs. veneers, there are a few things to consider. Traditional veneers require fusing or bonding to the […]

The William Spyropoulos Greek American Day School at St. Nicholas in Flushing celebrates a very important day for math history—Pi day, every March 14. Many activities were planned for the day. For example, the junior high school students created their own, one-of-a-kind Pi Day T-shirts. Students also created original, colorful Pi Day posters. During lunch, students competed to see who […]

There’s a new debate in paleontology, one that took me by surprise but that shows nicely how some science works. There’s a particular type of ancient fossil called the “Ediacara fauna” found in rocks about 550 million years old. The term Ediacara refers to a place in Australia where the fossils were located and well-described. In a complex tale that […]