Willets Point Mall Approved
The Willets Point Mall, which is planned to be built alongside Citi Field in Flushing was approved by Community Board 7 (CB 7) during a meeting on May 13. After hours of debating and opinions from the public, the board approved the $3 billion shopping mall, voting 22 to 18. The vote overturned the board’s Land Use Committee’s vote last […]
VESLO
Take a culinary journey to the northern part of Croatia in Dalmatia, from where the Rosini family hails. Husband and wife David and Mirela, and their lovely daughter Nicole, run Veslo with a great sense of pride that reflects their rich heritage. Veslo opened in December of 2011 and is already a favorite on many foodie Web sites. The impressive […]
Gazette Calendar Of Events
•Send info to qgazette@aol.com, or 42-16 34th Ave, Astoria, 11101, TWO FULL WEEKS prior to the event • Dates & times are subject to change • Recurring events are online only. HOLIDAY / COMMEMORATION MEMORIAL DAY:-Memorial Day Fair Sunnyside GardensPark, 48-21 39 Ave. Games, climbingwall, kite making, food, Dixieland Band,Silly Billy the Clown, Uncle Sam, raffles& more.May 25, noon-5 pm […]
QBG Hosts Lecture Series On Future Of Sustainable Roses
On Saturday, June 1, the Queens Botanical Garden will host the 13th annual Great Rosarians of the World (GROW) East Coast Lecture Series, a full-day event which will include panel discussions on sustainable rose gardening, as well as a presentation honoring Dr. Walter Lewis and Dr. Malcolm Manners. This event is co-sponsored by the Manhattan Rose Society and The New […]
Team Kermit Needs Your Help To Wipe Out Cancer
“It’s that time of year again when something magical happens. If I were not part of the PMC (Pan-Mass Challenge), I would find it hard to believe how so many people from so many places with such incredibly diverse backgrounds get together to accomplish an amazing common goal. They ride their bikes in honor of friends and family who have […]
Memorial To The Many Fallen
The final resting place for 1,102 (75 were recovered) crewmen of the U.S.S. Arizona who lost their lives on December 7, 1941. They are still entombed within the Arizona herself. The sunken battleship is commemorated by a 184 footlong memorial structure that spans its mid-portion. No part of the edifice touches the ship. There are three sections in the memorial: […]
The Origins of Memorial Day
Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, the head of an organization of former Union soldiers and sailors – the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) – established Decoration Day as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers. Maj. Gen. John A. Logan declared it should be May […]
FAA Agrees To Re-Evaluate Flight Paths Over NE Queens
Under pressure from four Queens lawmakers, who cited a “substantial rise in airplane noise… impacting the quality of life in Northeast Queens”, the FAA has agreed “to do a good-faith, step-by-step review of the decision-making process used in approving the new flight patterns over Queens” in February 2012. Those flight patterns from LaGuardia Airport were initially approved on a sixmonth […]