A 25-year-old Queens man remains behind bars this week, charged with driving drunk and striking and killing a 50-year-old grandmother with a borrowed, 2013 Toyota Camry on September 13 – heartlessly leaving the scene as the victim lay dieing.Cops said Raj Choban was leaving her parked car at about 8 p.m. on Saturday, walking along other parked vehicles to a […]
Dial ‘511’ For MTA Information
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the New York Sate Department of Transportation are reminding city straphangers and all New Yorkers that they can dial 511 for assistance with any MTA-related question.MTA officials said the agency compiled a total of 117 separate public phone numbers into the single, easy-to-remember, three-digit number in order to deliver on its commitment to streamline […]
FDNY Offers Winter Weather Fire Prevention Tips
Queens fire officials this week said electric space heaters are the “Number One Cold Weather Killer,” saying they are the leading cause of fires during cold weather months.Sparks from electric heaters set off the majority of fires each year during cold weather months, an FDNY spokesperson said.“They are, without a doubt, the main cause of house fires during the winter […]
Time To Power Up Carbon Monoxide Detectors
Thousands of carbon monoxide detectors installed in New York City residences under a 2004 law will soon stop working.The devices have a life expectancy of five-to-seven years, which puts most of those installed in 2006 on the brink of breakdown, city officials said. Carbon monoxide detectors installed in 2006 are likely to stop working by 2013, setting off an alarm […]
Transit Cops Hunt Subway Perv
City Transit cops are continu9ng their search for a pervert who has groped at least five women since February 5, while the suspects were standing on the platform to the M train at subway stations in the Grand Avenue/Elmhurst and Broadway/Queens Boulevard stations.Cops said the man grabbed the buttocks of a 19-year-old straphanger at 1:45 p.m. on February 5, and […]
Assemblymember Miller Presents Anne Marie Chirichigno With The Everyday Hero Award
If you know Anne Marie Chirichigno you know she has a heart of gold and you would also know she never boasts about it either. But sometimes, just sometimes people need to know and they should know. We hear about all the horrible and sad things that go on in this world – which more often than not, we need […]
QEDC Launches Contest For $10,000 Business Grants
The Queens Economic Development Corporation (QEDC), the Citi Foundation and Queens Library officially kicked off the Eighth Annual Queens StartUP! Business Plan Competition at a networking party at the Z Hotel in Long Island City on August 29.The competition will award three businesses $10,000 each, while providing technical assistance and training on how to start a small business and entrepreneurial […]
North Shore Physician Honored for Compassionate Care
The North Shore-LIJ Health System announced that Vincent Vinciguerra, MD, North Shore-LIJ Cancer Institute oncologist, has been recognized for his compassionate patient care with a Gold DOC award from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation.Vinciguerra said he always keeps in mind that he should treat his patients the way he and his family would want to be cared for. As healthcare […]
St. Anastasia Knights Hold Annual Charity Drive
The St. Anastasia Knights of Columbus, council 5911 held their annual charity drive in front of St. Anastasia Parish in Douglaston. They collected at all the masses on the weekend of September 15 and thanked all who gave generously. They also thanked Rev. Anthony Sherman who made the event possible. The recipients are St. Mary’s Hospital, the Special Olympics and the disabled. […]
Musicians Wanted For Queens Symphonic Band
The Queens Symphonic Band under the direction of Dr. Bernard Rose has openings for woodwind, brass, bass and percussion instrumentalists. Rehearsals have just begun at Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56th Ave., in Bayside, every Wednesday evening from 7:15 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. No audition required, just bring your instrument and sit in for a couple of sessions to see if […]