The 82nd Street Partnership celebrated the restoration of 82-01 Roosevelt Avenue on December 17. The Jackson Heights-based Business Improvement District helped rehabilitate the historic building with a $50,000 Neighborhood Challenge award from the city Department of Small Business Services (SBS). The partnership used the grant to offer property owners and merchants free design assistance and a matching construction grant as […]
Tree Rings Speak to Ancient Climate Change
On a lark, when I was a college student, I took a class in field biology. It sounded romantic and I was young, so even though it didn’t really make any sense for a geology student to take the senior level class in another discipline, I was there bright and early on the first day of the semester. One week […]
30 Year Sentence For Shooting Death Of Stepdaughter
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced on December 21 that a 54-year-old Queens man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for fatally shooting his stepdaughter and critically wounding his estranged wife during a 2011 incident. The defendant opened fire on his victims in their Astoria home on the day the estranged couple’s divorce trial was set to […]
JetBlue Launches Aviation, STEM Education Foundation
JetBlue Airways announced the launch of the JetBlue Foundation. The JetBlue Foundation, a company-sponsored initiative to encourage and advance aviation-related education, will continue the airline’s efforts to place aviation top-of-mind as a career choice for students by igniting interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs. JetBlue’s stated mission is to inspire humanity beyond air travel. The airline released […]
Our Lady Of Mount Carmel-Astoria Has Easier Access
At Our Lady of Mount Carmel-Astoria, Pastor Msgr. Sean G. Ogle, V.F. with catechists after family mass in the newly expanded vestibule with the new elevator to the Lower Church which makes it easier to congregate and go to worship. See the mass schedule in the Gazette weekly column, “The Pulpit”.
Sentenced 95 Years To Life For Double Murder
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced on December 19 that a Queens man has been sentenced to 95 years to life in prison for a December, 2011 shooting rampage in which he fatally shot an 18-year-old teenager in the victim’s Jamaica home, then shot and killed one man and injured another on a city bus while fleeing the first […]
GWDC Woodhaven Flag And Painting Still Available
The Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation still has their “Forest Park Beauty” painting and the small Woodhaven original flag available for $5 and $12 donations (respectively). Get One Today!
Whitestone Student In Miss New York Teen USA Pageant
Katherine McQuade will represent Whitestone in the Miss New York Teen USA Pageant to be held in January, 2014 in Westchester.McQuade is an Honor student at the Professional Performing Arts H.S. in Manhattan, a member of the Landrum School of Dance All Star Competitive Dance Team in Whitestone, creator/founder of Potholders for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness, teen ambassador to the Lustgarten […]
Sandy-Affected Queens Libraries Receive Gifts
Thanks to the kindness and generosity of customers at Barnes & Noble in Fresh Meadows, Queens Library locations that were affected by Superstorm Sandy have received more than 600 donated books and games for children. The store made the libraries the benefactor of its holiday book drive. The nomination came from Katrina Barnes of FEMA, who had been working to […]
5 Napkin Burger Pulls Up Stakes In Long Island City
People who dine out in Queens will have to make do with just one napkin now that the upscale Five Napkin Burger restaurant in Long Island City has closed its doors.The restaurant that opened three years ago at 35-01 36th Street closed without fanfare – or prior notice on December 9. “We thought it was closed because it was a Monday […]