On September 23, Assemblymember Nily Rozic (D,WF-Fresh Meadows) celebrated National Voter Registration Day at Queens College. The registration drive is the first in a series of voter registration drives that Rozic will host throughout her district. Rozic added, “I am hosting today’s voter registration drive because voting is a right that New Yorkers need to exercise. It is important to […]
Simotas To Hold Free Estate Planning Event
his job, actually anyone doing their job, should not be the victims of meaningless violence. I cross 69th Avenue and Fresh Pond Road quite often, and to think such a gruesome act went on right in our neighborhood is upsetting. I know the police of the 104th Precinct will do all they can to apprehend this suspect and serve justice […]
Council To Hear, Pass Constantinides’ Bill To Reduce Carbon Emissions
Responding to Mayor de Blasio’s pledge to make our city greener and the City Council’s announced policy to strengthen the city’s commitment to a more sustainable and environmentally friendly future, Councilmember Costa Constantinides has introduced legislation to reduce emissions 80 percent by 2050 from a 2005 baseline through its long-term sustainability plan. Council officials have announced that: “To meet this […]
Peralta To City: Deal With Street Vendor Issues
In an effort to ensure that street vendors and brick-and-mortar retailers “peacefully and profitably coexist” on Roosevelt Avenue, state Senator Jose Peralta is urging Mayor Bill de Blasio to reconvene the defunct Street Vendor Review Panel and charge it with making sense of the myriad, often overlapping and confusing city regulations governing the rights and obligations of street vendors. “Street […]
National Manufacturing Day
A few years ago, the first Friday of October was designated as National Manufacturing Day, a day of recognition, awareness and appreciation for the invaluable contributions America’s manufacturing firms and their employees make to the nation’s economy and inventive spirit. This year National Manufacturing Day is on Friday, October 3, and I hope you will join me in the celebration. […]
Parks’ Silver Coming To Astoria Civic Association Meeting
The next regular meeting of the Astoria Civic Association will be held on Tuesday, October 7, promptly at 7:00 p.m. at Riccardo’s, located at 21- 01 24th Ave., Astoria with coffee and cake served no later than 8:00 p.m. The newly appointed Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver has graciously accepted their invitation to address the association. He will discuss the status […]
A Rising Star
Nine-year-old Hazel Ron from Jackson Heights, is the Top Model winner and Third Runner-Up in August’s National American Miss Pageant, qualifying her to represent New York in the All-American Miss National in Anaheim, California. Ron is a fifth grade honor student at Our World Neighborhood Charter School, where she has become a valuable part of her educational community. Her bubbly, […]
St. Francis Prep To Hold Open House
On Saturday, October 18, St. Francis Preparatory School will host its annual Open House from noon to 4:30 p.m. The day will feature presentations by the school’s administration and admissions office, as well as give Prep the opportunity to unveil its brand new, state-of-the-art science labs. These labs represent the next step in Prep’s ongoing improvements that started with a […]
Manor Celebrates Octoberfest At Atlas Park
It’s Oktoberfest year-round at Manor Oktoberfest, both the Glendale and Forest Hills locations, but the weekend of September 27 and 28 brought a special Oktoberfest celebration just downstairs from the Bavarian restaurant in Glendale, at the grassy center of The Shops at Atlas Park. Bratwursts sizzled and cold beer flowed while people celebrating their German heritage – and anyone else […]
The Astor Room
Embark on a culinary and historic journey through the Golden Age of movies while you dine like a star at the famous Astor Room at Kaufman Astoria Studios. The fabled Astor Room originally opened in 1920 as the “commissary” for stars such as W.C. Fields, Gloria Swanson, and the Marx Brothers in between takes in the movie studio. This is […]