NYC Parks Queens Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski on February 13 joined Historic House Trust Executive Director Franklin Vagnone, Councilmember Mark Weprin, Congressmember Grace Meng’s representative, Donald Capalbi, Councilmember Peter Koo’s representative, Ian Chan, and seniors from the Jamaica Service Program for Older Adults Friendship Center at the Lewis H. Latimer House in Flushing to present a $100,000 grant from the Historic […]
Catherine Georgianis: The Passing Of A Greek American
Catherine Georgianis of Mattituck died January 7 at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead. Born Feb. 12, 1933, in Northern Epirus, Albania to Vasilios and Agatha Conis, she was 81.“Resilient, feisty, nurturing, this is Ekaterini Georgianis,” said her daughter, Maria Litos, an educator with a journalism background. “She grew up in the small farming village of Skorgiathes. Her childhood was […]
Getting Around When You No Longer Drive
Dear Savvy Senior,Where can I find out about alternative transportation options for my elderly mother? She needs to give up driving, but before she does, we need to figure out how she’ll get around. Searching DaughterDear Searching,Alternative transportation services vary widely by community, so what’s available to your mom will depend on where she lives. Here’s what you should know.Transportation […]
Earth’s Next Epoch
I was raised in the Baptist church. As a grade school child, I memorized the books of the Bible. Maybe because of that personal history, when I started to study geology I didn’t resist memorizing the many pieces of the geologic time scale. The next to the last piece of geologic time is the Pleistocene Epoch (known informally by many […]
Jackson Heights Petco Opening & Adoption Event
The grand opening of the Jackson Heights Petco will take place on February 28 at 8:55 a.m. at the Jackson Heights Shopping Center on 31st Ave and 75th St. Assemblymember Michael DenDekker will attend the ribbon cutting, which will kick off a two-day pet adoption event. If you have any questions, please contact DenDekker’s office at (718) 457-0384.
Bryant Parents, Teachers Demand Answers On Missing Funds
Teachers and parents of students at William Cullen Bryant High School are demanding answers from officials and Department of Education (DOE) officials – an accounting of almost $200,000 collected from students to support phys ed and student activities at the Astoria school.Local leader and former Bryant Parents Association president Gus Prentzas said he and physical education teacher Peter Maliarakis last […]
Cops Hunt DMV Sticker Thief
Police are seeking help from the public to identify and locate a man who swiped 48 New York State Vehicle Inspection stickers from a Woodside car dealership.Cops last week released a surveillance photo (see photo) of the suspect, who walked into the Koeppel Volkswagen repair shop on Northern Boulevard near 57th Street at about 6:30 p.m. on January 15, where […]
Cops Hunt Over The Counter Drug Thief
Police last week released a surveillance photo of a man who twice swiped a quantity of over-the-counter medications from a Duane Reade Pharmacy in Glendale.Cops said the suspect first struck the store on Myrtle & Wyckoff Avenues at about 4:40 p.m. on November 8, 2014, where he grabbed a large quantity of over-the-counter medications off shelves and walked out of […]
FBI, Cops Hunt Armed Stickup Trio
Federal agents and Queens detectives last week nabbed two brothers who they said actd as stickup men in two brazen ambush robberies of armored car guards.The FBI released chilling surveillance photos in February 2014, of the two men and an accomplice, dubbed “violent gunmen” that showed an armored car guard leaving a branch of the HSBC Bank at 82-57 Broadway […]
No Kidding – Apply Now For City Lifeguard Jobs
Mother Nature’s wrath of frigid, snowy weather this winter has filled the heads of beach lovers with images of miles of sandy beaches and city pools and tepid temperatures as they sit idly by in anticipation of summer..City officials anticipating the eventual onset of summer, are currently accepting applications from qualified candidates for the National Lifeguard Training Program.Acceptance to the […]