St. Luke’s Church of Forest Hills presents the New York Opera Forum as they perform George Frideric Handel’s Ariodante. The concert performance, featuring conductor/pianist Richard Nechamkin, will be held on April 12 at 3 p.m. Suggested donation is $12, seniors and students $10. A complimentary wine and cheese reception follows the concert. For more information, visit www.stlukesforesthills.org. St. Luke’s Church […]
Goldfeder Urges Cleanup Of Cross Bay Bridge Parking Lot
With millions of tourists from all over the city and beyond set to visit Rockaway this coming beach season, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Beach) wrote a letter to the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (TBTA) calling on the agency to clean up a blighted parking lot located on the Rockaway side of the Cross Bay Bridge linking Broad Channel with […]
Katz, TSQ Distribute Passover Meals
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz joined volunteers from Tomchei Shabbos of Queens (TSQ) on March 29, as the organization conducted its annual delivery of Passover food items to people in need of extra help this holiday season. The Borough President helped load the vehicles that transported the donated items to local residents.
Goldfeder Leads JASA Passover Celebration
Assemblymember Phil Goldfeder joined the seniors at JASA Rockaway Park Senior Center for their annual Passover celebration. Goldfeder raised a glass of grape juice with seniors to toast the holiday and also took the time to speak on his recent work on behalf of the community.
Savvy Senior:
How To Protect Yourself From Osteoporosis Bone FracturesDear Savvy Senior,Can a person in their early 50’s have osteoporosis? When I fell and broke my wrist last winter the doctor that treated me told me I might have osteoporosis. What can you tell me? Worried RondaDear Ronda,While osteoporosis is much more common in older seniors, it can strike at any age. In fact, the National Osteoporosis Foundation estimates […]
Ridgewood Dad Shoots Family, Hangs Self
A 65-year-old Ridgewood man shot his wife and her daughter on Marc 31 and hanged himself as police were breaking into the family’s apartment.Cops said the man shot his 54-year-old wife twice in the shoulder inside their Gates Avenue apartment at about 6 p.m. on March 31, then turned the weapon on the woman’s 34-year-old daughter, striking her once in […]
Shades Of Development…Identifying Street Colors
Have you been wondering the meaning of different colors spray -painted on local streets and sidewalks in western Queens?The colors are signs that indicate a location is about to be torn up by a municipal agency, cable or construction company to provide access for planned improvements and installation projects. The question is, when and why will the work begin?Before the […]
Improved Safety, New Look For 21st Street
A1.9-mile stretch of the 21st Street corridor is undergoing a transformation as part of the city’s “Vision Zero” Traffic Safety initiative.The improvements on a “high crash corridor” between Queens Plaza North in Long Island City and Hoyt Avenue South in Astoria are being made as part of the city Department of Transportation’s (DOT) 21 Street Corridor Safety improvement project, DOT […]
Hunt Fake Cop ‘Stop And Frisk’ Thief
Queens detectives are asking for help from the public to find a con artist who, while posing as a cop stopped, frisked and robbed at least six men in the last four months on the streets of Corona, Elmhurst and Woodside.Cops said the suspect first struck on October 29, when he stole $80 from a 21-year0old man who was walking […]
EMT Gets Jail In $300G Theft
An Emergency Medical Technician (RMT) who stole more than $300,000 from the nonprofit Corona Volunteer Ambulance Corps (CVAC) is headed to jail – and was ordered at his sentencing on April 3 to pay back “every cent” of the stolen money.Prosecutors said Daniel Dominguez, 39, a former board member and treasurer of CVAC, stole the money from the group’s bank […]