Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced last week that 68 law school and college students are participating in the Queens District Attorney’s Office’s annual 10-week Volunteer Summer Internship Program. DA Brown said, “This is a hands-on internship program that my staff and I conduct each summer. It exposes students from law schools and universities who are interested in a […]
Easier Screening Tests for Colon Cancer
Dear Savvy Senior,Are there any easier alternatives to a colonoscopy to check for colon cancer? I’m in my sixties and would like to be tested, but hate the idea of drinking all that laxative solution, and being sedated for the procedure. Squeamish JimDear Jim,It’s a great question. While a colonoscopy is considered the gold standard screening test for detecting colon […]
Katz Grand Marshal Of Celebrate Israel Parade
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz was an Honorary Grand Marshal of the Celebrate Israel Parade held on May 31. The 51st annual edition of the parade featured numerous floats along with about 30,000 marchers. Participants included community leaders, dignitaries, entertainers, artists, musicians, dancers, celebrities and marching bands.
Woodhaven Blvd. Bus
To The Editor:Past announcements regarding going forward with construction of the Woodhaven Boulevard Select Bus Service (SBS) Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project was like the first step of the NYC Marathon.This probably means that neither the MTA nor NYC support the proposed restoration of LIRR service along the LIRR Rockaway Beach branch, also known as the White Pot Junction Line […]
Braunstein Announces Mother’s Day Essay Winners
Assemblyman Edward C. Braunstein (D-Bayside) announced the winners of his Mother’s Day Essay & Poetry Contest for students in grades two through five:• Second Grade Grand Prize: Francesca Argenzio, who attends St. Mel’s School in Flushing.• Third Grade Grand Prize: Anthony Ng, who attends PS 94: David D. Porter School in Little Neck.• Fourth Grade Grand Prize: Ethan Wu, who […]
Musical Saw Festival At Trinity Lutheran Church
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz opened the 11th NYC Musical Saw Festival at Trinity Lutheran Church in Long Island City, remarking how great it was, that despite repeated invitations for the festival to move to Manhattan or Brooklyn, the festival calls Queens its home, bringing visitors from all over the world, the USA and the city to Astoria.An innovative musical […]
$2.5G For Sunnyside, Woodside Burglars
Police are searching for suspects who burglarized residences in Woodside and Sunnyside last week.Cops said the first break-in occurred on May 29, when a suspect described as an Hispanic male, 5-fe33et, 8-inches tall and 190 pounds, entered a second-floor apartment on 48th Street in Sunnyside, by climbing a fire escape and opening an unlocked window.The suspect, who was wearing a […]
Offer $2.5G Reward For Elmhurst Gunman
Police are seeking help from the public to identify and locate a gunman who opened fire on an Elmhurst street on May 24, striking two people.Cops said the suspect, described as a black male, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with white lettering on the front, white jeans and white sneakers, fired one round outside a location on 43rd Avenue near […]
Halloran Surrenders To Kentucky Jail Officials
Disgraced former City Councilmember Dan Halloran surrendered to federal prison officials on June 1, approximately one week after a Federal Appeals Court nixed his bid to remain free on bail while he appeals his bribery conviction.Halloran, who was supposed to surrender to authorities on June 1,was granted an extra week of freedom before starting his 10-year prison sentence for masterminding […]
Schools Installing 21,000 Door Alarms Under ‘Avonte’s Law’
City school officials are installing 21,000 audible door alarms at public schools to prevent another tragedy like the 2013 disappearance and death of Avonte Oquendo, 14, who bolted out a side door at the Riverview School in Long Island City – and was never seen alive again.The teen’s remains were found in January 2014, along a rocky shoreline at Powell’s […]