DOE To Hold Hearings On Struggling Schools
Public hearings for nine schools in Queens identified as “Struggling and Persistently Struggling Schools” by the state, including PS 111 in Long Island City, will be held by the city’s Department of Education next week. The nine schools, six high schools, two junior high and middle schools, and one elementary school, are on the list of 62 city schools the […]
DOT To Start Long-Awaited Main Street Improvements
Business leaders commended the city Department of Transportation (DOT) for its commitment to improve and upgrade the transportation infrastructure in downtown Flushing. The Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce made the following statement in response to this week’s DOT announcement it is starting the long-awaited Main Street improvements. “On behalf of the Flushing business community, the Chamber of Commerce would like […]
DenDekker Thanks Cuomo For Officiating At Son’s Wedding
Assemblyman Michael DenDekker gave great thanks to Governor Andrew Cuomo for officiating at the wedding of his son, Michael Richard DenDekker, to Jennifer Ward. “I would like to extend my sincerest gratitude to Governor Cuomo on behalf of my son, my daughter-in-law, and of course myself, for performing this marriage,” said Assemblyman DenDekker. “We are proud New Yorkers, and for […]
Van Bramer Allocates $24K For Cultural Programs
On Friday, September 18, at the Hunters Point Parks Conservancy Live Music Fridays in Hunters Point South Park in Long Island City at 6:30 pm, City Council Majority Leader and Chair of the Cultural Affairs Committee Jimmy Van Bramer will announce the allocation of $24,000 in local community grants for arts education workshops and cultural programming at local parks in […]
Bryant HS Alumni To Host Class Of 1965’s 50th Reunion
Bryant HS Class of 1965’s 50th Reunion will be held on Saturday, October 24, 2015. The Alumni Association is hosting a Welcome Back tour, and a Banquet Dinner will be held at Riccardo’s that night. For information, contact Mary Duffy Hearon at 210-680-4816 or Mary Hearon@yahoo.com.
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Queens Gator Hunt Ends In ‘Jaws’ Capture
A Flushing fisherman last week captured “Jaws,” the young alligator that was on the lam at Flushing Meadows Corona Park for more than a month. Joe Genovese, a lifetime fisherman who works near the gator’s hideout in the Flushing River near Meadow Lake, snared the young critter with his fishing rod on September 15, police said. Jaws, who is believed […]