It’s time for two days of pumpkin-chucking! Other non-traditional Halloween celebrations include a haunted hike through a forest, a tour of murder and mayhem, kimchee-eating, and a multi-disciplinary Day of the Dead event. Also on the “To Do” list are a Russian play, an Irish crooner, a Jewish comedian, a French filmmaker, and a Panamanian expo. Here’s the rundown.Oct. 29, […]
Pan Arcadian Federation of America “Geros Tou Morea Holding Unique Dinner Dance”
Only two percent of Americans enjoy soccer. Globally, soccer is the most popular sport. The Pan Arcadian Federation of America “Geros Tou Morea” will have Greece’s soccer legends at their annual dance, Friday evening, November 6th at Terrace on the Park at 52-11 111th St., Flushing, NY. The Asteras Tripolis soccer team will be honored as “Hellenes of the ear”. […]
What Are Some Memorable Eating Places in Athens, Greece?
“ManiMani” is a popular restaurant in Athens, near the Herodion where you are staying,” said our friends Erica and Doris Haralambithou. Acropolis. You will love it.” Pictures of Maniot houses adorned the stairway up to the main floor of the restaurant in a renovated Athenian house. Mani is famous for its tower houses without stairways. They were built because of […]
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October 28th Greece Celebration in WWII: Its Link to Russian Invasion
With the passing of the WWII generation and baby boomers, Greece’s heroism in WWII is not remembered by many, except in our Greek-American schools. Field Marshal Georgy Constantinovich Zhoukov of the Soviet army said “Regardless of what future historians shall say, what we can say now is that Greece gave Mussolini an unforgettable lesson, they were the motive for the revolution in […]
City Council Candidate Joe Concannon: Why Two Opponents are Better Than One
Joe Concannon – this November’s Republican/ Conservative/ Reform Party Candidate for the New York City Council’s Central Eastern Queen’s 23rd CD seat previously held by Democrat Mark Weprin who vacated it last month to take an appointment to a position in the Cuomo Administration – told me in a recent interview that for him the metaphorical glass of water has […]
Joseph Risi Elected CB 1 Chair
Community Board 1 went back to the drawing board and elected Joseph Risi Jr. as Chairperson after a previous vote ended in a deadlock last month. The final tally, 28 for Risi, 14 for George Stamatiades, and one abstention was announced by Second Vice Chairperson Norma Nieves-Blas after a detailed outline of voting procedure and the counting process at the […]
Gazette Endorsements 2015
District Attorney Richard A. Brown The Western Queens Gazette proudly endorses District Attorney Richard A. Brown for another four-year term as the Queens prosecutor. It has become a quadrennial sign of the utmost respect for Mr. Brown that he has not had an opponent for reelection in 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 and now 2015, covering a span of 24 […]
Election Day Next Tuesday
Queens voters will go to the polls next Tuesday to elect a new City Council Member, DA Richard Brown, and former Councilman Peter Vallone Jr., who’s running for a Civil Court judgeship.Rounding out the ballot in these off-year elections are candidates seeking State Supreme Court and county Civil Court judgeships.The battle for the City Council seat involves the vacancy for […]
Constantinides Holds Participatory Budgeting Meetings
Ideas brainstormed at Councilman Costa Constantinides’ Participatory Budgeting assemblies included bicycle parking, increased lighting in parks, ventilation upgrades in schools, and upgrades to playgrounds. Constantinides has set aside $1.5 million of his capital discretionary budget for Participatory Budgeting. Nearly 400 residents attended four neighborhood assemblies and two informal idea collection sessions, held in September and October throughout Astoria and Jackson […]