Sussex Bank Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary
Sussex Bank celebrated its 40th Anniversary on February 9, with employees and customers sharing cake, coffee and friendship! They invited the public to help them celebrate at any of their local branches and share this important milestone with them. Sussex Bank opened its first branch in Franklin Borough, Sussex County, New Jersey, on February 9, 1976 and for 40 years […]
Carolyn O’Connell, Youth ‘Hoopster’ Coach
Community and youth activists are mourning the passing of well-liked Astoria youth basketball coach, Carol O’Connell, who turned dozens of local amateur hoopsters into Queens and citywide champions. O’Connell, 71, coached youth basketball at the Variety Boys & Girls Club in Astoria from 2006 to 2013, where she managed “countless boys’ traveling teams” in championship games sponsored by the Catholic […]
The Brewery
The Brewery Bar & Kitchen is a New York style Irish pub that you will want to return to again and again. It has a friendly, welcoming atmosphere, amazing acoustics that filter out noise, and best of all, food and drink of the highest caliber. In addition to its long, ever-evolving list of quality beer, wine, and mixed “combos” such […]
Mike Giordano
Michael Giordano has been co-owner of Royal Collectibles for almost 15 years, joining business partner, Chuck Marrone, shortly after college. He went to St. Francis Prep and St. John’s University in Fresh Meadows, earning a degree in marketing. He started working at Royal Collectibles as a teenager (his first gig – dressing up as Barney the dinosaur and waving to […]
SFP’S Music Dept Concert Highlights Elite Groups
On Friday, March 18, St. Francis Prep’s Music Department will present its annual Jazz/Pop concert. Originally a vehicle to highlight the school’s powerhouse Jazz Band, the concert has grown to also include Prep’s top tier groups: their Honors Percussion Ensemble, Chamber Choir, and Chamber Orchestra. Prep’s Music Department is a benchmark for arts education, as they were the first department […]
Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court Justice, Dead At 79
Antonin Scalia, who grew up in Elmhurst and eventually became the first Italian- American person appointed to the US Supreme Court, died in his sleep last Friday while on a hunting trip in Texas. At his death at 79; Scalia was the longest serving Justice on the court – 30 years, from 1986 when he was appointed by then- President […]