Out For Himself Only To The Editor: Sacrifice means many things that are dependent upon reflective morals, ethics, religion and personal desires. Most people consider sacrifice to mean a personal cost to aid or benefit others. When asked what sacrifices he has made, Donald Trump responded by claiming to have created thousands of jobs and building skyscrapers. Yet the one […]
Maloney Celebrates World Breastfeeding Week
Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12) joined mothers from across New York City for the New York Breastfeeding Caravan to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week and raise awareness for a mother’s right to breastfeed. “As the first woman to give birth while serving on the New York City Council, I know firsthand the difficulties new mothers face in the workplace,” said Rep. […]
Triborough Playground C Upgraded Design Hailed
Renovations will soon begin at Triborough Bridge Playground C, and they include a new dog run and an upgraded basketball court. The upgrade project was a winning Participatory Budgeting ballot proposal in spring of 2015. Community residents voted in favor of building a new dog run at Triborough Playground C. The proposal garnered the second-most votes out of 20 projects, […]
Flushing House Resident Celebrates 106th Birthday!
Roselyn Siegfried, the longest living resident of Flushing House, will celebrate her 106th birthday in August! The joyous occasion will bring family members together for her birthday bash on Sunday, August 28, up on the spectacular Roof Top Lounge of Flushing House. Roselyn was born in Steubenville, Ohio on August 29, 1910. Her family later moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where […]
Bratton Resigns, O’Neill Tapped To Run NYPD
The city’s soon-to-be new Police Commissioner, NYPD Chief of Department James O’Neill, was one of a group of NYPD cadets that graduated from the Police Academy in 1983 – a class of extraordinary law enforcement officers who changed the way the public viewed police in the 1990s and who helped save New York City in the process. O’Neill was named […]
Queens County Transitions From Countryside To City
The Greater Astoria Historical Society presents pages from the Long Island Star Journal by Dan McDonald Welcome to August 1905! In August 1905, the patchwork of agrarian villages, towns and cities known as Queens County was on the verge of a century of sweeping change and development. Down on the Long Island City waterfront, work was progressing at a rapid […]
Sac’s Place
Celebrating 27 years in Astoria, Sac’s Place is the place for classic, family-recipe, Italian cuisine, a great selection of wines and cocktails, and some of the last remaining coal oven pizza in New York City. Brothers Anthony and Domenico Sacramone have maintained their commitment to quality, offering their family’s time-honored dishes from the Abbruzzo region of southern Italy to the […]