SHAREing & CAREing’s Third Annual Queens Cancer Walk SHAREing & CAREing sent out thanks to everyone who came out to join them at the Third Annual Queens Cancer Walk on September 17! They said,“We had a fantastic day at Phil “Scooter” Rizzuto Park (Smokey Park). All proceeds from the event will benefit SHAREing & CAREing and our cancer support services, […]
UCCA Free Community Shred
United Community Civic Association (UCCA) is holding a FREE Community Shredding Event. Don’t be a victim of identity theft! Protect your important personal and important legal papers by safely destroying everything free of charge (limit: two boxes per person). The event is being held on Saturday, October 15th, 10 am-1 pm at St. Francis of Assisi, 21-17 45th Street, Astoria. […]
Sac’s Pizza Opens In Jackson Heights!
Sac’s Place, an Astoria landmark on Broadway, has now opened a second location in Jackson Heights – to the delight of the neighborhood! Sac’s Place in Jackson Heights is offering pizza, calzones, heroes, and hot rolls filled with chicken, sausage, broccoli, or spinach. Sac’s is family-owned by brothers Anthony and Domenico Sacramone, who have imported the flavors of the Abbruzzo […]
W Train Returns In November
State Senator Michael Gianaris commented on the return of the W train in November, running from Astoria to Whitehall in Manhattan: “The growing population of Western Queens is in desperate need of improved mass transit service, and the return of the W train will help deal with this growing demand. I will continue fighting to increase our transportation options to […]
History of Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew for “beginning of the year”) is the Jewish spiritual New Year. The Mishnah, the core work of the Jewish oral law, sets this day aside as the new year for calculating calendar years and sabbatical and jubilee years. Rabbinic literature describes this day as a day of judgement. God is sometimes referred to as the “Ancient of […]
NYC Parks Project Stalls In Astoria
September 11 will bring another New York City Parks pool season to a close, and another summer the Astoria Park Diving Pool is left in disrepair. A plan to convert this space to an outdoor theater was approved in 2011 by former New York City Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe. Capital funding of $5.0 million was allocated for the reconstruction. Today, […]
Mexi BBQ
Kitchen & DraughtCelebrating 6 years in Astoria, on 30th Avenue, Mexi BBQ Kitchen and Draught offers the perfect combination of great food, beers, cocktails, and ambience that puts it on my short list of favorite spots since it opened. I was there from day one and am happy to report that six years later, the quality of the food and drinks remains […]
Yesterday’s Toys
“Lovely Toys of Long Ago, An ABC Book,” written and illustrated by Elizabeth Uhlig is a nostalgic and charmingly illustrated children’s book accompanied by simple, yet insightful poems, descriptive comments on the toys with rhymes sure to please young ears and amusing to the adult reading aloud. The jacket says for ages 5-10, but it is interesting for all ages […]