Christmas At Ave Maria Catholic Academy and Our Lady of Grace
It was a festive weekend at Our Lady of Grace/Ave Maria Catholic Academy (AMCA), where Sunday morning presented shoppers with an opportunity to shop close…
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After Sandy’s Chaos, Some Welcome Relief at PS 207 – $1.8M federal grant will pay for most repairs at Howard Beach school
When students at PS 207 in Howard Beach left their school on Oct. 26, 2012, they, and their teachers, assumed they would be back soon,…
Up In Smoke – A simple guide to gifting the perfect cigar
If your Christmas quest includes one of the most trendy gifts around—you know those outings to find that special something for that special someone—it might…
Calling for Baseball Players
The MidVille Dodgers, a Queens-based travel baseball organization, is looking for two or three highly skilled players to round out its roster for a team…
From Unisphere to Historical Homes, A Guide to Exploring Queens
Queens may still be Manhattan’s scrappy younger sibling when it comes to tourism, but that doesn’t mean the borough can’t hold its own when it…
Police Cameras Coming to Forest Park
Following a string of sex attacks at Forest Park, residents are heaving sighs of relief after this week’s announcement that police cameras will soon be…
Jamaica Bay Revitalization Boosted by $400K in State Funds
The Regional Economic Development Council has awarded $400,000 in funding for the Jamaica Bay Habitat Restoration and Waterfront Revitalization, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway) announced this…
Weprin: It’s Time to Finally Cut Out of Control Water Bills
Queens residents, as well as those living throughout New York City, have had to shell out too much money for their water bills for far…
Glendale Shopping Center Coming in 2015?
The company that developed the Shops at Atlas Mall is now looking to build a shopping center on Cooper Avenue in Glendale that would include…
Homeless Shelter, Air Traffic Noise Top Talk at JPCA Meeting
Discussion of the homeless shelter proposal led the talks at this month’s Juniper Park Civic Association meeting last Thursday, with the Port Authority updates on…
Feds Want to Name ‘Radioactive’ Ridgewood Site to Superfund List
When Victor Gonzalez discovered that the federal government would likely add a Ridgewood site – once home to a now-defunct company that developed materials for…
At CB 6, Simplifying the New York Health Exchange
The New York online Health Benefit Exchange has been a point of confusion for many. Renee Reopell, a healthcare navigator, presented information about the Affordable…
As Ozone Park School Focuses on Creativity, Major Music Grant Cements Dreams of Renowned Arts Program
For the students at JHS 202 in Ozone Park, a $30,000 music grant that the school just landed was about more than receiving a sea…
A Hero Comes Home
A grand welcome home was staged for United States Army Sgt. KristianPeter DiStefano last Friday, when a host of family and friends, a color guard…
After Sandy Destroyed Their Home, A Broad Channel Family Faces New Battle – Hurricane victims, pols say fraudulent contractors are major blight on recovery efforts
Sophia Vailakis-DeVirgilio just wants the nightmare to end. After Hurricane Sandy hit New York City, leaving the Broad Channel resident, her husband and their then…