Independence Day Jun. 29, CALDC, 25th Anniversary Waterfront Independence Day Celebration with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and Grucci fireworks; 718.728.7820. Jul. More...

FOR 16 YEARS, I HAVE HAD THE SINGULAR PLEASURE OF REVIEWING RESTAURANTS FOR THE WESTERN QUEENS GAZETTE. More...

It used to be you would go to visit your dentist with some trepidation about the pain you would have to endure. You would sit in the waiting room bored, staring into space, dozing, or reading last year's magazines. More...

Recently the City Council approved the former site of a morgue at Queens Hospital Center for development of the Gateway to Health Sciences School. More...

"No government has the right to use a church that is a holy site as a tourist attraction," said Chris Spirou. "It is free for all Jewish worshippers to pray at the Wailing Wall. Moslem faithful pray in Mecca freely. We must be free. More...

Although the 2007 legislative session ended last week with bitter feelings between Governor Eliot Spitzer and Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, several Queens lawmakers' bills were passed before the closing bell rang. More...

32 Attorneys General Push For Student Loan Bill Declaring that the shortcomings of the student loan industry "[cry] out for a federal solution," 32 state attorneys general have appealed to the United States Senate to follow the House's approval of More...

This past Monday, June 25, the 57th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, was celebrated in Queens as "Korean War Veterans' Day" under a resolution introduced by Assemblymember Ellen Young (D- Flushing). More...