A 30-yer-old Astoria man was charged last week in a 38-ount indictment for scrawling his graffiti tag on walls, trees and multiple surfaces throughout Queens, authorities said.Queens prosecutors said Michael Mestric scrawled his tag, “AOE” on highway More...
On November 11, The Trust for Public Land and Friends of the QueensWay praised the newly released Queens College survey on the use of the former Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) Rockaway Beach Branch (RBB) line, saying the survey shows local support for More...
The wake for Luke Adams will be held on Thursday, November 13 at Lynch Funeral Home, 43-07 Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside from 2 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Funeral Mass from Friday November 14 at 11 a.m. St. More...
After over a year of waiting, Brousko has finally opened on the site of the former Punta Dura on 34th Avenue in Astoria, where many episodes of The Sopranos were filmed at their favorite fictitious restaurant called “Vesuvio”. More...
On November 23, Assemblymember Ron Kim will partner with Jin-Cheul Kim, the executive director of the Queens Sharing Hope Foundation and Reverend Byung-Man Woo from the Korean Church Daily to give away 1,000 turkeys to nonprofit groups and families i More...
Queens police officials this week are continuing their search for two heartless thugs who bashed a blind, 81-year-old Sunnyside man outside a bank ATM machine on October 26 and made off with his cash and debit card.Cart. More...
Queens police officials this week are continuing their search for two heartless thugs who bashed a blind, 81-year-old Sunnyside man outside a bank ATM machine on October 26 and made off with his cash and debit card.Cart. More...
The Horizon Interactive Awards, a leading international interactive media awards competition, announced the 2013 award winners to highlight this year’s “best of the best” in interactive media production. More...
Borough President Melinda Katz, former Chair of the City Council Land Use Committee, stated the following in response the committee's approval of the Astoria Cove project’s rezoning application. More...
After all the hollering, name-calling, selfpraise and spending, the 2014 elections were placed behind us last Tuesday, leaving Governor Andrew Cuomo and the top of the Democratic ticket big winners, followed closely by Queens’ congressional and More...
Dear Savvy Senior,What resources can you recommend for researching hospitals? I need to get a knee replacement next year, and want to find a good, safe hospital to have it done in.Shopping AroundDear Shopping, More...
Fight For What’s Right To The Editor: Tuesday’s election results were a bitter pill for Democrats locally, and across the country, to swallow. In New York, Republican control of the state senate will make it difficult to More...
BY RABBI JONATHAN PEARL, PH.D. , OF THE ASTORIA CENTER OF ISRAEL
One of the highlights of the month of November is an important day which offers each of us the opportunity to express our gratitude. I refer not to Thanksgiving (which I have extolled in this space previously) but to Veterans’ Day. More...
The St Johns’ Prep Varsity and Junior Varsity Girls Volleyball teams, the Red Storm, from Astoria did it again. On November 4, the Varsity and JV teams both won the Brooklyn / Queens Diocesan Girls H.S. More...
