Santa Claus is not from the North Pole. He is based on Nicholas, the Greek Orthodox Bishop of Myra, Lycia. More...

On December 16, City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and Transportation Committee Chair Ydanis Rodriguez were joined by Martha Puruncajas, mother of Luis Bravo, who was killed by a hit-and-run driver, to applau More...

Proposed changes to the city’s zoning resolution to promote more affordable housing have not fared well with most of the city’s 59 community boards.  The proposed changes were rejected by 12 of 14 community boards in Queens at the No More...

Councilman Peter Koo was joined by state officials and community leaders on December 18 to announce that the Department of Education has scrapped plans to insert a high school into the Linden Place DOE District Office at 30-48 Linden Place.  More...

The holiday known as Christmas arose in the fourth century A.D. as the Christian religion, still in its infancy, struggled for supremacy with the official Roman state religion, Mithraism. More...

The East River Kiwanis Club sponsors several leadership programs, one of which is the Key Club at the Academy for American Studies High School in Long Island City. More...

Representatives of Greek Orthodox parishes and societies gathered at St. Demetrios Cathedral in Astoria to enjoy a Christmas celebration for St. More...

Alley Pond Environmental Center’s Sunny Bunnies (ages 3-4) explored pine trees, pine cones and their evergreen needles. They examined pine needles comparing their texture, scent and size. More...

A disgraced ex-NYPD officer charged with extorting “protection money” from restaurant and business owners in an Albanian enclave in Astoria is facing life in prison after he pleaded guilty on December 15, to extortion and gun charges.&nbs More...

An NYPD forensics team is examining a bloody box cutter discarded by a man who brutally slashed the face of a young Chinese exchange student in Queens last week, in the hopes that it will reveal evidence leading to the identity of the violent suspect More...

Kupferberg Center for the Arts announced its second annual concert celebrating the life of Martin Luther King Jr. Featuring a musical performance by Bebe Winans, the concert is slated for Sunday, January 17. More...

In celebration of its 19 millionth annual passenger, JFKIAT – the company that manages Terminal 4 at John F. More...

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