Firefighters rushed to an apartment house in Bedford Stuyvesant last Friday, Aug. 19, after a two-alarm blaze broke out on its top floor, FDNY sources said. More...
The HANYS (Healthcare Association of New York State) Diabetes Campaign Collaborative has awarded special recognition to New York Hospital Queens for its focus on diabetes care at the Jackson Heights Family Health Center. More...
Players from various softball leagues that played over the years at Mafera Park came back for the annual Old Timers’ Softball Reunion last Saturday, Aug. More...
City Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer launched his second annual School Supply Drive for the 26th Council District, which includes the neighborhoods of Astoria, Long Island City, Maspeth, Sunnyside and Woodside. More...
GEORGE A. REINHOLZ died on Wednesday evening, August 17, at Manor Care, Montgomery, Pa. at the age of 88. A former resident of Ridgewood, he resided in Hatfield, Pa. for three years. He was a decorated veteran of World War II who served in the Army. He is survived by his loving wife of 63 years, Irene A. More...
Of all the people involved in national politics these days, it’s amazing that no one seems to be able to adequately explain how America got caught in an economic abyss that washed over this country and brought down our economy. More...
Crew members from the space shuttle Atlantis, which recently completed the final space shuttle mission in NASA history, were welcomed to the New York Hall of Science at Flushing Meadows Corona Park b More...
The Newtown Historical Society announced the replacement of an historic plaque dedicated to Astoria’s founding family, the Halletts, at a monument inside Maspeth’s Mount Olivet Cemetery. More...
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