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Victoria’s Secrets

As founder in 1985 of Schneps Communications,Victoria Schnepsis Publisher/CEO of groups of weekly community newspapers in Queens and Brooklyn. The Queens Courier and Brooklyn Home Reporter and Spectator. They also publish El Correo de Queens, and monthly pubs including Queens Business, the Long Island City Courier, North Shore Towers Courier, LeHavre Courier and Aspire.

Inspired by the power of the press during her advocacy work on behalf of her daughter Lara, brain damaged at birth, Ms. Schneps pursued her dream of being in the news business.  She started a neighborhood newspaper in her Bayside living room, with a partner and a $250 investment.

Today, Schneps Communications publishes over 17 newspapers and magazines.  The Queens Courier was chosen as one of the top 10 newspapers in New York State and their website as #1 for two years by the New York State Press Association.

Did you have your mammogram?
Victoria's Secrets Victoria Schneps 10/12/2012 at 11:22AM

It was four months ago that I went for my yearly mammogram and checkup with my gynecologist. Up until now it had been “OK, see you next year,” but this time it was different. And so a journey began. I knew my breasts were dense and for decades I have been taking hormone replacement pills, [...]

Queens Theatre hits a bullseye
Queens Theatre hits a bullseye
Victoria's Secrets Victoria Schneps 10/03/2012 at 4:01PM

To open its 2012-2013 season, Queens Theatre brought us a powerful show “Ella,” which beautifully tells the story of Ella Fitzgerald, considered by many one of the greatest singers ever. Attesting to the perfect choice of executive director Ray Cullom, the performers received two standing ovations! Portrayed by the talented Tina Fabrique, I felt like [...]

A Spectacular Sunday
A Spectacular Sunday
Victoria's Secrets Victoria Schneps 9/26/2012 at 5:09PM

The baby blue, cloudless sky and the brilliant sun greeted me when I got up at 6:30 a.m. on Sunday morning to go to Jones Beach for an American Heart Association walkathon honoring my friend John Buran, CEO of Flushing Bank. After Jones Beach, I got to play golf and then have lunch with my [...]

Holiday of family traditions
Holiday of family traditions
Victoria's Secrets Victoria Schneps 9/20/2012 at 6:15PM

With the New Year, Rosh Hashanah, and Yom Kippur right after, it is a time of religious and family celebrations. And I had the pleasure of both. Since I was a little girl, sitting next to my mom and dad at synagogue, the awe of the “High Holy Days” and the gathering of my family [...]

Why no Emmy?
Why no Emmy?
Victoria's Secrets Victoria Schneps 9/12/2012 at 4:45PM

Some of my readers know that my childhood friend is Judith Sheindlin, a.k.a. “Judge Judy.” We had dinner last week with another childhood friend, Elaine Cohen Schwartz. Elaine has become Judy’s assistant and it was a great to be a trio again. We met at my favorite Manhattan restaurant, Fabio Piccolo Fiore on 44th Street [...]

US Open faux pas
US Open faux pas
Victoria's Secrets Victoria Schneps 9/12/2012 at 4:43PM

Each year I have been honored to be invited as a guest of the USTA to visit the President’s Box and have a wonderful meal. This year it was the daytime matches that I was going to see along with my tennis-playing friend Lois Christie. With the daytime invitation comes a gift — a straw [...]

A close-to-home getaway
A close-to-home getaway
Victoria's Secrets Victoria Schneps 8/27/2012 at 5:48PM

The bright half moon in a cloudless sky sent a beam of light across the Long Island Sound as we enjoyed dinner on the terrace of the resort we escaped to for a few days. It was our first day at the Water’s Edge Resort and Spa in the Connecticut town of Westbrook, about two [...]

The best macaroons I ever ate
The best macaroons I ever ate
Victoria's Secrets Victoria Schneps 8/22/2012 at 4:41PM

Who would have thought that by being on the board of the Queens Museum of Art I would have the opportunity to taste the best macaroons I ever ate. Now don’t laugh. I promise you sweet things can happen to you to in the most unexpected ways. When Danny Cohen, a co-member of the board, [...]

A sad, but joyous, fond farewell
Victoria's Secrets Victoria Schneps 8/22/2012 at 4:40PM

Thanks to my son Josh and his beautiful wife Tracey bringing us their precious little Hudson Dean, my daughter Elizabeth came with her family from Dallas to celebrate his birth and the bris that followed. Because Dallas weather in August is beastly hot they stayed for a month with me and Stu. What joy, what [...]

A weekend reunion
A weekend reunion
Victoria's Secrets Victoria Schneps 8/17/2012 at 12:23PM

With the weather cooperating, five families from all over the country came together this past weekend in Kent, Connecticut, for a joyful reunion. We had a wonderful time as Stu and I, along with our children and grandchildren, gathered at his remarkable daughter Mimi Broner’s house. The tradition is made possible because of her and [...]