In danger of shutting its doors, a Forest Hills Beacon Program’s last hope may be a plea from a local politician. Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi sent a letter to Mayor Michael Bloomberg objecting to the possible closure of the Queens Community House Beacon Program, currently housed in J.H.S. 190. Queens Community House is a network of [...]
The relative calm of the morning commute was shattered as a Queens woman was struck and killed by a city bus while crossing one of the borough’s most dangerous intersections. A Q44 bus was turning westbound onto Northern Boulevard from Union Street on Wednesday, February 22 when it fatally struck a female pedestrian, identified as [...]
Tatiana Kochkareva scrolled through lists of albums on iTunes, searching for the perfect one – the first one she would ever buy. She came across Fiona Apple’s When the Pawn… Something about it stood out. She clicked “download” and pushed “play” on track seven, “Fast as you can.” Orchestral and biting, the song dazzled her. [...]
A proposed pedestrian plaza may be placed in Glendale, but not before plans are processed by pols and the public. The proposal from the Ridgewood Local Development Corporation would turn 70th Street between Myrtle and Cooper Avenues into a pedestrian plaza. The street runs next to famed German restaurant Zum Stammtisch — which said it [...]
The little boy, beaming on the back of the fire engine in his father’s oversized uniform, stole the heart of an entire community. Over 1,900 people registered to become bone marrow donors at a drive on Saturday, February 18 at Our Lady of Hope Catholic School in Middle Village – an effort stemming from six-year-old [...]
Photo Courtesy Assemblymember Grace Meng Assemblymember Grace Meng and her husband, Dr. Wayne Kye (right), posed with Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks after a game at Madison Square Garden.
John Adams High School wide receiver Shane Hubbard comes down with the ball and runs past the defense for the score. The senior, who helped the Spartans to the playoffs in the Championship Division for the first time in over a decade, reached the end zone more than once for the Spartans. Now, Hubbard hopes [...]
Cornell University has revealed the brains behind its forthcoming city tech campus. Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined Cornell president David Skorton and provost Kent Fuchs in announcing Daniel Huttenlocher as the vice provost and founding dean of the university’s CornellNYC Tech campus – home of the Technicon-Cornell Innovation Institute (TCII) – on Roosevelt Island. Also introduced [...]
ESPN fallout over crack about Lin ESPN yesterday called an offensive foul on two employees for using a racist term in a headline and story about Knicks phenom Jeremy Lin. A headline writer, whose name was not released, was fired, while anchor Max Bretos was benched for 30 days. The out-of-bounds phrase — “chink in [...]
Forever known as “the Kid,” former Mets catcher Gary Carter died at 4:10 p.m. on February 16 after battling brain cancer. He was 57. A key cog on the Mets’ 1986 championship team, the man best known for his leadership and clutch hitting was diagnosed with the disease after doctors discovered inoperable tumors on his [...]