The community has spoken and Hunters Point might be getting its beloved farmers’ market back on weekends. At a meeting of the Hunters Point Civic Association, residents voiced their opinions on important issues, with many shedding light on their desire to bring back the farmers’ market. After one resident volunteered to lead the issue, Down [...]
The Sunnyside/Woodside St. Patrick’s Day Parade was held on Sunday, March 3. Here are photos from the parade.
As her son Augustus began kindergarten in the city’s gifted and talented program at Sunnyside’s P.S. 150, Deborah Alexander was excited at the thought he would eventually be enrolling in the prestigious middle school program known as The Academy at P.S.122 in Astoria. Yet the excitement turned to concern as the Department of Education revealed [...]
Although distance now separates them, the Sunnyside community came together last weekend to show the Wheeler family they are not alone in their tragic loss. Through the planning of Sunnymoms, a group of local parents who get together and share tips, and other members of the Sunnyside community, around 300 people came together on Saturday, [...]
BY MATT SURRUSCO Lou Rispoli would have turned 63 on February 1. His widowed husband, Danyal Lawson, grieved that day for his slain spouse, but he wasn’t alone. Lawson, of Woodside, found comfort in a bittersweet dinner with friends and by visiting the couple’s favorite flower shop, Nunziato’s Florist, where he picked out two orchid [...]
If you want to do more than just dinner on Valentine’s Day here are some romantic events happening in Queens on February 14. Valentine’s Dinner Cruise, 7 p.m. Take the Skyline Princess for a four-hour, all-inclusive, romantic tour of NYC harbor with a three-course buffet dinner, premium open bar, free parking at the marina, and [...]
Two months after the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the heart of a neighborhood remains with the family of a little boy who perished in the gunfire. A Sunnyside group is planning a fundraiser for the bereaved family of six-year-old Benjamin Wheeler, who spent his earliest days in Sunnyside, romping through nearby parks and [...]
TODAY’S FORECAST Tuesday: Overcast with snow. High of 36. Winds from the NNE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 80%. Tuesday night: Overcast with snow. Low of 30. Winds less than 5 mph. Chance of snow 80%. EVENT OF THE DAY: Free comedy show in Sunnyside Check out this free comedy show at The Courtyard Ale House [...]
The NYPD has released sketches of two suspects wanted in connection to a fatal Sunnyside assault in October of last year. Authorities describe the suspects as a Hispanic male in his thirties and a white male in his twenties. Around midnight on October 20, Lou Rispoli, 62, left his Sunnyside home for a late night [...]
TODAY’S FORECAST Friday: Overcast with a chance of snow in the afternoon. High of 25F with a windchill as low as 0. Winds from the WNW at 5 to 15 mph shifting to the SW in the afternoon. Chance of snow 40%. Friday night: Overcast with snow. Low of 19F with a windchill as low as 10. Winds [...]
