As a result of suggestions made by members of Community Board 14 and Broad Channel residents, a plan to make safety improvements along Cross Bay Boulevard has been revised. More...
PS/MS 183Q students have been provided with a fellowship service from NYU Smiling Faces, Going Places Dental Van by Assemblywoman Michele Titus. More...
PS/MS 183Q Principal Renee Peart and Parent Coordinator Jackie Stillwell acknowledged their dedicated Parent Association Board members, volunteers, Girl Scout leaders and their parent volunteers by celebrating their work and effective leadership wit More...
Michael Wander celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on May 1 at the Bay Terrace Jewish Center in Bayside, Queens. The reception was held at the Swan Club in Roslyn Heights, New York. More...
The newest eatery in Broad Channel, Rock N Roll Bagels, located at 20- 10 Crossbay Boulevard, hosted a free kids’ party on Saturday, May 8. Children and adults enjoyed the free cotton candy and snow cones provided by the store’s owners. More...
Dear Editor, I am mad as hell in that two questionable politicians are walking around as free as birds when they should be in orange jump suits dwelling in Leavenworth Federal Prison. More...
Dear Editor, I would like to give special thanks to Mr. Jaime Ovalle-Motta and Ms. Talia Padmore in preparing my son, Michael Taylor for the ELA test and showing Michael an easier and enjoyable way of learning. More...
A first-grader at PS 42 in Arverne was allegedly sexually abused by another young student in the school bathroom during an afterschool program on April 21, officials say. More...
The Peninsula Cup Soccer League crowned its first champions this week at Fort Tilden, as Team Italy defeated Team Argentina 2-1, to win the girls sixth to eighth grade division title. More...
On Tuesday, May 11 the sixth-grade students from PS/MS 105 participated in the New York Liberty (WNBA) Annual School Game at Madison Square Garden. More...
After record-breaking storms caused extensive damage to beaches in the center of the peninsula, Congressman Anthony Weiner got together with Queens Borough President Helen Marshall and the New York Ci More...
On Thursday evening, May 6, local specialty store, The Blue Bungalow, hosted a “Ladies Night Out” event which garnered over 200 guests throughout the evening. More...
The daily multiple lifts at the Gil Hodges Marine Parkway Bridge have come to an end, according to the captain of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ship that has been working to rejuvenate Jamaica Bay. More...
UPCOMING: Quintet of the Americas performing new music in multimedia sound-surround presentation about geologic evolution of NY. Sun., May 16, 2 p.m. See column for more details. “What excites you most about this music?” More...
Hearing Voices on NPR had a wonderful presentation on Sunday about a Washington DC student’s journey and the extraordinary intervention it took to help him get to his destination. More...
It sometimes seems to us that we have followed Alice down the rabbit hole and have found Tweed Courthouse, the headquarters for the Department of Education in Wonderland. More...
resident, died May 9. Brancaccio was born in Brooklyn, New York. She worked as a housekeeper. Brancaccio was preceded in death by her brother, Rich. More...
Steven A. Ezet, 47, a lifelong Rockaway resident, died May 11. Ezet was preceded in death by his father, Buddy; and brother, David. Ezet is survived by his mother, Audrey; sisters, Barbara and Nancy; and nieces, Gina and Jennifer. More...
Tullio Gaudio, a 50-year Rockaway resident, died May 7. Gaudio was born in Argentina and moved to Rockaway from Brooklyn, New York. He was a carpenter for Local 45, United Brotherhood of Carpenter and Joiners. More...