Traveling through the intersection of Borden and Maurice avenues in Maspeth on Monday morning, June 1, proved to be a painful experience for four motorists involved in a pair of accidents at the location in about two hours' time, it was reported. More...
A high-speed getaway for a trio of alleged tire and rim thieves came to a lethal end early Wednesday morning, June 3, when their ride crashed into an overpass on the Rego Park/Middle Village border, police reported. Law enforcement sources said that the owner of the getaway car, a 22-year-old male who was riding as a passenger, was pronounced dead at the scene. More...
Public School 145, the Andrew Jackson School, celebrated its 16th annual career day last Wednesday, June 3 at its Bushwick facility. Guests ranged from New York City Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott and Council Member Diana Reyna to Veterinarian Xiomara Rodriguez, local historians Robert and Arthur Miller and P.O. Carolina Castillo of Harlem's 28th precinct. More...
Acts Of Violence Are Detailed At 108th Pct. Coun. Meeting
The recent arrest of seven youths at Woodside's Doughboy Playground as part of a police effort to eradicate criminal activity at the site was reported at the Tuesday, More...
Armed with a note, a crook managed to withdraw cash from a Glendale bank during a heist on Tuesday morning, June 2, according to police. Reportedly, the robbery occurred at the Capital One Bank branch located at 83-24 Woodhaven Blvd. near Myrtle Avenue. More...
(AP) Mayor Michael Bloomberg is spending millions of dollars to win a third term, and he appears to believe that buys him the right to campaign without answering questions about it. More...
Blau Weiss Gottschee's U14B squad settled for second place in the City Cup, falling to the Brooklyn Patriots in the Saturday, May 30 championship game. More...
The Kiwanis Club of Glendale installed the first members of its P.S. 239 (P.O. Ramon Suarez School) K-Kids Club at the Ridgewood school on Friday, May 29. The club, chartered in March, consists of 26 students in the third through fifth grades. Run by Kiwanian Millie Mandese and P.S. 239 teacher Nancy Shaw, it builds on the local service organization's Key Clubs at Christ the King and Grover Cleveland high schools, its peer mediation program at I.S. 77, and its Circle K club at Queens College. Shown in the photo from left to right, standing in front of the children, are State Sen. Joseph Addabbo, who came to congratulate the students; P.S. 239 Principal Robin Connolly; Carmen and Jillian Suarez, the respective wife and daughter of Officer Suarez, who died on 9/11; Glendale Kiwanis President Joseph Aiello; Shaw and Mandese. (photo: Sam Goldman) More...
" See the USA in your Chevrolet, America is asking you to call. Drive your Chevrolet through the USA, America's the greatest land of all." There was a time when people believed in words like this, had faith in their country and the cars made here. More...
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With America moving left politically and socially, it might be wise to take a moment and consider what might happen to kids if the drift continues. Already, children are under pressure from high-tech machines that can instantly provide them with images and information far beyond their ability to emotionally comprehend the material. Even vigilant parents are up against it. More...
Recalling Woodstock Music Fest And The Bands Of Fillmore East
This summer marks the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair held in upstate New York and the Old Timer wonders how many of our readers may have some kind of remembrance regarding this historic event. More...
Clowning Around In Hope Gardens Hope Gardens Community Center held an Art Circus on Sunday, June 7 at its Central Avenue location in Bushwick. Headlined by the Bindlestiff Family Circus and the Palmetto A.I.R. artists collective, the day featured performances, arts and crafts, clowning around and all manner of circus fare, from hot dogs and popcorn to cotton candy. Shown above, attendees posed for a shot. (photo: Allen Epstein) More...
Civic Groups To Sue City To Stop Maspeth School