Dec. 5, 2022 By Max Murray Governor Kathy Hochul marked the start of construction last week of a 339-mile transmission line that will deliver clean energy from Canada to a converter station in Astoria. The governor was among several officials to break ground on the $6 billion project in upstate Washington County on Wednesday. The… Read more »
Nov. 30, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The annual Sunnyside arts fair will take place Saturday with the event returning to an indoor setting. The fair, which will offer items from more than 30 local artisans, will be held at the event’s traditional home at the Queen of Angels Church Parish Hall on Skillman Avenue from… Read more »
Nov. 29, 2022 By Michael Dorgan An expansive new supermarket that sells a range of conventional and organic foods has opened on the corner of 31st Avenue and 38th Street in Astoria. The new store, part of a franchise called Farm Country Supermarket, opened on Nov. 22 at 37-15 31st Ave. — replacing Associated Supermarket… Read more »
Nov. 29, 2022 By Czarinna Andres LaGuardia Community College aims to educate and train 3,000 students over the next five years to become frontline healthcare professionals. To that end, Councilmember Julie Won presented the school with a $5 million check this morning that will go toward upgrading and expanding the workforce training facilities at LaGuardia’s Long… Read more »
This article was originally published by Chalkbeat New York on Nov. 28, 2022, By Michael Elsen-Rooney On a Friday night in early November, roughly two dozen families at VOICE charter school in Long Island City, Queens, were preparing for a New York winter — most for the first time in their lives. In the school’s ground… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on Nov. 29, 2022 By Greg B. Smith with additional reporting by Katie Honan It’s not the site of the old Hotel Metropole on W. 43rd St. where Herman “Beansie” Rosenthal was gunned down in 1912 by Leftie Louie and Gyp the Blood for squealing to the newspapers about… Read more »
Nov. 29, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Kids, get your skates on!! A popular NHL-sponsored ice hockey program for kids is returning to Long Island City in January and its limited spaces are filling up fast. The program, called Learn to Play, aims to develop the next generation of hockey players by providing affordable hockey lessons and… Read more »
Nov. 28 2022 By Michael Dorgan A 3-alarm fire tore through an auto repair shop in the Dutch Kills section of Long Island City early Monday morning – leaving three firefighters with minor injuries. The FDNY responded to a blaze shortly after 2 a.m. at a one-story building located at 38-21 23rd St., near the… Read more »
Nov. 28, 2022 By Christian Murray New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed legislation today that requires the FDNY to diversify the ethnic makeup of its ranks and introduce anti-discrimination training. The mayor signed a package of five bills that aims to increase the recruitment of underrepresented groups within the department. The legislation also requires… Read more »
Nov. 28, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Two men were shot outside a nightclub in Astoria early Sunday morning and the suspect remains at large. The victims, aged 36 and 33, were in front of Coco La Reve nightclub, located at 42-18 31 Ave., at around 4 a.m. when an unidentified suspect approached them and fired… Read more »