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NICHOLAS GAITANIS Nicholas Gaitanis, 75, of Ringwood, formerly of Montclair, died on Monday, Aug. 20. Born on Christmas day in the small village of Kefalas, Crete, Mr. Gaitanis survived the Nazi occupation of the island, and moved to New York with his parents and six siblings; they lived in Sunnyside, Queens. In 1972, Mr. Gaitanis […]

4:36 p.m. | Updated Look, up in the sky. It’s a bird. It’s a plane. Actually, it’s a sign to promote a company that owns a lot of planes. JetBlue Airways plans to unveil on Wednesday evening a sign atop its headquarters in Long Island City. The sign, which sits on the roof of the […]

Faced with miles of empty aisles and bare shelves, managers slammed the door on the Long Island City Pathmark Supermarket on August 24–one day earlier than announced. “There was nothing left to sell, so we shut down the operation sooner than we expected,” a store manager told the Gazette. “It was time to shut the […]

Until this week, readers of Our Children have been local, state and national PTA leaders who receive a printed magazine and have to make copies of articles they want to share with others. All that has changed with the first issue of Our Children for the 2012-2013 school year, now available online. “For more than […]

LONG ISLAND CITY — May the best Queens startup business win. The Queens Economic Development Corp. launched its annual StartUp! Business Competition — putting $30,000 cash on the line to help three budding companies get a head start. Competitors will attend a series of free workshops held between October and January at the Queens Central […]

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LONG ISLAND CITY — May the best Queens startup business win. The Queens Economic Development Corp. launched its annual StartUp! Business Competition — putting $30,000 cash on the line to help three budding companies get a head start. Competitors will attend a series of free workshops held between October and January at the Queens Central […]

Beneficiaries include the Flatiron District, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn Tech Triangle, and Long Island City. (Photo: Wikimedia) Today Time Warner Cable announced that the company expects to invest $25 million to expand its fiber optic network in both “established and emerging” business sectors around New York City. Many of the areas highlighted in today’s announcement […]