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Farm Me
At Purves St near Sculpture Center. A couple of Acres. Need mule.
Garodnick lays into Liu
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Baseball roundup: Cardozo blanks LIC as Luk tosses a no-no
Calvin Luk tossed a seven-inning no-hitter, struck out five and walked five as Cardozo blanked Long Island City, 6-0, in PSAL Queens crossover baseball action. The senior righthander earned his third win, Connor Doyle walked twice, drove in a run and scored once, Keith Rogers had two hits and Chris Campbell doubled and scored a […]
Baseball roundup: Cardozo blanks LIC as Luk tossed a no-no
Calvin Luk tossed a seven-inning no-hitter, struck out five and walked five as Cardozo blanked Long Island City, 6-0, in PSAL Queens crossover baseball action. The senior righthander earned his third win, Connor Doyle walked twice, drove in a run and scored once, Keith Rogers had two hits and Chris Campbell doubled and scored a […]
Bad Behavior: World Peace Not the Only Guilty Party
Metta World Peace, whose 7-month-old name belies his many years of belligerent tendencies, was given a mere slap-on-the-wrist suspension of seven games by the National Basketball Association for his latest disorderly conduct. This thuggish athlete in a Los Angeles Lakers’ uniform, who was Ron Artest until he legally changed his name last September, leveled James […]
M. Wells Today and into May
News from the cooks at M Wells on some of the hip happenings they are part of. Dear Friends, While we get our permanent projects off the ground, there are a few other things we look forward to in the coming weeks. Thanks for checking them out: TODAY Saturday April 28th Foie Gras Poutine at […]
Hundreds Camp Out for 50 Jobs
By Alan Neuhauser Special to DNAinfo More than 550 people have camped out on a Queens sidewalk for the chance to apply for 50 apprentice positions with a metallic ironworkers union. Only 500 applications will be distributed Monday from the chapter’s office in Woodside, union officials said, prompting job-seekers – with tents, blankets, and chairs […]
Olympians make stop in LIC ahead of London Games
Enlarge this image Print this story Facebook this Tweet this Digg this Del.icio.us Email to a friend In anticipation of the 2012 Summer Olympics, two athletes visited the Citi building in Long Island City last week to share their stories as they prepare to go to the Games in London. The financial services company Citi, […]
Common Core standards driving wedge in education circles
A high-profile effort by a pair of national education groups to strengthen, simplify and focus the building blocks of elementary and secondary education is finally making its way into schools. But two years ahead of its planned implementation, critics on both the right and left are seizing upon it. A few educators say the new […]
Suspected Gunman Arraigned on Charges He Shot Wife of Sudanese Diplomat
Miguel Mata, 19, has been arrested and arraigned on charges of shooting the wife of a Sudanese diplomat on April 17, 2012. (DNAinfo/David Brann) QUEENS — A man accused of grazing the wife of a Sudanese diplomat with a stray bullet last week has been arraigned on attempted murder charges, prosecutors said. Miguel Mata, 19, […]
City Council to Vote on JetBlue Bid to Install Giant Neon Sign on Rooftop
Image of the JetBlue Sign Rendering (JetBlue Airways) LONG ISLAND CITY — The three giant signs that mark the Queens waterfront have become as much a part of the city’s scenery as Manhattan’s high-rises or East River bridges. Seen by tens of thousands of drivers every day, the signs for Pepsi, IDCNY and Silvercup Studios […]
Long Island City Is Perking
By LAURA KUSISTO and DANNY GOLD Long Island City’s coming of age has been much desired and long delayed. But development in the waterfront Queens neighborhood is gathering momentum, leading some to believe the area is finally making a large move forward. A total of 4,500 new rental units in Long Island City are in […]
MTA chairman says he’s like to see 7 train expansion
MTA chairman says he’s like to see 7 train expansion The head of the MTA said today he would like to see the 7 train extend further south into Chelsea and over to the West Side Highway. Joseph Lhota said he supports the 7 south-western expansion because that area of the city could use more […]
Space Shuttle Enterprise Flying Over New York City (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
The Space Shuttle Enterprise flew into New York on an 747 Friday. The Shuttle soared over the Hudson River, looped back down around the Tappan Zee Bridge all the way to the Statue of Liberty, and then circled back towards Queens before making its descent into Kennedy airport. Eventually New York will house the Shuttle, […]
City votes to close seven Queens schools
After thousands of students, parents and teachers protested Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal to close 24 schools across the city, including seven in Queens, the city Panel for Educational Policy voted 8-4 Thursday night to shutter the institutions. Seven of the mayor’s appointees, and the Staten Island borough president’s representative, voted to approve the plan to close […]
A Final Decision for 24 City Schools
A bit before midnight, more than three months after the idea was proposed, the Panel for Educational Policy voted to reconstitute two dozen city schools by closing them, replacing most of their staff members and reopening them with new names. Come summer, Alfred E. Smith Career and Technical High School, Herbert H. Lehman High School, […]
Space Shuttle Enterprise Flying Over New York City (VIDEO)
The Space Shuttle Enterprise flew into New York on an 747 Friday. The Shuttle soared over the Hudson River, looped back down around the Tappan Zee Bridge all the way to the Statue of Liberty, and then circled back towards Queens before making its descent into Kennedy airport. Eventually New York will house the Shuttle, […]
Seven Queens high schools to close
Seven Queens high schools had their fates sealed and doors closed by a Panel of Educational Policy (PEP) vote last night in Brooklyn. The schools — August Martin, Bryant, Flushing, John Adams, Long Island City, Newtown and Richmond Hill — will close at the end of this semester and reopen in the fall under a […]
Long Island City developer to build 7-story commercial complex at 30-30 …
Score one more for Long Island City and its transformation from gritty factory town into a live, work and play neighborhood. A long vacant building at 30-30 Northern Blvd., now just a concrete shell, will become a seven-story commercial complex by this time next year, according to the project’s developer. And a university campus could […]
JetBlue Moves Forward With Plans for Sign Overlooking East River
advertisement The Queens skyline is on track for a transformation. New rules are in the works that would allow more businesses to build soaring neon signs on nonresidential buildings in parts of the borough near the East River. The move is being led by JetBlue, which is planning the design for its new corporate headquarters […]