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Melissa Mazzucco, Sean McDonald
Melissa Jane Mazzucco and Sean Edward McDonald were married Saturday evening at Bridgewaters, an event space in Manhattan. Stephen P. Kramer, a retired New York City civil court judge, officiated. Mrs. McDonald, 30, works in Manhattan as a sales account executive at Technorati Media, a San Francisco-based online media company and advertising network. She graduated […]
Laura Krug, Joshua Samuelson
Laura Lund Krug, a daughter of Lund Krug and Robert M. Krug of Manhattan, was married Saturday evening to Joshua David Samuelson, the son of Gail J. Samuelson of Long Island City, Queens, and the late Bruce I. Samuelson. Matthew Gline, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for the occasion, […]
Nora Gomez, David Strauss
Nora Alexandra Gomez and David Jay Strauss are to be married Sunday at the Metropolitan Building in Long Island City, Queens. The groom’s father, Sidney Strauss, a New York State Supreme Court justice in Jamaica, Queens, is to officiate. The bride, 28, will be known as Ms. Gomez-Strauss. She is the communications and online media […]
Kids get cookin’ at classes all over NYC
The kitchen isn’t just a place for grownups anymore. Inspired by shows like “Top Chef” and “Chopped,” kids are also excited to get cookin’. Luckily for moms and dads, New York City has plenty of culinary lessons for their pint-size gourmands. KIDZ COOK Staten Island Children’s Museum, 1000 Richmond Terrace, (718) 273-2060, statenislandkids.org Every Friday, […]
Boro weighs in on city transit future
By Karen Frantz TimesLedger Newspapers What projects would Queens residents like to see incorporated into the city’s next transportation plan? the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council asked the public at an open house at the borough president’s office last Thursday. The answer: More bike lanes. “I’m here as a cyclist,” said one man who rides […]
A Toast, and a Last Hurrah
Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times DINER ACOLYTES From left: Elise Minter, Dovie F. Wingard, Eric Mueller, Ramona Ponce and Paul Soulellis. There is no chocolate pudding at this museum cafeteria. But there is blood pudding, beef cheek stroganoff and maple pie at M. Wells Dinette. The Montreal chef Hugue Dufour and his wife, Sarah Obraitis, […]
Greenpoint Developer Wants To Build 10 Huge Towers, Giant Bridge
Greenpointers green with envy for all those shiny towers over in Williamsburg and Long Island City, you’ll be happy to know you may not need to be for much longer. Looks like Greenpoint Landing, a quietly stewing mega-project on the Greenpoint waterfront, is looking like it might really happen. Current tenants are moving out of […]
John Brown’s smokehouse rub
‘); } function fallbackToHTML5(){ var player = $(‘#videoplayer’); player.html(”); } })(jQuery); // — <!– –> Eyewitness News LONG ISLAND CITY (WABC) — If BBQ had a tune, Josh Bowen could play it. He’s the man behind John Brown Smokehouse in Long Island City. John brown was an abolitionist who had nothing to do with BBQ, […]
Hit Show Perks Bold Beans: White Coffee Teams Up with ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ TV series
LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y., Oct. 12, 2012 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — New York’s White Coffee has acquired the licensing rights from ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) to create Hell’s Kitchen branded coffee, inspired by ITV Studios America’s hit competition show hosted by superstar chef Gordon Ramsay on FOX Network. The “HK” branded coffee line includes four […]
Hit Show Perks Bold Beans: White Coffee Teams Up with ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ TV series
October 12, 2012 — LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y., Oct. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ –New York’s White Coffee has acquired the licensing rights from ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) to create Hell’s Kitchen branded coffee, inspired by ITV Studios America’s hit competition show hosted by superstar chef Gordon Ramsay on FOX Network. The “HK” branded […]
Leaders Want Bushwick Rezoning so It’s Not the Next Billyburg
Friday, October 12, 2012, by Jessica Dailey When talk starts about rezoning a neighborhood, it usually means that the fabric of the area will be changed in big waythink Hudson Yards, Williamsburg and Greenpoint, Long Island City, now Midtown East. But in Bushwick, local leaders want a rezoning to ensure that the neighborhood does not […]
UFC urges Gov. Cuomo to bring MMA to New York
According to an Oct. 10 report from UFC.com, the UFC recently urged Governor Cuomo and ESDC to fight for making professional mixed martial arts (MMA) legal in New York and bring the fastest growing sport in the world to the Empire State. “It’s time to let New York MMA fans attend UFC events in New […]
LIRR yard derailment
A derailment in the Long Island Rail Road’s Long Island City yard caused a pair of cancellations at the start of afternoon rush hour on Wednesday. Marjorie Anders, a spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, said the incident happened at about 4 p.m. She said the yard houses diesel engines that pull trains along branches […]
Queens Voters Forced to Trek a Mile After Polling-Place Swap Updated October …
QUEENS — On Tuesday, 59-year-old Ditmars resident Wendy Rodriguez crossed the street with the help of a crossing guard outside of P.S. 2 on 21st Avenue. The two began chatting, and the guard asked Rodriguez, a school administrator, if she had received a letter earlier this year from the Board of Elections, explaining that the polling […]
Hunters Point Library set to go
The Hunters Point Library in Long Island City is on its way to becoming a reality. Community members dedicated the now-barren lot, above, adjacent to Gantry State Park, on Friday. The riverside site will be the home to a modern edifice designed by renowned architect Steven Holl, featuring an environmentally friendly layout, a rooftop terrace […]
QUEER NOT COOL To Take A Stab At ‘Horror,’ 10/13
It may be be a few weeks before Halloween but acclaimed performance series QUEER NOT COOL will celebrate “Hallo-queen” on October 13th at this “horror” themed show. This month’s QUEER NOT COOL is hosted by comedian Rob Ribar and will feature a hilarious exploration of HORROR DRAG by theater company ANIMALS (Dixon Place, Incubator Arts […]
Cider Week Turns New York Into the Boozy Big Apple
ASTORIA AND LONG ISLAND CITY — Move over, Spaten and Sam Adams — cider is back in town! The apple-based beverage, which for many years has been relegated to dorm rooms and taken a back seat to beer in watering holes around the city, is now gaining popularity in New York. To celebrate, more than […]
Queens Voters Forced to Trek a Mile After Polling-Place Swap Updated 3 hrs ago
QUEENS — On Tuesday, 59-year-old Ditmars resident Wendy Rodriguez crossed the street with the help of a crossing guard outside of P.S. 2 on 21st Avenue. The two began chatting, and the guard asked Rodriguez, a school administrator, if she had received a letter earlier this year from the Board of Elections, explaining that the polling […]
LIC celebrates site for library due in ’15
Photo by Rebecca Henely City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (c.) helps girls from PS 78 plant trees for the dedication of the site for a new library coming to Hunters Point. By Rebecca Henely TimesLedger Newspapers The Hunters Point’s library will not be open until 2015, but at the dedication ceremony for its site Friday, […]
City gets $71M for CUNY
Photo by Rebecca Henely LaGuardia President Gail Mellow (c.) speaks about the new renovations that will be coming to LaGuardia Community College’s Center 3 building thanks to $142 million granted to CUNY from the city and state. She is joined by elected and CUNY officials. By Rebecca Henely TimesLedger Newspapers City Council Speaker Christine Quinn […]