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LIC soccer players, field need ample time for repair
Photo by Christina Santucci Long Island City players practice on the field at their school. By Joseph Staszewski TimesLedger Newspapers Long Island City girls’ soccer practices at the school involve avoiding cones, but have nothing to do with the players dribbling through and around them. “Part of the field where the carpet comes up, it’s […]
LIC soccer players, field need ample time for repair
Photo by Christina Santucci Long Island City players practice on the field at their school. By Joseph Staszewski TimesLedger Newspapers Long Island City girls’ soccer practices at the school involve avoiding cones, but have nothing to do with the players dribbling through and around them. “Part of the field where the carpet comes up, it’s […]
LIC soccer players, field need ample time for repair
Photo by Christina Santucci Long Island City players practice on the field at their school. By Joseph Staszewski TimesLedger Newspapers Long Island City girls’ soccer practices at the school involve avoiding cones, but have nothing to do with the players dribbling through and around them. “Part of the field where the carpet comes up, it’s […]
Listeria Outbreak Linked to Forever Cheese and Whole Foods Likely to Grow
Forever Cheese of Long Island City, New York issued a recall for its Ricotta Salata Frescolina brand cheese on September 10, 2012. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other public health agencies have traced at least 14 cases of listeriosis to the consumption of contaminated Ricotta Salata Frescolina brand cheese—a salty, white cheese made […]
MTA Carves New LIRR Tunnel Connecting Grand Central to Queens
NEW YORK — Manhattan and Queens have never been closer. The MTA broke down a final concrete wall Thursday to create a new Long Island Railroad tunnel between Grand Central Terminal and Sunnyside, Queens. The tunnel is part of the MTA’s $8.24 billion East Side Access project, scheduled to finish in 2019. The ambitious plan features […]
Blake Lively: Not Pregnant, Says Her Rep
Blake Lively leaves her wedding ring at home as she films a kissing scene with Barry Watson for Gossip Girl on Thursday (September 20) in Long Island City, New York. The 25-year-old actress has been battling pregnancy rumors since her marriage to Ryan Reynolds, but her rep has denied all reports. “Blake is usually really […]
Astoria Residents Learn Self-Defense Moves After Crime Spike
ASTORIA – Lourdes Vintimilla was already mugged once in her neighborhood. She had been walking home from work at about 12:30 a.m., when a man grabbed her, put a knife to her throat and demanded money. She gave him whatever she had and he ran away. That incident took place in the ’90s, but the […]
City panels prep for climate change
The New York City Panel on Climate Change and Climate Change Adaptation Task Force will be meeting regularly to assess how they can best prepare the people of New York City for any intense storms to come. Established in 2008 by Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council, the Climate Panel and Task Force are designed […]
Sunnyside Family Festival to Showcase Rare Classic Cartoons
SUNNYSIDE — In a rare opportunity for both kids and film connoisseurs alike, several rarely-seen cartoons from the 1930s and 40s will be shown this Saturday during the second Flicks in the Garden festival in Sunnyside Gardens Park. Last year, the festival presented short narrative films, some of which were made by local filmmakers. “But […]
LIC limps to win
MITCH ABRAMSON Tuesday, September 11, 2012 Long Island City girls soccer coach Mark Skorupski ran on the field nearly as much as his players during Tuesday’s 1-0 win over Forest Hills. With three LIC players injured during the game, including junior forward Alison Dowdle, last season’s division-leading scorer, Skorupski was constantly tending to his players […]
Casa Enrique Gives a Rare Glimpse of the Cooking of Chiapas, Mexico
Cochinito Chiapaneco (“little female pig ribs from Chiapas”) is a dish that demonstrates the adept way Chiapas cooks use dried red chiles to create subtle sauces. This week, Counter Culture rides on donkey back into the remote mountains of Chiapas in far southern Mexico, via a series of meals at Casa Enrique in Long Island […]
Forget eating at your desk — Lunchtime dance parties could be the next big thing
New Yorkers looking for a change of pace are turning to lunchtime dance parties to shake the day up. An up-tempo alternative to munching quietly at a desk or slogging through a long line at a local café, midday parties provide a place to shake and shimmy — at least for a while. “There’s so […]
Performance Space 122 & THE Chocolate Factory To Present ICH …
Performance Space 122 and The Chocolate Factory present the world premiere of ICH, KÜRBISGEIST from Big Dance Theater and playwright Sibyl Kempson. Blending performance, text, dances and visual design, Big Dance Theater installs Kempson’s play into The Chocolate Factory’s crypt-like basement for an audience of just 30 per show. Directed by Paul Lazar and co-directed and […]
LIC School Shines
Located in a renovated factory building in the heart of the Dutch Kills community of Long Island City, the Baccalaureate School For Global Education displays a quiet, respectable public demeanor. But inside these halls of learning, students participate in an explosion of knowledge and study that has launched the school to the top of a […]
Cheese Maker Put on Import Alert After Listeria Outbreak
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has placed Italian company Fattorie Chiarappa on import alert after the company’s product was linked to a multistate Listeria outbreak. All cheese from this company will be barred from entering through ports of entry unless the company can show that it is not contaminated. To date, 14 people in […]
Queens woman returns to middle school to aid at-risk kids
Liz Ward is a corps member for City Year New York. Her story is unique. The 24-year-old is serving for a second year at the same middle school — I.S. 126 in Long Island City, Queens — that she attended growing up. “I have lived in the same neighborhood my whole life,” she explained. “I […]
All Female She Devil Comedy Festiva
First annual five day comedy festival begins on October 24th (Long Island, NY) The first annual She-Devil Comedy Festival will take place October 24 – 28, 2012, at the Laughing Devil Comedy Club and other New York City venues. The She-Devil Comedy Festival seeks to honor and reward the artists that most personify The Art […]
Ex-Union Chief Arrested in Kickback Plan
The former president of a union local in Long Island City, Queens, was arrested on Tuesday and accused of abusing his position through a host of illegal schemes, including taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks from a company he contracted to run the union’s health benefits plan. Hector Lopez, the former president of […]
Recall of ricotta cheese sold in Wash., Ore.
AUBURN, Wash. (AP) — An Auburn, Wash., company is recalling Ricotta Salata Frescolina brand cheese that came from supplier Forever Cheese of Long Island City, N.Y. Peterson Co. says Forever Cheese recalled the product because of possible contamination with listeria bacteria. The cheese was sold to distributors, retailers and restaurants in Washington and Oregon between […]
Art Book Fair Returns to MoMA PS1 With Rare, Pricey Works
LONG ISLAND CITY — It’s the state of the art for books. The NY Art Book Fair, returning to MoMA PS1 this weekend, will showcase more than 280 international booksellers, artists and independent publishers from over 25 countries, from Japan to Australia and Russia, some of which may sell for a pretty penny. Last year […]