Kings Point News

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Monday accepted the resignation of Rear Admiral Allen Worley, Superintendent of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N.Y., effective Jan.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Accepts Resignation of U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Superintendent U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today accepted the resignation of Rear Admiral Allen Worley, Superintendent of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York, effective January 4, 2010.

As the 15-day window opened for residents to present themselves as candidates for five federation board seats, at least one recall movement was gaining ground, focused on unseating a sixth director whose seat is not up for grabs.

What could possibly have brought a busy congressman to rendezvous with a herd of goats in, of all places, Great Neck? Commissioners from the Great Neck Park District, who lease Kings Point Park from the Village of Kings Point and maintain its natural assets, learned from resident Elizabeth Allen that an invasive thorny vine, cat briar, which ...

U.S. Rep. Tom Petri reports that high school seniors interested in receiving his nomination for appointment to the U.S. service academies should contact his office no later than Oct.

Despite all efforts to incite and provoke an entire community with anti-Semitic chants and signs, the Westboro Baptist Churcha s small a oehatea group failed to garner much attention from the Great Neck community during their daylong visit last Friday, Sept.

The Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas will conduct demonstrations throughout the Great Neck peninsula on Friday, Sept.

U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco is accepting applications from students in District 17 for congressional nominations to one of the four United States service academies through Nov.

Fort Ticonderoga will host the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Band on Saturday, Sept.

A former Friends of Wayne Animals foster dog named Brody has been adopted by a station of the US Coast Guard in Kings Point N.Y. Brody came to FOWA at 6 weeks old, rescued from a backyard in Tennessee with his mom and eight siblings.

The Containerization & Intermodal Institute will present the 2009 Connie Awards this year to James E. Butcher, Chairman of Hegh Autoliners Inc., and to Evergreen's Vice Group Chairman Captain Shiuan Y. Kuo.

U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., has been appointed to the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y. As a member of the Board of Visitors, Isakson will visit the academy annually and make recommendations on the operation of the academy.

William G. Fell, Jr., a 1978 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, has been named the 16th Commandant of Midshipmen at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y.. He holds the rank of captain, U.S. Maritime Service.

Classification society Germanischer Lloyd has appointed Kevin Coyne as its new Executive Vice President Americas for the Maritime Services.

Former Village of Great Neck Mayor Steven Tell died this past Sunday, July 19, 2009 following a long illness.

Awards Merchant Marine Academy : John Klocke of Rochester received the Transas USA Award, given to a top deck midshipman who has demonstrated exceptional skills and interest in electronic navigation.

Christine MacMillan, daughter of James and Nancy MacMillan of Lakehills, recently graduated from the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York.

U.S. Rep. John Shimkus is accepting applications from individuals interested in attending one of the U.S. military academies.

The villages of Great Neck, Kings Point and Lake Success will all hold elections this coming Tuesday, June 16.

Although she has excelled in the male-dominated world of shipbuilding - 8 percent of NASSCO's 4,700 employees are women - Kruger does not view her working life through the prism of male-female relations.