Tuesday Nov 3 | Jackson Heights News
Queens Falcons down, but not necessarily out
After losing a lawsuit to play out the remainder of the season at the Middle Village park, a coach for the Maspeth-based youth football league said the leaguea s board will meet to consider further action.
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Avalance of Criticism at Fight Over Historic Queens Church
But the exception is St. Saviour's in Maspeth, and this sad story is heating up once again.
From the Times Newsweekly : During the Oct. 5 meeting at Bethzatha Church of God in Elmhurst, COMET President Rosemarie Daraio told the 104th Precinct's executive officer, Capt.
Bored to Death: Sex, Misleading Characterizations, and Video Tape
Our detective and his sidekick Ray decamp from their home turf to meet a client in New Jersey.
Poster-Loving Civic Groups Protest Steep Fines
How much should the city fine for an improper poster put up by local Boy Scouts at a street fair? At a June 2008 street fair in Maspeth, Queens, the answer ended up being $300 per poster.
Leaders Fight to Protect Biz Owners from 'Ticket Shock'
Organizers of a street fair in Maspeth, Queens were slapped with 128 tickets and $9,600 in fines weeks after the event took place.
Raising Roof and Headstone for Pioneering Pianist
A definition of righteousness: about 75 people, crammed into the West Village club Smalls, watching a series of pianists play James P. Johnson on a grand piano in a benefit concert to buy a headstone for his grave.
City DA announces indictments in Lucchese crime enterprise
Suspected Lucchese family member Frank Francomano, 45, is one of six former building inspectors accused of taking bribes in exchange for granting building permits, expediting inspections and avoiding building violations, Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau said at a news conference.
A fresh look for Fresh Pond property
A seemingly abandoned lot at the intersection of Metropolitan Avenue and Fresh Pond Road.
Waste Management defends transfer plan amid continued opposition
Elected officials took Waste Managementa s latest plan out with the trash last week, urging the company to go back to the drawing board and come up with a new, community-friendly alternative.
'James P. Johnson's Last Rent Party!'
The Harlem stride piano master lays in an unmarked grave in Maspeth , and his most dedicated followers 'academics and musicians alike 'are raising funds to see that insult negated.
After-school waiting game at Maspeth Town Hall
Recently, Jeniene Schiacca spent the night camped out on the sidewalk before Maspeth Town Hall, holding her spot online for a chance to enroll her children in the halla s popular, but space-limited, after-school program.
Music Industry: Good Business to Take Care Of
SOURCE: Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes The jazz community has learned how to take care of its makers--past, present--and way in the past.
Pregnant Woman Fined for Failing to Scoop Poop
Mother-to-be Alicia Fernbacker was issued a $250 fine Tuesday for failing to scoop up poop outside her Maspeth home, but she plans to challenge the summon next month, the Daily News reported .
St. Saviour's park a wish list priority
In Maspeth, where available open space is dwindling fast, residents continue to call for the city to transform the former St.
Food Shop: Iavarone Bros. relocates to Woodbury
At the new Iavarone Bros. in Woodbury are, from left, Pat Iavarone, Pepe Bonafede and Jonathan Iavarone.
Local Tributes Planned For 9/11
The anniversary of the saddest day in the City's history, Sept. 11, 2001, is this Friday.
A Queens man claimed a bouncer bloodied him when he got tossed from a strip club -- but a surveillance camera there told a different tale.
Edgardo Marquez, 23, and Charles Roberts, 22, grabbed the man after he tripped and fell at 61st Street near 60th Lane shortly after 4:30 a.m. Tuesday.