Maspeth News

Triborough Bridge 25 Cent toll, 1963 You remember how things were. Or you might like to know how your family and friends saw the world in which they lived.

Proof positive that RING 8 is an organization with multi-generational roots, as up and comer Vinny Maddalone poses here for a photo with legend Emile Griffith, while RING 8 prexy Matt Farrago stands proudly behind them.

UPS workers at the Maspeth hub are outraged about a driver's choice to hang a small noose from his mirror.

Recently, the Consumer Product Safety Commission a recall of a children's product.

Hundreds of thousands of Bobby Chupete pacifiers are being recalled because of small mouth guards that can cause a choking risk.

One of many seasonal banners in Maspeth. slideshow Most people take the seasonal banners that hang on light posts along Grand Avenue for granted, assuming ita s a service provided by the city.

The Associated Press= The following recalls have been announced: About 641,000 Bobby Chupete pacifiers, manufactured in China and imported by Grand World Inc.

The Daily News checks in on the historic St. Saviour's site in Maspeth, one week after complaints made the rounds regarding the dicey work going on there .

Thursday, November 12, 2009 City Mulling Acquisition of St. Saviour's by Jeremy Walsh - TimesLedger Newspapers As preservationists continue to clash with the owner of the land where the 162-year-old St.

"A few months ago I contacted Community Board 5 regarding the unsafe conditions of the stairs that lead from 65th Street to 64th Street near the co-ops in Maspeth.

Long time resident Tom Vitale in front of the former site of Saint Savior Church.

Thursday, November 12, 2009 St. Saviour's in Maspeth Gaining Steam to Change from Old Church Site to Parkland After Delays by Lisa L. Colangelo - NY Daily News The former site of Saint Savior Church on 57th Road in Maspeth, Queens.

Demolition work to make way for a new Maspeth high school will begin shortly, this paper has learned.

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.

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.

Our detective and his sidekick Ray decamp from their home turf to meet a client in New Jersey.

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.

Organizers of a street fair in Maspeth, Queens were slapped with 128 tickets and $9,600 in fines weeks after the event took place.

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.