http://www.queensny.com/ The latest news from the www.queensny.com website! Newsys Template Engine College Point/whitestone Times/news http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 newsys-136972672 http://www.queensny.com/articles/2010/09/06/college_point/whitestone_times/news/wt_stavisky_forums_20100902.txt The Democratic candidates in the race for state Sen. Toby Stavisky’s (D-Whitestone) seat appeared together twice in Flushing last week to air their views, answer questions and take jabs at one another as the Sept. 14 primary draws near. Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:12:29 -0400 newsys-136580349 http://www.queensny.com/articles/2010/09/06/college_point/whitestone_times/news/wt_valentino_folo_20100902.txt The long-awaited Valentino’s on the Green is scheduled to finally open its doors Wednesday for a grand opening dinner and will begin serving lunch later in the month, one of the Bayside banquet hall and restaurant’s owners said. Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:12:17 -0400 newsys-138417317 http://www.queensny.com/articles/2010/09/06/college_point/whitestone_times/news/wt_bayside_snappers_20100902.txt The Bayside Anglers reeled in as many as 100 children from across the borough to take part in the group’s 10th-annual snapper derby last weekend along the Bayside Marina. Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:12:20 -0400 newsys-138676747 http://www.queensny.com/articles/2010/09/06/college_point/whitestone_times/news/wt_flushing_gravestones_20100902.txt Martins Field may soon look less like the average city park and more like the spot now called The Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground where an estimated 1,000 people were laid to rest. Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:12:30 -0400 newsys-138417322 http://www.queensny.com/articles/2010/09/06/college_point/whitestone_times/news/wt_auxiliary_police_20100902.txt The city Police Department honored volunteer officers from Queens who were chosen as the most exemplary by the borough’s 15 precincts at an awards ceremony in Fresh Meadows’ Cunningham Park last weekend. Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:12:18 -0400 newsys-138676741 http://www.queensny.com/articles/2010/09/06/college_point/whitestone_times/news/wt_cp_baseball_fields_20100902.txt Former City Councilman Tony Avella announced last week the completion of the second phase of construction of a sports facility at the College Point Fields. Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:12:24 -0400 newsys-138482730 http://www.queensny.com/articles/2010/09/06/college_point/whitestone_times/news/wt_incoming_schools_20100902.txt More than 2,000 new classroom seats will be available in Queens this fall, when the city Department of Education opens four new facilities and three renovated buildings in a borough notorious for its overcrowded schools. Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:12:14 -0400 newsys-138482729 http://www.queensny.com/articles/2010/09/06/college_point/whitestone_times/news/wt_tom_white_obit_20100902.txt The city’s top leaders, southeast Queens activists and hundreds of residents who were impacted by Councilman Thomas White’s years of work gathered at the Greater Allen AME Cathedral Thursday for a final goodbye. Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:52:20 -0400 newsys-138809991 http://www.queensny.com/articles/2010/09/06/college_point/whitestone_times/news/wt_race_funds_for_stavisky_20100902.txt Incumbent state Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Whitestone) has solidified a strong fund-raising lead over her two Democratic primary challengers, but her lone Conservative opponent has not filed the most recent required financial disclosure form with the state Board of Elections. Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:12:25 -0400 newsys-138482725 http://www.queensny.com/articles/2010/09/06/college_point/whitestone_times/news/wt_cabbie_attack_20100902.txt While the courts push to prosecute a 21-year-old filmmaker who allegedly stabbed a Muslim cab driver from Jamaica last week in Manhattan, the governor, mayor and activist groups are calling for an end to racially antagonizing rhetoric. Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:12:15 -0400 newsys-138417330 http://www.queensny.com/articles/2010/09/06/college_point/whitestone_times/news/wt_mosque_dinner_20100902.txt In the same month in which controversy has raged over whether a Muslim cultural center should be built two blocks from Ground Zero, in the same week a cab driver had his throat slashed after he told his passenger he was Muslim and on the same evening a man desecrated a mosque on Steinway Street, another mosque mere blocks away shared a night of peace with its neighbors. Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:12:16 -0400 newsys-137956694 http://www.queensny.com/articles/2010/09/06/college_point/whitestone_times/news/wt_at_mosque_20100902.txt A 30-year-old man was arrested last week after he allegedly urinated outside an Astoria mosque during a prayer session, city Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said. Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:12:19 -0400 newsys-138482720 http://www.queensny.com/articles/2010/09/06/college_point/whitestone_times/news/wt_flushing_hs_off_list_20100902.txt Things are looking up for Flushing High School. After being named to the state Department of Education’s list of the state’s 57 persistently lowest-achieving schools in January, a designation which could have led to its conversion into a charter school or its shuttering, it is now off that list, according to state Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Whitestone). Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:12:13 -0400 newsys-138809993 http://www.queensny.com/articles/2010/09/06/college_point/whitestone_times/news/wt_key_food_folo_20100902.txt The effort to ensure that the new Asian owners of the Roosevelt Avenue Key Food supermarket in Flushing cater to the tastes of American customers intensified last week at a meeting of the Queensboro Hill Civic Association. Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:12:14 -0400 newsys-138482732 http://www.queensny.com/articles/2010/09/06/college_point/whitestone_times/news/wt_duane_mailer_20100902.txt John Duane, a candidate for the seat now held by Assemblywoman Ann-Margaret Carrozza, has come under fire from one of his fellow opponents as well as a Bayside community activist for a mailer sent out by his campaign on Vietnam veterans. But Duane insisted the flier’s message was being distorted. Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:12:25 -0400 newsys-138676745 http://www.queensny.com/articles/2010/09/06/college_point/whitestone_times/news/wt_hurricane_warning_20100902.txt The Category 4 Hurricane Earl that was churning its way through the Caribbean this week could endanger Queens homes and the Belt Parkway if it passes by New York over Labor Day weekend as forecast early this week, U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Forest Hills) said. Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:12:29 -0400 newsys-138482733 http://www.queensny.com/articles/2010/09/06/college_point/whitestone_times/news/wt_rosedale_party_shooting_20100902.txt For the fourth time this summer an out-of-control party in a southeast Queens neighborhood was the site of a violent shooting early Sunday morning that took the life of a reveler and frightened nearby residents, police said. Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:12:24 -0400 newsys-138809994 http://www.queensny.com/articles/2010/09/06/college_point/whitestone_times/news/wt_flood_relief_drive_20100902.txt City Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) and state Sen. Jose Peralta (D-Jackson Heights) urged residents to donate money and food for those suffering from the floods in Pakistan at a news conference at Pakistani restaurant Kabab King Diner in Jackson Heights last Thursday. Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:12:29 -0400 newsys-138809990 http://www.queensny.com/articles/2010/09/06/college_point/whitestone_times/news/wt_new_film_fest_20100902.txt A Jackson Heights couple and an Astoria man who were allegedly stiffed by the Queens International Film Festival’s founder are putting together a slate of films for spring 2011 to ensure that the borough remains a hot spot for cinema. Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:12:28 -0400 newsys-136972677 http://www.queensny.com/articles/2010/09/06/college_point/whitestone_times/news/wt_dinapoli_mta_audit_20100902.txt State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli recently audited the MTA and found what he said was “a culture of acceptance” of overtime pay. 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