Bellport, New York, May 20, 2013 -- “This is a sad day for Townhouse Antiques. After 12 years, we are adding our name to the ever growing list of antique shops closing on Long Island. The recessi...
Author: Hans & Associates, P.C. Off-the-clock claims are one source of wage and hour lawsuits. In an off-the-clock claim, employees assert that the employer forced them to spend time working ...
While I was living in Nashville, I was continually learning about different plants and flowers that were native to the region. As I walked through a field one day, I spotted a cluster of dain...
Queens NY Real Estate Market Update As the Queens housing market recovers we are seeing considerable increases in demand, resulting in a strong seller’s market in certain areas a...
On June 1 st and June 2 nd , thousands of dogs and cats will be looking for their forever homes at New York City’s biggest pet adoption event ever – all for free. The Alliance for NYC’s Animals ...
May 15 - 19 175-20 74TH AVENUE, FRESH MEADOWS RIDES, GAMES, FOOD AND ENTERTAINMENT OPEN, WED THROUGH FRIDAY, 6PM-11PM SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 2PM — 11PM FREE PARKING AND ADMISSION PAY ONE LOW P...
In recent years, the changes and complexities of wage and hour laws have made it difficult for small businesses to comply with regulations. Yet, with wage and hour lawsuits on the rise, small busi...
Rigtht on, Carl! Dear editor:
I would like to applaud Carl Paladino for standing up for his young daughter.
Carl Palindino was having a shouting match with a reporter for sending people over to his daughter's hous...
Checks and balances Dear Editor:
Republican/Conservative Party candidate Harry Wilson for State Comptroller makes sense.
State government has always had members of different political parties holding key statewide o...
Turner needs support, not civic lesson Dear Editor:
I am writing this letter in response to Mr. Seltzer’s “ Bob Turner Needs a Civics Lesson” (Letters, September 16). It seems to me after reading Mr. Seltzer’s letter that he is for fre...
Let the mudslinging season begin Dean Editor:
Now that election time is approaching, we see the candidates making personal attacks on their opponents. I really think that they should tell us where they stand on the issues because...
Anti-Muslim sentiment wrong Dear Editor:
By now, most people should know that the creation of the downtown mosque and Muslim community center near Ground Zero is an example of the separation of state and freedom of religion a...
Tennis stadium sale would ease debt Dear Editor:
Back in August, eyebrows were raised when Forest Hills Gardens Corporation president Mitchell Cohen stood with the Board of the West Side Tennis Club and Cord Meyer when plans to sell ...
New vans service a "ripoff" Dear Editor:
Kew Gardens Hills residents' apparent lack of interest in the Taxi and Limousine Commission's new van service on the route of the former Q74 in Kew Gardens Hills is no surprise.
Loca...
Tennis stadium sale vote postponed Dear Editor:
An informational meeting on the sale of the historic tennis stadium at Forest Hills which was scheduled for September 16 was suddenly cancelled when a tornado whipped through Forest Hi...
In the eye of the storm Dear Editor:
I was coming home from an outing in Rego Park on September 16 around 6 p.m., and just when I walked into my building lobby, I noticed a swirl and the skies turned pitch black.
Then I ...
Thanks for help cleaning up Dear Editor:
Last week we all learned what a microburst is and what it can do to our neighborhood.
Power went down. Trees fell on houses, cars, and roads. In a time of crisis, many of your neighbo...
Bob Turner needs a civics lesson Dear Editor:
At a Forest Hills Kiwanis Club meeting a couple of months ago, Congressional candidate Bob Turner spoke about how members of the two parties need to do a better job of working together...
Remembering 9/11 Dear Editor:
As we are in the process of remembering the events of September 11, 2001 which is now in its ninth anniversary I, like many of my fellow Americans, are in the act of reflecting on that...
I was there on September 11th Dear Editor:
I was there! Yes, on September 11th I lost friends and a neighbor whose young son is a constant reminder of that day- but also, I was there!
My office on the Floating Hospital looked ...
Two Sides to the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium Debate About the West Side Tennis Club’s upcoming vote to sell the stadium land to developer Cord Meyer…
Pro by Isobel Kleinman
Sirs:
I believe that passing the proposal is the best thing members can d...
Saujani's attack on Maloney over millstones unfair EDITOR'S NOTE: The historic Dutch Kills millstones, remnants of a bygone gristmill, have been the subject of intense controversy. The millstones are currently at Queens Plaza, where a major recons...
BEIRUT (AP) — Rockets slammed Sunday into two Beirut neighborhoods that are strongholds of Lebanon's Hezbollah group, wounding at least 4 people, Lebanese security officials and media said.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The woman hired to clean up Rutgers' scandal-scarred athletic program quit as Tennessee's women's volleyball coach 16 years ago after her players submitted a letter complaining she ruled through humiliation, fear and emotional abuse, The Star-Ledger reported Saturday night on its website.