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Doing it All


Former Queens resident Jorge-Luis Pallo, currently a cast member of the ABC Family show “The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” is working on fulfilling a career goal of doing it all.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 7:11 PM EST

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New Works Showcase
Green Space
Sunday, January 11

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COMPILED BY MATTHEW BACCHUS AND VICTOR G. MIMONI

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 7:11 PM EST

A winning hand at Cassino


Cassino first opened its doors for business on October 31, 1961, owned by Santo and Grace Anzalone. Santo was heavily involved in the community, to the point that a nearby street is named after him. The business has stayed in the family as his son, Andrew and his wife Rosemary now own not just the restaurant, but the entire building.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 7:12 PM EST

Beauty & blues fest in Mustique


Anytime is a good time to visit Mustique, an isle in the Caribbean St. Vincent and the Grenadines island chain, but January is extra-special because of the Mustique Blues Festival, taking place January 21 through February 4 this year.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 7:11 PM EST

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VOTE on Queens' Best & Brightest


Click here to choose your valedictorian and salutatorian of the borough. The four students with the most online votes will receive tickets to the Mets game on August 21st where they will be recognized prior to the game. The four will also receive a special plaque from The Queens Courier.

Tuesday, July 1, 2008 12:24 PM EDT

You’ve got the Cutest Little Babyface - Send Us Your Baby Pics!


We think all babies are beautiful, so send in photos of your child, age newborn to 12 months, to The Queens Courier.

Friday, April 4, 2008 3:29 PM EDT

Send In Pictures With The Queens Courier and Win!


Don't leave home without The Queens Courier! We are looking for readers with pictures holding The Queens Courier on their vacations. Send in your pictures infront of the Coliseum in Rome, the Eiffel Tower in Paris or any other destination outside NY State and we will give you a FREE one-year subscription to the best paper in Queens.

Friday, April 4, 2008 3:29 PM EDT

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A winning hand at Cassino


Cassino first opened its doors for business on October 31, 1961, owned by Santo and Grace Anzalone. Santo was heavily involved in the community, to the point that a nearby street is named after him. The business has stayed in the family as his son, Andrew and his wife Rosemary now own not just the restaurant, but the entire building.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 6:33 PM EST

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COMPILED BY MATTHEW BACCHUS AND VICTOR G. MIMONI

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 7:03 PM EST

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Doing it All


Former Queens resident Jorge-Luis Pallo, currently a cast member of the ABC Family show “The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” is working on fulfilling a career goal of doing it all.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 7:19 PM EST

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In Remembrance of a Pioneer - and a Friend, Harold Snyder


It was with shock and sorrow that I learned through my handheld Blackberry, while sitting on the beach in Mexico, that my dear friend Harold Snyder had died on December 18 after a short illness.

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 8:37 PM EST

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January 6th, 2009

Doing it All

Former Queens resident Jorge-Luis Pallo, currently a cast member of the ABC Family show “The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” is working on fulfilling a career goal of doing it all.

happenings

COMPILED BY MATTHEW BACCHUS AND VICTOR G. MIMONI

Beauty & blues fest in Mustique

Anytime is a good time to visit Mustique, an isle in the Caribbean St. Vincent and the Grenadines island chain, but January is extra-special because of the Mustique Blues Festival, taking place January 21 through February 4 this year.

Doing it All

Former Queens resident Jorge-Luis Pallo, currently a cast member of the ABC Family show “The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” is working on fulfilling a career goal of doing it all.

A winning hand at Cassino

Cassino first opened its doors for business on October 31, 1961, owned by Santo and Grace Anzalone. Santo was heavily involved in the community, to the point that a nearby street is named after him. The business has stayed in the family as his son, Andrew and his wife Rosemary now own not just the restaurant, but the entire building.

A winning hand at Cassino

Cassino first opened its doors for business on October 31, 1961, owned by Santo and Grace Anzalone. Santo was heavily involved in the community, to the point that a nearby street is named after him. The business has stayed in the family as his son, Andrew and his wife Rosemary now own not just the restaurant, but the entire building.

A winning hand at Cassino

Cassino first opened its doors for business on October 31, 1961, owned by Santo and Grace Anzalone. Santo was heavily involved in the community, to the point that a nearby street is named after him. The business has stayed in the family as his son, Andrew and his wife Rosemary now own not just the restaurant, but the entire building.

happenings

COMPILED BY MATTHEW BACCHUS AND VICTOR G. MIMONI

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New Works Showcase
Green Space
Sunday, January 11

December 31st, 2008

A View from the Cliff blog: What was your Favorite Queens Production?

Now that 2008 has drawn to a close, it's customary to pause a moment and review the events that shaped it. This applies to Queens theatre. I hope you've had the chance to see at least one, and hopefully more than one performance in our borough. Every possible level of talent and genre has been offered. Here are a few reminders while you make your own list of favorites.
December 30th, 2008

In Remembrance of a Pioneer - and a Friend, Harold Snyder

It was with shock and sorrow that I learned through my handheld Blackberry, while sitting on the beach in Mexico, that my dear friend Harold Snyder had died on December 18 after a short illness.

Bringing more and better concerts to borough

Musica Reginae Productions (MRP) has made it its mission to make sure there are more concerts being held in Queens and reaching people in various communities.

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COMPILED BY MATTHEW BACCHUS AND VICTOR G. MIMONI

Cheeburger Cheeburger!

You know you are in good hands when a life-sized cutout of Elvis greets you at the door.

Golden Krust thinks pink for good cause

All this month, Jamaican patties from the Bronx-based Golden Krust Bakery and Grill chain will be pretty in pink for a serious cause: the fight against breast cancer.

Food allergies on the rise in kids

It seems that every school today is filled with kids who are allergic to the basic foods of childhood - from peanuts to eggs to milk. And while the problem may not be as widespread as it seems, it is only getting worse.

Cooped Up, Feeling Down

Madison, WI. - The wind is howling. Temperatures are well below freezing. And you’re curled up on the sofa with the cat, a good book and a crackling fire. How could you possibly feel so lousy?

LOVE OF MUSIC

A Fulbright scholarship is giving jazz composer and pianist Llu’s Capdevila, a native of Catalonia, Spain, the opportunity to study at Queens College in order to grow as a musician.

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“Voices and Instruments of the World”
Flushing Library
Sunday, January 4

December 24th, 2008

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Festive Meals at Laterna

If you have driven down Bell Boulevard along 47th Street, you were sure to have noticed the long restaurant with the wooden exterior. Laterna has been an anchor in Bayside for over a decade, a family run restaurant for families.

This holiday, remember Wal-Mart worker

With Christmas just yesterday, I’m giving a special holiday greeting to the Wal-Mart shoppers - the frantic, greed-driven Black Friday bargain hunters - who shoved and/or stepped on Wal-Mart worker Jdimytai Damour, or saw him knocked down and did nothing to help him.

Non-profit fills void left by daycare cuts

Around the time that the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) announced funding cuts to the city’s chronically under-enrolled daycare centers, a small business development organization graduated its latest batch of low-income entrepreneurs who had been primed to fill some of the void created by the childcare cuts and the closures that could potentially result.

Perinatal forum for teenagers

Flushing-based non-profit Queens Health Coalition (QHC) has been providing essential links between healthcare consumers and providers since 1994.

Hanukkah Greetings

The Rockwood Park Jewish Center celebrated the first night of Hanukkah on Sunday, December 21 with a party. Meanwhile, The Chabad of Howard Beach celebrated the first night of Hanukkah by lighting the menorah at the Old Mill Yacht Club.

South Queens Dem Club holiday party

The South Queens Democratic Club hosted its holiday party on Tuesday, December 16 at the Old Mill Yacht Club.

Young, grandmas are Santa’s helpers

What happens when you bring together a room full of grandmothers and nearly 800 yards of fabric? You get enough stuffed toys to bring smiles to the faces of kids at the pediatric wing of New York Hospital Queens.

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Holiday Open House
Queens County Farm Museum
Friday, December 26 through Monday, December 29

From Suriname on a song

Suresh Ketwaroe’s love for music started out nearly 30 years ago. Back in his native country of Suriname, located in South America, he joined a small band that specialized in Indian music.

A View from the Cliff blog: Make YOUR dreams come true on Queens' stages

Queens has far more than its fair share of Cinderella stories in the world of entertainment. Regular people who were determined to lead more than regular lives have achieved stardom, right from Queens' neighborhoods.
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