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Astoria Characters: The Guy Who Likes Pi and Pizza Pie
Oct 16, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling Walid is the owner of Macoletta. Text and Photos by Nancy A. Ruhling "Not all pizza is created equal,” says Walid Idriss as he sprinkles flour on the countertop and places...
Being Italian American Is In The DNA Of My Being And Of My Work… An Interview With Playwright And Director Charles Messina
Oct 12, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 138 138 recommendations | email to a friend
  Interview by Tiziano Thomas Dossena (Courtesy L'Idea Magazine NY) Charles Messina Charles Messina  is an American playwright, screenwriter, and director. Born in Greenwich Village, of Italian-Ame...
New Medical Fee Schedule for New York Workers’ Compensation Claims
Oct 09, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 207 207 recommendations | email to a friend
Worker’s Compensation Board Proposes New Medical Fee Schedule Board Seeks Comments before Finalizing Fee Schedule Changes Queens |NYC| Brooklyn |Bronx Workers’ Compensation Lawyers If you’ve been i...
Bedsores Due to Nursing Home Neglect – Frequently Asked Questions
Oct 09, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 178 178 recommendations | email to a friend
What Systems Should Hospital Staff Follow to Monitor Medical Conditions? Monitoring a medical condition in a patient requires following set medical standards and guidelines that have been establish...
EMPLOYMENT LAW ALERT: EMPLOYER COMPLIANCE WITH NEW SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAWS COMMENCES ON OCTOBER 9, 2018
Oct 09, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 162 162 recommendations | email to a friend
A BRIEF BY COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO COMPLY WITH THE NEWLY ENACTED NEW YORK STATE AND NEW YORK CITY SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING LAWS Author:   CHRISTOPHER L. VAN DE WATER, E...
Paycheck Deductions: What Is Legal in New York?
Oct 09, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 177 177 recommendations | email to a friend
Understanding NY Laws about Paycheck Deductions Laws vary from state to state regarding deducting for loans or legitimate business losses from an employee’s paycheck. New York has very strict labor...
Astoria Characters: The Bakers Who Are Sweet on Each Other
Oct 09, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling Gian Piero is at 44-17 30th Ave. Text and Photos by Nancy A. Ruhling It is pouring down rain, but Michael Dellapolla , the owner of Gian Piero Bakery , doesn’t notice the ...
1031 Exchange Property of the Year!
Oct 08, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 195 195 recommendations | email to a friend
Interview with experienced Broker Jim Turano who just completed his 40 year in the business. Investing with Real Estate Properties that give you a minimum of a 7% Cap rate of return and in addition...
Astoria Characters: Vinny and Suzy and the Harley
Oct 02, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 31 31 recommendations | email to a friend
Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling Vinny and Suzy get ready to ride. Text and Photos by Nancy A. Ruhling “Wanna go for a ride?” Suzy runs circles around the living room coffee table, yes, yes, YES! Satisfie...
How Would You Know Whether Your Newborn Suffered from Hypoxia and Asphyxia?
Sep 25, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 325 325 recommendations | email to a friend
Symptoms of Birth Hypoxia or Asphyxia that Parents Should Be Aware of Birth hypoxia and asphyxia both refer to lack of oxygen to the brain in a fetus. This can occur right before, during or immedia...

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Feet on 82nd Street
The season's sandal report
Jun 04, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 128 128 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dancing in the ‘Middle’
Modern dance lives in Queens
May 27, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 333 333 recommendations | email to a friend
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Run for the Hills
Interview with Dave W. of White Hills
May 14, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 126 126 recommendations | email to a friend
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Queens viticulture comes into its own
Upcoming farm fest will showcase homegrown wines
May 12, 2010 | 3 3 comments | 660 660 recommendations | email to a friend
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Astoria Burger King "Big Mike" fans cheer during an episode of American Idol on April 27. (Photo by Tammy Scileppi)
Burger King full of 'Idol' chatter
Fans gather in fast food joint to cheer on hometown boy
May 12, 2010 | 2 2 comments | 142 142 recommendations | email to a friend
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Olga (Mirjana Karanovic) and Robert (David Thornton) contemplate their last tango in Belgrade. (Photo credit: Still from the film - DP Mathias Shoningh)
"Here And There" - Here and now in theaters
"Here And There" is back!  Quick, grab a seat at the Quad Cinema [34 West 13th Street] for a limited engagement starting Friday, May 14!

     What a time to return!  As the nation yet again storms...
May 12, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 140 140 recommendations | email to a friend
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2010 Tribeca Film Fellows (listed by their names, towns of residence, and schools in attendance), left to right: Jasmine Velez, 15, Corona, Academy for Careers in Television and Film; Rafael Velez, 18, Richmond Hill, Independence High School; Nataly Garzon, 17, Jamaica, Baccalaureate School for Global Education; Alejandra Araujo, 17, Jamaica, Frank Sinatra School of the Performing Arts; Frisly Soberanis, 16, East Elmhurst, Academy for Careers in Television and Film. (Photo Courtesy of the Tribeca Film Institute)
Young or old, you can learn a lot from a 'Fellow' filmmaker
So you want to be in the pictures - not necessarily as an actor, but maybe as a director, producer, director of photography, screen writer and/or lighting designer - and you are between 15 and 19, ...
May 06, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 143 143 recommendations | email to a friend
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New WHITE HILLS song
Band to play Lit Lounge 4/28
Apr 22, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 139 139 recommendations | email to a friend
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Michael Gold
Queens' weirdness on display in "Horror House Detective"
Look out, Queens, we've fallen victim to The Weirdness. Or at least, that would be a convenient explanation for the strange, aggressive, and sometimes non-sensical behavior that we display in our b...
Apr 21, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 136 136 recommendations | email to a friend
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Films for the frugal: FREE events, screenings for movie buffs of all ages
We may not have nine lives like cats do, but it does seem that our lives revolve around the number. There’s Cloud Nine, there’s the Beatles Number IX, there’s a movie NINE, and now here’s another: ...
Apr 21, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 133 133 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tribeca Film Fest 2010: Free outdoor screening schedule
It’s back: bigger, better, bolder: the Tribeca Film Festival 2010 takes to New York’s streets, screens and salons starting mid-week and ends its star-studded limited engagement on Sunday, May 2, 20...
Apr 21, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 124 124 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ran Craycraft, founder of the 4,000-member strong WhyLeaveAstoria?! social network.
The Man Who 'Ran' With A Plan
How Ran Craycraft created WhyLeaveAstoria?!, a social media mini-empire
Apr 16, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 164 164 recommendations | email to a friend
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RECORD REVIEW: Thing by Trans Am
Over the course of their long career spanning 13 albums and nearly 15 years, Trans Am has always been pushing the envelope of creativity, and their latest release, Thing , due out April 20 is no di...
Apr 13, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 131 131 recommendations | email to a friend
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"About Face" (Dean Radinovsky)
Do You See What I See?
Abstract art comes to Queens
Apr 07, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 136 136 recommendations | email to a friend
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…And he’s back with 15 tracks
Tom Rush releases first studio album in 36 years
Apr 06, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 124 124 recommendations | email to a friend
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