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Astoria Characters: Miss Edie at Broadway Dance Studio
Sep 18, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling   Text and Photos by Nancy A. Ruhling   As the little leotarded girls arrive for the 10 a.m. tap class at Broadway Dance Studio , Edie Bongiovi greets them at the front de...
Astoria Characters: The Neon Guy
Sep 11, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling Kenny is the owner of Krypton Neon. Photos and text by Nancy A. Ruhling When he reaches the end of the dark, tunnel-like hallway, Kenny Greenberg switches on the signs. Lu...
A dining experience you can’t refuse!
Sep 08, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
BLEND on the water 4540 Center Blvd., Long Island City, NY11109 Take the time and experience a great atmosphere,  with very good food, that will make you feel like you are on vacation at the same t...
How Paper And Color Can Make You Dream. Exclusive Interview With Artist Adele Rahte.
Sep 04, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 144 144 recommendations | email to a friend
  Interview by Tiziano Thomas Dossena I met Adele Rahte at the beautiful Harlem house of a common friend, the soprano Lauren Flanigan. The conversation soon turned from music (we had just the fortu...
Astoria Characters: The Puppeteer and the Producer
Sep 04, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling Allison, who doesn’t have a Southern accent, is from Alabama. Text and Photos by Nancy A. Ruhling It happened at a summer camp in the Catskills. It’s where Mike and Alliso...
Astoria Characters: The Yogini Who Is Happie
Aug 28, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling Lisa is the owner of The Happie House. Text and Photos by Nancy A. Ruhling Kicking off her slip-on sneakers, Lisa Samuels steps into a small space that is the color of sun...
Construction Accidents Involving Falls from Heights
Aug 21, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 296 296 recommendations | email to a friend
Why Are Falls from Heights So Significant in New York City? New York takes construction accidents involving falls from heights very seriously. In fact, the NY State Legislature passed the Scaffold ...
Astoria Characters: The Guy Who Colors Outside the Lines
Aug 21, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 49 49 recommendations | email to a friend
Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling Zach has been drawing for nearly a quarter century. Text and Photos by Nancy A. Ruhling Every morning, Zach McCurdy sketches. He draws lines for a living, and this routine...
Sackstein Sacktein & Lee, LLP Sponsors the SUMAQ Peruvian Food Festival
Aug 16, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 603 603 recommendations | email to a friend
August 25–26, 2018: the SUMAQ Peruvian Food Festival in Nassau County on Long Island This year, Sackstein Sackstein & Lee, LLP takes pride in being the lead sponsor of the SUMAQ Peruvian Food Festi...
Why You Have Legal Rights in Construction Accidents Involving Falling Objects
Aug 16, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 330 330 recommendations | email to a friend
Can Injured workers and families who have lost their loved ones pursue lawsuits? By December of 2017, a construction site at 61 Ninth Avenue in Chelsea had been repeatedly cited for construction co...

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Maybe Porter won’t be the underdog anymore
Shawn Porter is rarely the favorite. Even after compiling a 276-14 amateur record, the 5-foot-6 world boxing champion to be debuted in 2008 fighting at 165 pounds following a decorated pre-pro run,...
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Yanks Must Get Sanchez & Severino Right to Win Title
We’ve reached the point in the baseball season, where there is a good amount of clarity with where the Yankees stand when it comes to October. The good news is there will be October baseball, but t...
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PHOTOS: USTA
Osaka apologetic in controversial win over her idol
US OPEN
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Djokovic wins third US Open
By Bryan Fonseca bfonseca@queensledger.com Quiet as kept, probably because of all the madness surrounding the women’s final, Novak Djokovic dominated his way to a third US Open Championship on Sund...
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Red Storm coach stepping down
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Jets & Giants Kick Off 2018 With Different Expectations
Collectively, the 2017 NFL season in New York City will go down as one of the worst football seasons of all time. The Giants and Jets combined for a record of 8-24 and played irrelevant football as...
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PHOTOS: JEFFREY ARMSTRONG
Osaka dominating in childhood stomping grounds
Two years after collapse, rising star winning at Open
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PHOTOS: JEFFREY ARMSTRONG
Federer shocked by journeyman
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Garcia, Porter promise fireworks in Brooklyn
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Hat trick leads STJ to easy win
Redshirt sophomore Zsani Kajan recorded the first hat trick or her collegiate career on Sunday, powering St. John’s to a 5-1 win over Stony Brook. Kajan’s hat trick marked the first such effort by ...
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U.S. Open gets underway with a historic upset
Halep is first #1 seed to go down in the first round
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Time for OBJ to Validate Giant Faith
A few months ago, the idea of Odell Beckham, Jr. receiving a contract extension from the New York Giants seemed somewhat outlandish. The talented but volatile receiver was coming off season ending ...
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Lieberman leads Power to Big 3 Title
Many are still warming up to the mere concept of a three-on-three, half-court professional basketball league driven by former NBA players and Ice Cube. This past week, the end of season two brought...
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STJ men rebound from loss
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Brooklyn fighters to battle for vacant world titles
Daniel Jacobs (34-2, 29 KO’s), the simultaneous pride of Brooklyn and bone cancer survivors, doesn’t take his second opportunity at boxing, or at life, lightly. For the third consecutive time in le...
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