via The Queens Courier
Green Pet Shop's a Natural
Pet owners seeking eco-friendly products are gladly spending green to go gr…
Author: Annmarie Costella
CD 1: The (Stein)Way of Life
The Steinway & Sons piano factory in Astoria has provided immigrants employment for more than 150 years.
via New York Daily News
He's The Big Daddy Of Pop Culture
Steve Campanella shares his home with Superman, James Dean and many other friends from his past. The retired Marine and compulsive collector, has turned his Brooklyn home into a mini museum dedicated to preserving his favorite pop-culture icons.
via New York Daily News
Bookworms Decry RIF-Off
Jade Stebbins, 5, developed her love of books thanks to her mother – and RIF. But planned federal cuts would decimate RIF's Inexpensive Book Distribution program, impacting kids like Jade. Librarians and parents are banding to fight for funding.
via New York Daily News
Houdini Whodunnit in Queens
Harry Houdini could escape just about anything – except publicity. Two authors believe the legendary magician was fatally poisoned 82 years ago, and want to exhume his body from a Queens cemetery to test their theory.
via Bay News/Courier Life Publications
Sanitation Samaritan Helps Hungry
Unlike most great stories, this one begins in the trash. Tom Neve’s discovery of an escalating homeless population along his Brooklyn sanitation route was an image that he just couldn’t throw away. So he started a volunteer-run food pantry.
via The Queens Courier
Food Pantries Face Shortages
The cupboard is growing bare at food pantries throughout the city, and whil…
via The Queens Courier
Tower Plan Ripped as Cell-Out
Maspeth residents are furious over plans to place a 27-foot-plus cell phone antenna – disguised as a flagpole – atop a private home. See story for a link to a map of cell phone towers in the city.