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September Remodeling
September Remodeling Paint interior rooms while it’s still warm enough to leave windows open. Ditto for shampooing or replacing carpets. Check heating system including filters, pilot lights, and burners, and have the system serviced by a qualified professional. Clean and vacuum dust from vents, baseboard heaters and cold-air returns. Remove window air-conditioning units and store [...]
Read More >>Z Hotel in LIC has amazing interior
Z Hotel in LIC has amazing interior design work: http://ow.ly/ddY0Y
Read More >>Alobar is a famous Restaurant in LIC
Alobar is a famous Restaurant in LIC that servers up some amazing dishes: http://ow.ly/ddY5d
Read More >>Astoria in first stages of waterfront
Astoria in first stages of waterfront plan:http://ow.ly/dovao http://www.DAXSLLC.com
Read More >>Astoria proposed residential developments
Proposed residential developments could transform the western Astoria waterfront http://ow.ly/dfbBv http://www.DAXSLLC.com
Read More >>Suzanne Yacka, Astoria Foodie Expert:
Suzanne Yacka, Astoria Foodie Expert: http://ow.ly/dfbSf DAXSLLC.com
Read More >>The Astoria Youth Football Camp and Astoria Youth Football
The Astoria Youth Football Camp and Astoria Youth Football registration begins Monday and runs through Aug. 9 at John Warren Field. Sign-up is from 5 to 5:30 p.m., and the camp is from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Read More >>Upward Bound students celebrate successes, Astoria
Thirty-two local high schoolers from Astoria, Warrenton and Seaside took summer pretty seriously this year, removing invasive plants, saving butterflies, giving tourists an insight into local ecology, learning and performing Shakespeare and becoming experts in the job search. They took on these community projects through the Upward Bound Summer Academy, now in its 20th year at [...]
Read More >>Summer on a Stick and in a Straw Astoria
Astoria Mex specialist Pachanga Patterson is about to make its backyard even more appealing by adding a bar, the Icebox, specializing in frozen margaritas, ice pops, and raspados (shaved ice) in seasonal flavors. The Icebox will ring in Cinco de Mayo with pineapple-chile-powder raspados and grapefruit-ginger-honey and avocado-jalapeño-lime ice pops — the treats are $3 [...]
Read More >>Astoria Power Plant
A coalition of community leaders and residents is pushing the state to support an Astoria power plant in its quest to replace its decades-old, dirty generators with newer, cleaner ones. Smart Power NY was created to support NRG’s bid for a power purchasing contract, which will enable the company to fund its $1.5 billion repowering [...]
Read More >>Pedestrian and cycle path run from LIC to Flushing
The first phase of a bike and pedestrian trail that will connect waterfront parks in western Queens is slated to be completed this fall. The 10.6-mile Queens East River and North Shore Greenway will eventually run from Long Island City to Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. The first phase will link Queensbridge Park, in Long Island City, [...]
Read More >>Long Island City Lobbied for Cornell
• Technion-Cornell Innovation Institute — Before Cornell University and the Technion Institute of Technology won the city Economic Development Corp.’s contest to build a higher education tech campus in the city, Long Island City legislators and business leaders lobbied successfully for Roosevelt Island to become the chosen site. A subway stop away, the school is [...]
Read More >>Campaign for Trader Joe’s in Astoria
A group of Astoria residents wants Trader Joe’s to peddle its argula pizza and mini chicken tacos — as well as its cheap, fresh produce — closer to home. Ran Craycroft, founder of the Why Leave Astoria? blog, asked readers last week to fill out an online form on the company’s website requesting to bring [...]
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