Murdered Astoria Woman’s New York Dream Cut Short
ASTORIA — A budding financial exec who came to New York to pursue a dream job ended up in a nightmare of domestic abuse at the hands of her boyfriend who allegedly beat and strangled her in their Astoria apartment earlier this week, her friends and cops said. Danielle Thomas, 27, started her job as […]
NYC Public Schools to Integrate Sustainability Themes Into Lesson Plans
CELF and NYC Department of Education Kick Off Pilot Program Helping Teachers Build Sustainability Concepts Into Overall Curricula. (PRWEB) June 28, 2012 The Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation (CELF), in partnership with the New York City Department of Education (NYC DoE), today kicked off a pilot program to help New York City (NYC) public schools bring […]
FedEx starts work on new facility
FedEx broke ground on its $56 million distribution center in Long Island City on June 22. The 140,000-square-foot automated distribution center is scheduled to open in August 2013. “This is an encouraging trend of businesses moving to Long Island City,” Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) said. The new facility, which has been in the works […]
Massive Hallets Point Development Project Gets Boost from State
ASTORIA — A New Jersey real estate firm looking to build a $1 billion development in Hallets Point, including a new water taxi stop, and beautify a run-down portion of the increasingly popular Astoria waterfront has received a boost from the state Legislature. Lincoln Equities Group plans to entirely change the appearance of the 7-acre […]
Cops Investigate Killing of 27-Year-Old Woman in Astoria Updated June 27 …
QUEENS — Police are investigating the killing of a 27-year-old woman who was found with severe head trauma inside an Astoria apartment Tuesday night, the NYPD said. Cops discovered the body of Danielle Thomas at 28-25 33rd St. about 7:30 p.m., after police received a report of an unconscious female at that location. Thomas was […]