Cheese Wiz: Meet Adam Smith, DC’s Own Champion Cheesemonger
The Monger Games: Adam Smith has one of the best-known noses in his field. Staring intently at a 20-something-year-old customer at Cowgirl Creamery in Penn Quarter, head cheesemonger Adam Smith winds up for a dance he’s done many times before. “Ma’am, what can I do for you today?” The woman says she’s planning a picnic. “Great. […]
JetBlue Sign Joins the New York Skyline
4:36 p.m. | Updated Look, up in the sky. It’s a bird. It’s a plane. Actually, it’s a sign to promote a company that owns a lot of planes. JetBlue Airways plans to unveil on Wednesday evening a sign atop its headquarters in Long Island City. The sign, which sits on the roof of the […]
State Legislative Primaries 15 Days Away
With only 15 days until Primary elections on Thursday, September 13, candidates seeking to win their party’s support and become candidates for state legislative positions can be expected to make their final effort to get their names and messages heard before Queens voters go to the polls and cast their ballot. In all, there are […]
Empty Shelves Prompt Early Pathmark Closing
Faced with miles of empty aisles and bare shelves, managers slammed the door on the Long Island City Pathmark Supermarket on August 24–one day earlier than announced. “There was nothing left to sell, so we shut down the operation sooner than we expected,” a store manager told the Gazette. “It was time to shut the […]
Hunters Point Comedy Scene Draws Seinfeld and Other Big Names
LONG ISLAND CITY — Hunters Point is no joke. The comedy scene in the booming nabe has been taking off, attracting some of the biggest names in the business to an increasing number of clubs. Last week Jerry Seinfeld dropped by The Creek and The Cave on Jackson Avenue to watch Colin Quinn, who has […]
Government Works
Replacing one of our busiest streets in a week flat.
2 Staten Island families get in courthouse dust-up at sentencing
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A chaotic ruckus punctuated the sentencing of an MTA Bridges and Tunnels police officer and his wife Tuesday morning on charges the Tottenville residents regularly sold drugs in front of their three young sons. Family members of Thomas Bianco, 40, and his wife, Jennifer, 38, scuffled both inside and outside a […]
Garden City Schools: national PTA magazine goes digital
Until this week, readers of Our Children have been local, state and national PTA leaders who receive a printed magazine and have to make copies of articles they want to share with others. All that has changed with the first issue of Our Children for the 2012-2013 school year, now available online. “For more than […]
Constructing a Facade Both Rugged and Rusty
At the intersection of Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues in Brooklyn, dozens of men and women in hard hats are scurrying about each day, hanging this and attaching that, preparing the Barclays Center for its opening, which is now just a few weeks away. The lights have come on inside, some treetops are visible along the […]
Competition Offers $30K in Cash to Queens Startups Updated August 28, 2012 1 …
LONG ISLAND CITY — May the best Queens startup business win. The Queens Economic Development Corp. launched its annual StartUp! Business Competition — putting $30,000 cash on the line to help three budding companies get a head start. Competitors will attend a series of free workshops held between October and January at the Queens Central […]