ARRL CEO is Featured Speaker at New York City/Long Island Section Convention Ham Radio University
01/03/2017 ARRL CEO Tom Gallagher, NY2RF, will be the keynote speaker at the 18th Annual ARRL New York City/Long Island Section Convention Ham Radio University (HRU) on January 8, 2017, at Briarcliffe College in Bethpage, New York. The event is described as “a day of education to share ideas, experiences, knowledge, and fellowship among Amateur […]
Long Island City filmmaker to be honored at this year’s Queens World Film Festival
Lights, camera, action! The Queens World Film Festival is on its way back for a seventh year! From Tuesday, March 14, to Sunday, March 19, the Museum of the Moving Image and other venues will be hosting screenings of over 130 of the world’s most compelling indie films from more than 25 nations. On opening […]
In Long Island City, Governor Cuomo and Bernie Sanders announce plan for tuition-free college
Updated Jan. 3, 3:40 p.m. Governor Andrew Cuomo and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders announced a plan in Long Island City on Tuesday to introduce tuition-free state and city college. Cuomo and Sanders came to La Guardia Community College to talk about the plan, called the Excelsior Scholarship, which would provide students who are attending two-year and four-year […]
Long Island City resident barks up business with dog walking company
Jenny Foley turned her passion for animals and the outdoors into a full-time business. The New Jersey native who has lived in Long Island City for seven years started Long Island City Dog Walk, a company that provides individual dog walks for neighborhood residents, in 2012. Foley, who attended the Fashion Institute of Technology, majored […]