Every tax season, Lady Liberty comes to Sunnyside and rests next to the 46th Street subway station. She is dressed in her traditional long green robe, wears a bold crown and holds her head up high. However, there is something different about Sunnyside’s Lady Liberty.…
Jeannette Le Moing, a local resident for over twenty years, won a flat-screen TV last Friday after participating in a “shop-local” campaign sponsored by Sunnyside Shines. During the three weekends before Christmas, Sunnyside Shines handed out coupon books offering savings to as many as 44 local stores that included a contest to win a brand new 40″ television.…
Despite the single-digit temperatures Monday night, eight of the 10 winners of the Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce’s inaugural photography contest were on hand to receive their award. The 10 winning photographers, who were among the nearly 100 contestants that submitted photographs,…
A 16-year old youth who allegedly mugged six Sunnyside women on the northern side of Queens Blvd in early January has been arrested, according to police. Damari Morris, from Brooklyn, allegedly followed the women to their apartment buildings from the 40thStreet subway station,…
The drunk driver who killed a deliveryman for a Sunnyside Chinese restaurant pleaded guilty to felony vehicular manslaughter on Wednesday. Richard Contreras, 29, of Long Island City, admitted that he was drunk when he struck down and killed Jianqui Chen, 52,…
The Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce has named the 10 winners of its inaugural photography contest – aptly titled the “XBestPix” (as in 10 best pictures). The 10 winners, who were among the nearly 100 contestants that submitted photographs, will receive a $50 prize and have their photo professionally finished and mounted.…
Sonali Cuisine, the Indian restaurant located at 44-13 Queens Blvd, appears to have closed. The Sunnyside restaurant has not been open for more than 2 months and adjacent store owners believe the proprietors have left. The restaurant, which opened in October 2009,…
The owner of April Glass has decided to close her Queens Blvd store and seek new space due to hefty rent and a slowing economy. Patrice Lee, who has operated April Glass at 44-09 Queens Blvd since 2003, said today that her Queens Blvd rent was too high to run a successful business. …
Several local fifth and sixth graders from P.S. 150’s After-School Sports Program were provided with a tour of the Mets’ clubhouse at Citi Field on Wednesday. The children’s visit, organized by Sunnyside Community Services, included a personal meet-and-greet with many New York Mets players,…
A Woodside man was sentenced to 33 years in prison on Wednesday, after pleading guilty last month to the October 2009 killing of a Sunnyside resident and then trying to hire a hit man to kill two witnesses who were expected to testify against him.…