Many Sunnyside and Woodside business owners and residents are coming together this Sunday at the Sunnyside Community Services Center to hold an event to raise funds for those displaced by Hurricane Sandy. The event has been organized by a group of local volunteers who have come together through goodwill and happenstance.…
By Bill Parry A small crowd of about 40 people gathered yesterday at John V. Daniels Park in Woodside to participate in a morning ceremony in recognition of Veterans Day. George Custance, the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ Post 2813’s quartermaster, was disappointed by the small crowd.…
Construction of a new garden area at All Saints Episcopal Church on 46th Street began last week. The garden, to be called a “meditation area”, will be open to residents and will be available for small public events. It is expected to be completed by the end of this week.…
By Bill Parry A kitchen fire broke out in an apartment building Friday night, forcing all the residents to evacuate. The FDNY were called to 50-05 44th St. at about 9:00pm and dozens of emergency vehicles filled a two block area at 50th Ave.…
The Sunnyside/Woodside Boys & Girls Club held its annual “Dancing with the Stars” fundraiser on Saturday night and raised a net total of $20,000. The fundraiser was based on the popular TV show ‘Dancing with the Stars’ that has swept the nation.…
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer will be leading a march on Nov. 17 along 43rd Avenue to remind the public that a local resident was savagely murdered on a Sunnyside street last month. The murder took place nearly three weeks ago and there have been no new developments in the case.…
By Bill Parry More than a hundred people braved Wednesday night’s nor’easter to attend the first annual “The Taste of Woodside” at St. Sebastian’s Parish Center. The event was held to showcase the quality of many of the local restaurants and to help raise funds for Woodside on the Move,…
By Pat Dorfman Rev. Brian Dowd, Pastor of Queen of Angels Church in Sunnyside, was named 2012 “Luke Adams Sunnysider of the Year” Monday night, receiving an engraved crystal plate and feted with a five-course meal and tributes at Sunnyside’s Dazies Restaurant.…
By Bill Parry Election Day was a long and frustrating process at Queen of Angels for voters and workers. The polling station was beset by too few scanning machines, and those that were there broke down. “We only had three machines,…
By Bill Parry Several restaurant and bar owners behind The Skillman Project’s inaugural Festival of Flags are blaming Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath for a slow opening weekend. The storm delayed the participating businesses from lining Skillman Ave with flags, since the flags were late to be delivered—which dampened the mood.…