The World Pong Tour came to Palace@Main over the weekend. A team from Connecticut won top prize.
Here’s more from the Queens Examiner.
Month: March 2014
Queensboro Hill Civic Association Meeting
Borough President Melinda Katz will share her vision for the future of Flushing and Queens. Additional presentations will also be made by John Choe, director of One Flushing, and Alexandra Ruiz, director for Immigration Advancement Matters.
Attempted Kidnapping in Flushing
Police are looking for a man who tried to kidnap an 11-year-old boy in front of his Flushing school Friday afternoon.
The boy was waiting to be picked up by his father when the suspect approached him at the corner of Colden Street an 45th Avenue outside the East-West School of International Studies just after 2:30 p.m. He reportedly showed him a photo of a resort with a pool and offered to take him someplace nice upstate.
The boy, who has only been identified as Joseph, refused his offer. That’s when the man jumped out of the car and tried to force Joseph in. Luckily, that is precisely the moment that Joseph’s father pulled up and the man fled in his vehicle north on Colden Street.
The would-be kidnapper is described as an Asian man in his 40s, standing approximately 5’7” tall. He was last seen wearing a blue multi-colored sweatshirt and brown slacks. He was driving a dark blue four-door sedan.
Anyone with information in the case is urged to call Crimestoppers at (800) 577-TIPS.
St. Patrick’s Day Jazz with the Paul Joseph Quartet
St. Mary’s Niativity Church
46-02 Parsons Blvd.
Parish Center on Jasmine Avenue
Tickets: $10 in advance/$15 at door
www.pauljoseph.com
Frre HSBC Children’s Garden Workshop
Get a taste of the HSBC Children’s Garden program as we plant seeds while learning about gardening and the environment. Plus, have a chance to register early for the Spring Session starting April 5! – Learn more here.
Kim to Honor Legal Aid Society
Assembly Member Ron Kim will be honoring the Legal Aid Society and presenting a New York State Citation to Sateesh Nori, Esq., the Attorney-in-charge of the Queens Neighborhood Office, today.
The assemblyman and the Legal Aid Society worked to provide bi-lingual free legal services out of the assemblyman’s office.
Flushing woman missing
Police from the 109th Precinct are searching for Yangling Zheng, 19, of 43-59 Robinson Street in Flushing. She was last seen on March 11 at 12:30 p.m. leaving a store at 75 East Broadway in Manhattan’s Chinatown. Friends describe her at 5’5″ tall and 140 pounds with brown eyes and black hair. She was last seen wearing a black blouse and black pants.
If you have seen her back in her hometown neighborhood, you should call Crimestoppers at (800) 577-TIPS.
Push for more biz aid in native languages
At a Congressional hearing at Queens College yesterday led by Congresswoman Grace Meng, people testifying called on the Small Business Administration to open a central facility in Flushing to provide business assistance in Asian languages. The new center would replace a system of Chinese-language programs, panelists said.
Here’s more from the Daily News.
109th Precinct Community Council Meeting Tonight
Got an issue you want to take up with the local police precinct?
The 109th Precinct Community Council will meet tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the 109th Precinct, 37-05 Union Street, Flushing.
Get a preview of the Flushing CSA this weekend
Flushing residents will get a chance to meet with local farmers from Golden Earthworm Organic Farm to launch the 2014 season for Flushing Community Supported Agriculture (CSA).
The “Meet the Farmer” forum, which will take place on Sunday, March 16, at the Flushing Quaker Meetinghouse, 137-16 Northern Boulevard, is free and open to the public.
Farmers from Golden Earthworm Organic Farm will bring samples of the fruits and vegetables that Flushing CSA members can expect this year. The event will also feature presentations by organic vendors and local urban farm groups.
Flushing CSA will deliver 26 weeks of vegetables from the end of May to the end of
November. The response from last year’s participants was overwhelmingly positive and Flushing CSA organizers expect to double the number of local families served to 60.
Shares in the Flushing CSA will cost $560 a year – which comes out to about $21.62 a week – enough food for a family of three adults or two adults and two children.
Flushing CSA is open to all. Members pick up their shares on Thursdays between 6 and 8 p.m. at Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. For more information, contact the Flushing CSA at FlushingCSA@gmail.com or (646) 801-4021. You can also visit facebook.com/flushingcsa to learn more.
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