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November 12, 2008
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2008 Veterans Day Parade
Congressmember Carolyn B. Maloney (DQueens /Manhattan) served as a Grand Marshal of the 2008 New York City Veterans Day Parade. Maloney spoke at the parade's opening ceremonies in Madison Square Park and then with her fellow Grand Marshals helped lead the parade up Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. More...
Have You Seen This Man?
updated 11-17-08

Police are asking for the public’s assistance in finding Edward Gerena, a 54-year-old Hispanic man, who is missing from his home at 1-04 Astoria Blvd., Astoria within the confines of the 114th Precinct. More...

Police Seek Suspect In Two Rapes

Women in Astoria and Elmhurst are paying closer attention to their surroundings after a woman was followed into her building at 31st Avenue and 29h Street and choked into unconsciousness and then sexually assaulted. The October 20 incident was the second to take place in Queens; a woman was assaulte... More...

 Community Calendar
•Gazette Calendar Of Events
Thanksgiving Nov. 27, 9 a.m., LIC YMCA Turkey Trot, suggested donation $10, all proceeds support the Strong Kids Campaign; 718.392.7932, x. 242. Community Meetings Associations Nov. 13, 7 p.m., United Forties Civic, parking available; St. Teresa Parish Center, 45th Street, Rectory Basement... More...
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 Political Page
•Markey Celebrates Assembly Win
Assemblymember Margaret Markey was returned to the state legislature in last Tuesday's general election with 68 percent of the 30th Assembly District vote to opponent Anthony Nunziato's 32 percent. Congressmember Joseph Crowley saluted her at a victory party at the American Legion post on Grand Aven... More...
•Obama Lauded On Victory, But Gets Pleas For City Aid
•Vallone Plans Hearings On Mayor's Eliminating Cop Academy Class
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 Restaurant of the Week
•Martha's Country Bakery
36-21 Ditmars Blvd Astoria (718) 545-9737 70-30 Austin Street Forest Hills (718) 544-0088 OPENING SOON! 41-06 Bell Blvd., Bayside
t he story of Martha's Country Bakery is as much a story about one immigrant family's hard work and passion for baking, as it is about outrageously delicious cupcakes, pound cakes, fruit tarts and cookies, specialty cakes and more. More...
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 Book Review
•'From Dachau To D-Day': Remarkable Story Of Remarkable Life
From Dachau To D-Day Werner Kleeman with Elizabeth Uhlig Marble House Editions Rego Park ISBN: 0-9786745-3-7 322 pages; illustrated $14.95
Sunday, November 9 marked the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht—"the Night of Broken Glass" when hooligans and many ordinary citizens in Nazi Germany with the tacit consent and in many cases the encouragement of police and civic authorities smashed the windows of businesses and homes owned b... More...
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 Seniors
•Senior Moments: When To Worry And What To Do
Dear Savvy Senior, My overly dramatic mother is convinced my 72-year-old dad has early stage Alzheimer's disease. More...
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 Editorials
•With Election Over, New Era In Political Life Dawns
Election Day 2008 marked the end of hard-fought battles on local, state and national levels. The day that for too long seemed unreachable has not only come, but as of a week ago, has gone. In its wake is a political landscape that has undergone many changes. More...
•Watch Your Step, Obama
•Proud Obama Is President
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 Features
•Air Force General Visits FDNY Headquarters
On Thursday, November 6 (l. to r.) FDNY Chief of Operations Patrick McNally, New York City Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta and Chief of Department Salvatore Cassano listened as four-star General Victor E. Renuart, head of U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, visit... More...
•Board 2 Revisits Incident At Veterans' Shelter
•Automatic Meter Reading Program To Start In January
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 Sports
•Holy Cross H.S. Team Scores At St. Mary’s Hospital
Whether or not they win or lose on the field, the varsity football players at Holy Cross H.S., Flushing, will always be heroes to the patients at St. Mary’s Hospital for Children in Bayside. On November 7, Coach Tom Pugh and Director of Service Learning Michael Genovese accompanied the team to St. M... More...
•Midwest Baseball Academy Comes To New York In 2009
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