Term-Limits Reversal Is Lukewarm -- Finding a good job is hard these days – especially if you’re a City councilmember. With nearly all of the council scheduled to be vacated in 2009 due to term-limits, many are...[continue]

Canada Company Buys Power Plant -- The sale of a Ravenswood electricity generating station is complete. National Grid, an energy delivery company, has completed its sale of the 2,480 megawatt Ravenswood Generating...[continue]

Queens Loses Two Soldiers -- Mere weeks after a gaping wound started to heal in the Queens military family with the recovery of Sgt. Alex Jimenez’s body, it was teased and reopened with the deaths of Spec....[continue]

Williams vs. Williams -- Venus Williams defends her court against Agnieszka Radwanska Monday at the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Williams beat the ninth seed to advance to the quarter finals...[continue]

Effort Afoot To Bring Soccer Team To Queens -- A Queens-based booster club which calls itself the Borough Boys has made it their mission to bring a second Major League Soccer (MLS) team to New York City. The group advocates...[continue]

BMX Star Rides High In Streets And In Business -- Jamaica, Queens native Nigel Sylvester can remember the first BMX racing bike he had when he was about 12 or 13 years old: a black Mongoose Sniper with chrome handlebars and red...[continue]

Candidates Battle For Senate Seat -- State Sen. Shirley Huntley (D-Jamaica) is gearing up to face former councilman Allan Jennings for the 10th Senatorial District seat in the Democratic Primary on Sept. 9. Huntley...[continue]

Stavisky, Schwartz: Is This A Race? -- Who is Robert Schwartz? That’s what many 16th State Senate District voters will ask when they see his name on the ballot next Tuesday. The answer? While the former Republican...[continue]

Incumbent Faces Tough Race In Primary -- Just elected to the State Assembly in 2006, Ellen Young (D-Flushing) faces the strong possibility she may only serve one term in Albany. Oncoming challenger Grace Meng, daughter...[continue]

Kids Ready For School With Some Wii Help -- As students buy marble notebooks and three-ring binders, and sharpen pencils in preparation for the new school year, others are sharpening their Wii skills to get their energy...[continue]

Queens In Need Of Blood Donations -- High demand, high gas prices and high summer temperatures have combined to form a triple threat sending blood supplies into the danger zone for Queens and City hospitals. Declaring...[continue]

Stage Set For Addabbo, Maltese Showdown -- Democratic State Senate candidate and Ozone Park lawyer Albert Baldeo announced he would drop out of the race and support his Democratic rival, Councilman Joe Addabbo (D-Howard...[continue]