Snow plow driver arrested, charged with DWI in crash

One person was hurt

By Marcus Solis for ABC Local News, 7online.com (Queens-WABC, February 14, 2006)

...According to police, a snow plow driver is under arrest for being allegedly drunk behind the wheel of a New York City sanitation snow plow when he crashed into two cars in Jackson Heights, Queens...

...accused of also hitting a double parked car yesterday as he cleared snow along 34th Avenue and 85th Street in Jackson Heights...

Feb. 16: Military Recruiters Out of Our Schools!

Jackson Heights Community Forum, A panel discussion on military recruiters in the public schools.

February 14, 2006 from nyc.indymedia.org


Community Forum:
Thurs, Feb. 16, 7pm
Military Out of Our Schools!
Sponsored by the Queens Antiwar Committee

Discussion and Q&A

The Renaissance School
35-59 81st ST. (corner of 37thAV.)
Jackson Heights, Queens

Featuring:
-Victor Paredes, brother of war resister and former Navy Petty Officer
Pablo Paredes who refused to deploy to Iraq and convinced the
military judge at his court martial that the war in Iraq is illegal
- Representative from the YaYa Network (Youth Activist/ Youth Allies)
- Donna Lieberman, Executive Director of the New York Civil Liberties Union
- Bob Fertik, founder of Democrats.com
- Representative from the Campus Antiwar Network
- speaker from the Renaissance School student group TREA

"...federal laws give recruiters access to school buildings and students' files, including home addresses and phone numbers. But around the country students and parents have been standing up to military recruiters, reducing their presence and their influence..."

Wok That Way

Counter Culture
Stir fries and gutter lollipops at new Curry Hill Chinese
by Robert Sietsema for The Village Voice February 10th, 2006 6:35 PM

...Meanwhile, a broad swath of Queens, from Jackson Heights to Maspeth, now hosts a dozen Indo-Chinese establishments, which serve Chinese food reconfigured for Indian tastes. As competition heats up, the oft-mediocre chow seems to be improving...

Imported From Spain, via Queens and SoHo

By FLORENCE FABRICANT (NY Times)February 1, 2006

After 35 years in business, 17 of them in Jackson Heights, Queens, Angelica and Marcos Intriago, who own Despaña, an importer of Spanish products, have opened a shop in SoHo...

also:
Despaña Brand Foods
86-17 Northern Boulevard - Jackson Heights - NY 11372
Tel: 718-779-4971 - Fax: 718-779-7438
Store Hours: Monday-Friday 7:00am - 5:00pm Saturday: 9:00am - 4:00pm