While clearing out my grandmother's house yesterday I found this neat calender from LaGuardia College from 1983. Don't ask, old people have the strangest things hidden everywhere. What was really interesting about this calendar is that the photos centered around the history of Astoria / LIC and the impact travel has made on the area. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

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Astoria's favorite all-wings location just got a bit hotter.

Not only does WingStop have some of the best wings in town, the restaurant installed a fancy-schmancy soda dispenser, which it's showing off by…

The sweeping starts with the first blush of spring. In the beginning, its whisper soft.

 Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling…

While it still may not be socially acceptable to play with your food, the Queens Council on the Arts has deemed it acceptable to film it.

In a clever marketing and advertising ploy, the QCA has created a project called “…

The Ahmad family owns TaxIntel (formerly Abacus One) on 30^th Ave between 33^rd and 34^th Streets.  When you go into the store you are likely to find at…

Not to put a damper on such a nice day, but this Father's Day, while we think about the dads we have, it's also nice to pay tribute to the dads who are no longer with us, as I'm sure that Father's Day is actually a painful day for many people whose dads were taken from their lives much too…

We reached another milestone this week as WLA surpassed 7,000 members. Congratulations to Ettel Edshteyn (that's a real name) for being lucky number 7K. We're putting together a care package of goodies for you now! Shoot me a message for details.

The second bit of news is that 2011 WLA Cards will…

It finally happened:the East River Ferry is up and running. Living in Astoria, it is easy to forget that we live on the banks of a river. Until this Monday, all I could do to enjoy the river was to do so passively, from a bench or the playground in…

   Anyone know of anywhere in Astoria hiring? Im looking for an office type job or a Server job. Ive waited tables for years and I have a masters in education. I appreciate your responses!!!

Big news, guys! By the end of this week, WLA will have reached another milestone: 7,000 Members! That's right -- we're nearly 7,000…

There ain't nothin' like a good July 4th party, especially when it's in your own backyard.

Astoria knows this, and that's why the Central Astoria Local Development Coalition is almost done putting the finishing touches on this year's local Independence Day Celebration.

The…

On the gleaming coffee table in the surgically spotless living room, there are only three items: a scrapbook, a binder and a pamphlet. They’re lined up like soldiers standing at attention.

Beatrice Frish, a white-haired woman with blue eyes and an ear-to-ear smile who wouldn’t top 5 feet even in stilettos, unfastens the white ribbon of the scrapbook and starts flipping…

I grew up with a Stay-At-Home Dad. My Pops, an artist by trade, would spend his days watching my sister, brother and I while painting artwork, preparing our meals, cleaning up our messes and babysitting us when my Mom went on business trips -- and this was in the 1980s.

It seems that now,…