Author Archives: margaretsoria

Park Plans Threaten Community Garden

Posted on May 20, 2009 by margaretsoria

Spend a Saturday or Sunday at Two Coves Community Garden for a day of fun-filled activities for all to enjoy run by local Astoria residents. There is live music, a potluck, an instrument-making workshop for indoor composting, soil workshops, recipe … Continue reading →

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Queens Residents Have No Place to Go

Posted on May 13, 2009 by margaretsoria

The Queens Library along with the Brooklyn Public Library and the New York Public Library are facing budget cuts by the city.  Faced with hard times, the Queens Library, like the other two library systems, are forced to close branches … Continue reading →

Posted in Astoria, Bernstein Spring 2009, Community Service Story | 4 Comments

City Park Plans Uproots Community Garden

Posted on April 22, 2009 by margaretsoria

As reported earlier this month, Two Coves Community Garden in Astoria, Queens, is at risk because the Parks Department and Goodwill Industries have forced a design for a city park on 75 percent of the garden’s space. Because the Garden … Continue reading →

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Keeping It In The Family

Posted on April 14, 2009 by margaretsoria

Unfortunately, history tells us that family-owned businesses have some challenges ahead.  According to The Economist, about 70 percent of family-owned businesses in the United States never make it to the second generation.  And 90 percent do not survive until the … Continue reading →

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Queens Residents Have No Place to Go

Posted on March 25, 2009 by margaretsoria

  The Queens Library along with the Brooklyn Public Library and the New York Public Library are facing budget cuts by the city.  Faced with hard times, the Queens Library is forced to close branches on weekends and reduce programming, … Continue reading →

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Rent Signs More Common Than Street Signs

Posted on February 26, 2009 by margaretsoria

Astoria is a popular neighborhood located in the northwest corner of Queens, and one stop from Manhattan. While many new residents make a trip to Manhattan to shop, local residents shop at the normally busy retail corridor of Steinway Street. … Continue reading →

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