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By LIZ GOFF
We made it. The prophecies of doom and gloom didn’t pan out as
the clock struck midnight on Dec. 31, 1999...
The new century was welcomed in Queens with a big bang at the
Unisphere, and a brand new life in Elmhurst...A minor league Mets team spent their summer
knocking out hits on a much-disputed field in Jamaica, and John Rocker came to Shea
Stadium – but not before he apologized to Queens for badmouthing the borough...
Five people were slaughtered in the basement of a Wendy’s
restaurant on Main Street on May 24...our district attorney dubbed it the "most
despicable" act of brutality ever committed in Queens...
We came together in prayer and disbelief to pay our respects to the
victims, as two Queens men stepped from the carnage to be charged with the execution-style
slayings – and the near deaths of two other Wendy’s employees.
Remziga Sabovic arrived in
the United States in March 1999 from war-torn Bosnia, seeking a better life for herself
and her baby – a girl who was due in late December...the rest is history, as
seven-pound Erna Sabovic arrived just in time to claim multiple titles as the
"Millennium Baby"...the Y2K (Millennium) bug never bit in Queens, but the Sydney
Flu bug sure did...the flu wreaked havoc among Queens’ healthiest residents, taking
them out by the dozen...
Once upon a time in February,
the Tribune brought readers
"The Queens Story."
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The Flushing family of a Quinnipiac
College student offered a $20,000 reward for information on her whereabouts. Shamiya
Haqiqi disappeared on Nov. 12, 1999...The Queens Historical Society mounted a legal battle
to save an age-old cemetery...The No. 7 Main Street subway station made headlines, again,
for its horrendous conditions...and a Queens cabbie was hailed for returning a $40,000
violin to its errant owner – a student at Juilliard...
A class of fifth graders at PS 69 in
Jackson Heights sent a letter to the Atlanta Braves foul-mouthed pitcher John Rocker,
asking the hurler to pay them a visit before he judged them...but, Rocker didn’t come
to Queens...The Port Authority announced plans for a $9 billion rehab at JFK International
Airport...
They showed up early in 2000 news
pages...the spindly, life-sucking mosquitoes that plagued Queens in 1999...West
Nile-bearing mosquitoes took front page in January, when city officials released a game
plan for beating the bugs, circa 2000...A frigid wind blasted through the borough in late
January, claiming two lives and dumping six inches of snow on us...Sanitation crews were
ready, but problems stemmed from power outages and salt-induced manhole fires...
Fifteen firefighters were dubbed "bad
seeds" and booted from a Flushing firehouse...Cops began training on defibrillators
in an effort to better assist heart attack victims, and a proposed charter school in
College Point was put on hold when the school site was protested...
The Trylon Theater shut its doors for good,
and wiseguy Carmine Agnello was busted by plainclothes cops in a major sting
operation...the son-in-law of jailed "Dapper Don" John Gotti proclaimed his
innocence, lost his wife and mansion – and stayed in lockup...
The "Business of
Queens" was examined in a series of articles, from the state of retailing to a review
of the Queens economy… Flushing Phil and Corona Kate stepped out of their townhouse
in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park on Groundhog Day, and promptly saw their shadows, leaving
those of us without fur coats to chill-out through another six weeks of winter…an
elementary school was proposed on the campus of Queens College, and Queens’ first
lady gave us the lowdown on the "State of the Borough" Borough President Claire
Shulman put jobs and new schools at the top of Queens’ "most wanted"
list…
As Queens ushered in the
new millennium, Port Authority officials announced a $9 billion plan to keep
JFK Airport up to speed with the
changing times.
Tribune Photo by Ira Cohen |
Posing as telephone repairmen, two serial rapists terrified
Queens women...and a Tribune feature laid out the facts…folks living near St.
John’s University continued their battle to stop construction of a baseball field at
the campus...the stadium was planned as home to a minor league Mets team...the dangers
– and necessity – of illegal conversions of Queens residences became a major
issue when dozens of people were trapped inside a maze of illegal "cubicles" at
a private home where a fire broke out, and the "XXX Rated" clubs that were
booted out of the borough by local pols slowly returned...
The Trib covered the state of
pollution caused by power plants
in Queens in March.
Tribune Photo by Ira Cohen
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Construction plans promised relief to motorists from tie-ups on
the LIE, and state officials promised a facelift for Fort Totten while the Coast Guard
announced its plans to vacate the fort...Tribune publisher Mike Schenkler piqued
our interest with his behind-the-scenes NYConfidential column, and made us gasp and
giggle at local antics reported in Not4Publication. Officials at the Museum of
Modern Art laid out plans for the renovation of the Swingline building in LIC...
We told the "Queens Story," from the iceberg that melted into
where we are today, to the promises and opportunities that reach out to greet us in the
new century in the anniversary edition that celebrated the 30th year of the Tribune...
Kudos to the Trib staff...fears of a sex scandal at Fort Totten came and went with
allegations of a 10-year-old boy assaulted by a fort employee that would later be sealed
away...city, state and federal officials probed the handling of West Nile spraying by city
officials who hoped to stem the sting of disease-carrying mosquitoes, and Queens resident
Nick Garaufis was nominated for a position in the federal courts…the state of the gay
community in Queens took front page, and a citywide review revealed that Queens’
schools were performing better than those in the other boroughs...proof of the fact:
Cardozo High School in Bayside ranked among the nation’s best...
New York State Senate
candidate Hillary Clinton joined in the "wearin’ of the green" at a Queens
St. Patrick’s Day parade in Sunnyside...Queens residents signed up to count heads in
the borough’s Census 2000 count...a Trib feature explored the state of gangs
in Queens and their activities in and around borough schools, and a nest of West
Nile-carrying mosquitoes was discovered in Bayside...
In March, the Bowne House announced that they received a
state grant to upkeep the borough’s oldest home.
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Hate stickers reappeared on surfaces all over eastern Queens.
Area civics offered a reward for the offenders...A Straphangers’ Campaign report told
us to take a bus through the borough if we wanted to be on time, and detectives from the
110th Precinct in Elmhurst buried a baby boy found abandoned on a local street. The
infant, named Valentine Hope by the cops, was discovered in a Duane Reade shopping bag on
a frigid morning...Patrons of the notorious Metropolis night club were forced to gyrate
elsewhere when police shut down the club (again) on St. Patrick’s Day...A local
resident proposed a "Blimp Port" for the former Flushing Airport site, and the Trib
continued its intensive coverage of Queens’ battle with the bugs – West Nile
mosquitos...
A musclebound Congressman
Joe Crowley posed in tights in front of the Unisphere? . . a burlesque house at the site
of the Aquacade? . . a mosquito wing for PS 17? . . Nah! . . They were all fun bits of
"news" concocted by Trib reporters for the paper’s annual April
Fool’s Deadline page...Queens Congressman Joe Crowley called for the creation of a
"West Nile Czar" to coordinate the battle of the bugs...A state grant promised a
spruce-up at the Bowne House in Flushing, and Queens civics and residents applauded the
cooperation and "understanding of diversity" between police and minorities in
the borough – something "other" boroughs couldn’t seem to
accomplish...and a group of Queens seniors waited to greet President Bill Clinton...
Mountains of flowers filled the sidewalk outside a
Wendy’s restaurant on Main Street in May, where five employees were slain and two
were left to die.
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As usual, Clinton wowed ‘em. More than 200 seniors gathered
in Forest Hills to hail the chief, and hear his message on prescription drug price
controls and the future of Social Security and Medicare...A water main break would have
spelled catastrophe to a block of historic houses in Long Island City if not for the
heroics of local firefighters who stemmed the tide...A blaze tore across a portion of
Alley Pond Park, a trash fire that took three hours to extinguish, and a breakdown of
Census bucks owed to Queens was presented as a Trib feature...
Police nabbed a Nazi-garbed, rifle-toting
suspect with a fistful of hate stickers in April. The suspect was charged with plastering
the stickers throughout eastern Queens...A frosty glaze covered Queens in mid-April, as
Mother Nature dumped some snow on budding tulips and leafy trees...The Mets minor leaguers
battled for their Queens playing field, and Queens College president Lee Sessoms announced
his plans to resign, setting off a search for a new prez . . .
The Tribune beat the bunch again,
obtaining a first one-on-one interview with Harold Levy, "the man who would be
chancellor"...Levy laid out his case to become chancellor of city schools...The Trib
covered the state of pollution caused by power plants in Queens, and the feds paved the
way for more air traffic over the borough...The city officially kicked off its battle
against mosquitoes in April, and former Queens prosecutor Patrick O’Malley announced
his plans to challenge incumbent Cathy Nolan for her western Queens Assembly seat...
The Fort Totten sex-charge
case was resolved with a plea bargain, and a Long Island City neighborhood took to the
streets to send a signal to the city: "Stop Dumping On Us," said residents of
Dutch Kills, angered over the city’s lack of concern for the neighborhood’s
survival… it was official – the "Kings of Queens" would play at a St.
John’s University ball field … two Queens public school teachers stood accused
of helping their students pass standardized tests through cheating, and livery cab drivers
fell prey to thieves and gunmen throughout Queens…
The Poppenhusen Branch of the Queens Library was landmarked
in May.
Tribune Photo by Ira Cohen |
A ravenous blaze tore through a strip of stores on Roosevelt
Avenue...one hundred and forty three firefighters worked for an hour to extinguish the
five in five stores…a mayoral proposal to dump a waste transfer station in Queens was
stomped on by local civics who said the plan smelled bad, and Assistant Chief Thomas
Lawless stepped in as the new commander of Southern Queens patrol cops...
The Tribune welcomed a new partner
in the news, as the Southeast Queens Press made its debut – the latest
addition to the family of News Communications publications … civics issued their
"Wish List" for Queens of how they would spend extra budget bucks … once
again, moms filled the Tribune front page in May, when the Trib announced
the winners of the paper’s "Mothers of the Year" contest … the
embattled owner of the RKO Keith’s Theater filed a $39 million lawsuit against the
city, charging that actions by city agencies were responsible for legal woes suffered by
the owner, and delays in repairing the fading façade of the once-fabulous movie
palace…and Queensites took time out to pray for and remember John Cardinal
O’Connor, who passed away on May 3….
A new Federal Food and Drug Administration
building brought excitement to the Jamaica community and to the Rev. Floyd Flake... the
building was dubbed the "Floyd H. Flake Federal Building..."
It was just plane noisy over the streets
of Queens, as we examined air traffic
in June.
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Borough officials bartered for a finish to the never-ending
construction at the Main Street station of the No. 7 train…the Tribune continued
its coverage of the "Battle for Safety on Queens Boulevard," … a battle
raged in Woodside over the development of the former Steven’s electronics store site
as a school or a Staples office supply store … two Astoria cops saved the life of a
two-year-old boy who nearly drowned in his family’s backyard pool…five thousand
Queens moms joined the national march in Washington, D.C. for "Safe Kids," and
Flushing Hospital rose from a maze of debt, out of bankruptcy…the Metropolis nite
club reopened in College Point as cops kept an eye on the goings-on there, and a Trib feature
examined airplane noise over Queens….
Schools Chancellor Harold Levy spoke to
Queens parents at Francis Lewis High School…the battle to stop construction of the
Air Train over the Van Wyck Expressway and southern Queens continued … a Ridgewood
Savings Bank building on Queens Boulevard and the Poppenhusen Branch of the Queens Library
in College Point were landmarked … a group of Queens pols secured $5 million to fight
West Nile mosquitos, and a second-grader in Rego Park showed how listening can save lives.
The youngster saved his family when a blaze broke out at home, thanks to instructions
given to his class by a local firefighter….
Jean Auguste, Anita Smith, Ramon Nazario,
Jeremy Mele and Ali Ibadat…shot dead, execution-style, on the floor of a basement
freezer at a Wendy’s restaurant in Flushing…Patrick Castro…Juo Quione
Johnson … shot, execution style and left to die … We gasped, and gathered
outside the restaurant on Main Street, offering prayers and mountains of flowers, in
memory of the five slain employees and for the recovery of the two who, miraculously,
lived through the carnage…
The Tribune provided exclusive
coverage of the massacre through an interview with one of its survivors and courthouse
interviews with members of the victims’ families….
Queens homeowners in need of
construction permits were put on hold, until asbestos was removed from offices at Borough
Hall… Queensites and local pols kept watch on mosquitos in the borough, and a Trib
feature explored the Queens parking crunch in a feature article dubbed "A
Survival Guide For Queens"… the Queens Gay Parade marched down 37th Avenue in
Jackson Heights, and Flushing’s Main Street merchants met to bolster security on the
strip as massacre suspects John Taylor and Craig Godineaux made their way through the
court system….
Doors to the Queens Buildings Department slammed shut
putting building permits on hold until asbestos was removed from Borough Hall.
Tribune Photo by Ira Cohen
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Play Ball!…that was the call by the Queens courts as they
paved the way for the Mets minor league team to play in Jamaica … borough pols
challenged a federal plan to fly more planes over Queens…Borough kids improved their
scholastic scores…only half as many as were anticipated were expected to need summer
schooling … and a consumer group charged that some Queens playgrounds were a hazard
to youngsters….
The Queens Kings opened at its
still-protested ball field…24-hour street construction plagued shoppers and residents
along Austin Street, and a Tribune feature examined the "Agony of
Ecstasy"– a probe of the popular designer drug … President Bill Clinton
flew into Queens to speak at a school in Jamaica Estates where portable classrooms filled
the schoolyard….
First Lady and New York Senate candidate
Hillary Clinton spoke before a crowd of Forest Hills High School graduates, as a group of
U. S. war veterans honored their fallen comrades from the Korean "conflict."
Members of the Major James A. McKenna Post in Long Island City unveiled a plaque honoring
long-forgotten Korean War vets … an interim president was chosen for Queens College,
and borough cops readied for their annual crackdown on illegal Fourth of July
fireworks….
The Tribune presented its annual Best
Of Queens issue, highlighting everything from pizza to potholes – the best of the
best places to live, according to our readers … the families of the Wendy’s
massacre victims faced the two men charged with the murders in a court hearing in Kew
Gardens on June 26. The mother of survivor Juo Quione Johnson, left critical from a
gunshot wound, told reporters, "Let them rot," when asked what their fate should
be …
As the summer moved forward Queens
enjoyed the sun and the Tribune continued to shed light on the news...
"Fuel For Thought" gave Queens consumers tips
for saving bucks at the gas pump, a listing of the most inexpensive gas in Queens, and
some insight on relief that may be in store warnings by City officials didn’t matter
to a few Queens teens who lost their fingers to illegal July 4 fireworks …
Independence Day brought ships from Op Sail 2000 into Flushing Meadows–Corona Park...
summer school began for students who failed to hit the books during the school year, and
Queens District Attorney Richard Brown set about the task of deciding if the two men
charged in the Wendy’s massacre would face the death penalty….
Gas prices skyrocketed.
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More than half of Queens students
failed a standardized Board of Education math test, and Queens residents continued to
battle the federal government over air traffic in the borough … Road Rage took center
stage in a Trib feature. The Trib told the tale of Queens victims of
aggressive driving and related incidents, and offered tips on how to keep your cool while
the other guy plays "fool"… Queens students showed up for summer school
– not so in other boroughs … still another victim fell to a speeding motorist on
Queens Boulevard and a Trib article questioned the reasoning behind a series of
swastikas that someone scrawled on the garage door of a Maspeth residence where no one was
home … seat belts on rides at amusement parks? … the City Council probed the
possibility, and the battle for Fort Totten continued ….
The City Health Department added a series
on West Nile "Fight the Bite" tips to the menu at local movie houses … a
Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s motorcade was fender-bendered while he was on the way to watch
the Mets-Yankees subways series during summer 2000 inter-league baseball play, and the Trib
"50-Plus " section continued the paper’s tradition of keeping seniors
advised on issues and services….
Rats! … Queens shuddered when the
vermin arrived. A Trib feature told us where they were and how to keep them away
… a 61-year-old mural depicting life in Queens disappeared from the wall of a Long
Island City building, and the Trib continued its coverage of West Nile mosquitoes
… local Queensites helped refurbish the Moore-Jackson cemetery in Woodside… and
Senate candidate Hillary Clinton continued to make her way through Queens neighborhoods
….
The Tribune broke a piece of news
about City Councilman Walter McCaffrey’s irregularities in handling of campaign bucks
… officials (again) promised safety changes on Queens Boulevard, and the Feds charged
Queens Census workers with a "miscount" … the Trib rallied for the
Mets minor leaguers to play at St. John’s … and spraying began in the
borough’s battle against West Nile mosquitoes….
Dozens of trees fell victim
in Flushing Meadow Park to Asian Long-Horned beetles. Park officials set about spraying
the critters and cutting down infected trees … another plan was released for the
Roosevelt Avenue 74th Street No. 7 train station, and City Councilman Walter McCaffrey
withdrew from a race for a Queens congressional seat….
The Asian Longhorned Beetle continued its assault on Queens
trees, this time infesting Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. |
Wendy’s suspect Craig Godineaux
told a Queens judge he "only shot the survivors" in the May 24 massacre …
with unemployment down, workers became scarce for employers seeking to hire in Queens
… a telephone worker strike put Queens on hold in August, and Queens power producers
released plans to expand facilities … and a Trib feature explored the world of
a man who has connected Queens "to the world" via ham radio, for 18 years …
six phony doctors were arrested for practicing surgery and general medicine in Queens
without a license… the borough’s first lady outlined plans for more school seats
… Queens civics and politicians balked at plans for a waste transfer station in the
borough, and a cow broke loose from an Astoria slaughterhouse – leading cops on a
21-block chase through the neighborhood ….
Queens headed for the Democratic
Convention, and residents continued to rally for safety measures along the
"deadly" Queens Boulevard thoroughfare….
Cops and the community
finally slammed the gate on the notorious Metropolis niteclub … the Trib reminded
folks how important it is to register to vote and gave them the form to fill out…
Three replica Viking ships made their way into Jamaica Bay... we examined Queens subway
on-time statistics, and gave readers the good news that the stray Astoria cow had a new
home … the Trib feature explored the "condition" of Megan’s
Law, and advised readers on how they could access a state list of sex offenders who live
in their neighborhood….
The Rockaways enjoyed a blast
from the past as Viking ships sailed
into Jamaica Bay.
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"The Life and Death of Flushing
Airport" was examined in September … we explored news of funding that could aid
restoration of historic Queens sites… Queens rallied against "Hate Mail"
sent by a controversial coalition, and the death of an 11-year-old boy led to a call for
more safety at a Bayside intersection….
Cops tapped Queens volunteers to become
Auxiliary Police … Archbishop Molloy High School went co-ed for the first time in a
century … the Trib "Not 4 Publication" column kept knocking out news
of the neighborhoods, and Queensites mourned as police searched for the killer of a
much-loved Bayside jeweler….
Bayside mourned the death of longtime local jeweler Fausto
Rodriquez,
who was killed during an attempted robbery of his store. |
A Trib feature examined
what’s bugging the borough, from beetles to mosquitoes … we asked "Whose
Got Your Number?" in a feature examining identity theft … an Elmhurst man
confessed to killing the Bayside jeweler, and Bayside’s Nick Garaufis grabbed the
gavel to become a federal judge ... Queens primary winners braced for the fall race, and
President Bill Clinton wowed ‘em at a Queens appearance….
We explored over crowding at Queens College
much-beleaguered schools … exposed the discovery of a pesticide in waters at Alley
Pond Park, and told the story of storm-drenched Flushing homeowners … the Trib
told a dog’s tale, as Associate Publisher Michael Nussbaum’s mom, Edith, was
threatened with eviction by her co-op board because her son’s dog visited her home
for a few moments … and Queens Borough President Claire Shulman vowed to stop
construction of an Olympic pool at Flushing Meadows….
The Trib published its second-annual
"Blue Book," An Official Guide to Queens on Sept. 28 ….
A Forest Hills priest was probed by the district attorney
for allegedly stealing $2 million in church funds. |
Missing funds from a Forest Hills Monsignor’s Church
glared from a Trib front page. Two million dollars was missing from coffers at Our
Lady Queens of Martyrs … a Middle Village residence tossed City Buildings Department
inspectors into a glare of scandal and Queens Women took care of business in a feature on
their profit line… the feds injected $5 million in emergency funds to fight West Nile
mosquitoes in Queens…the fountains sprouted H2O in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
– the first spritz at the fountains since the 1964-65 World’s Fair…a Board
of Ed panel suggested year–round classes as a way to ease school overcrowding in
Queens, and parishioners declared their faith in a Forest Hills pastor under investigation
for mis-using funds from his church….
Beep Claire Shulman surfs the new borough president web
site.
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A Trib feature offered
Queensites tips on how to beat "The Heating Horror" ways to heat a home without
losing your shirt…the Mets prepared to rumble in Flushing against their arch-enemy
Yankees in the first Subway Series since 1956…Asian beetles murdered a
50–year–old elm tree in Flushing Meadows, and the president of the Queens West
Corporation quit his job…the Forest Hills pastor went for psychiatric
testing…the Trib featured "The Ghosts of Shea" – a look back at
the Queens stadium and its history…blocks of factory buildings in Long Island City
were being renovated to create a "cyber city"… Hillary Clinton came to
Elmhurst to speak on housing, and the Trib featured Queens’ spookiest places
in a Halloween feature….
Six people were indicted in
a multi-million dollar scheme that cost a Queens school board more than half of its
contract funds…renovations began on the old "round" Macy’s building in
Elmhurst. The store is being readied for re-opening as a major mall… plans were
announced that will sound a death knoll rang for the familiar red trains that run on the
Flushing No. 7 line…the feds opened a new health clinic in Sunnyside for veterans,
and the Tribune published its "November 2000 Election Guide"….
Cops closed the door on the notorious Metropolis club in
September. |
Senator Frank Padavan had no trouble
holding on to his seat in the November race…Hillary went to Washington…Mike
Gianaris claimed an Astoria assembly seat, and "Super" Joe Crowley went back to
Congress… the Trib featured an interview with Queens College Interim Prez
Russell Holzer, and the Queens Borough President’s Office went "cyber". A Trib
feature featured what’s featured on the site….
Queens high schoolers fared better in
standardized math and English tests than their "other borough"
counterparts… Claire Shulman sat for a photo as she was jabbed with a flu shot…a
City Council committee met to stamp out City rats…a Trib Thanksgiving feature
examined the state of homeless services in Queens…parents of students at an Elmhurst
elementary school raged over a sexual attack on several young students at the school, and
defense attorneys for one of the men charged in the May 24 Wendy’s massacre claimed
his client is mentally retarded and ineligible for the death penalty….
The owners of the Douglaston
Manor faced charges that they concealed cash revenues from City coffers…the principal
at P. S. 89 was transferred amid the search for a suspect in sexual attacks at the
Elmhurst school…the much-beleaguered 63rd Street MTA "Tunnel To Nowhere"
was pronounced almost ready to go somewhere, and Queens cops, armed with summons books,
headed for the streets and malls of the borough….
Question marks popped up on the future of Fort Totten, when
the Fire Department decided to keep its academy on Randall’s Island in lieu of moving
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A Trib article reminded
Queensites of a police/family search for a Quinnepac College student, missing since
November 1999…the Trib examined the problem of prostitution in Queens
neighborhoods…Queens Trib "Pixie" Dee Richard made the rounds of
every holiday get-together in the borough. Dee manages to get to everything, all year
long… Drivers on the "Boulevard of Broken Bones" were again on the front
page as Queens Boulevard claimed victims in December, including a 14-year-old girl who
lost her life. Pols and people rallied for increased safety on the strip….
The man charged in the August murder of a
Bayside jeweler was indicted on first-degree murder charges…three bandits shot an
armored car guard during a Dec. 1 robbery at a Queens bank…a federal
"lottery" plan would dole out air space for flights over Queens…Queens
officials wanted answers to questions concerning space at Fort Totten as the Fire
Department changes its plans…police beefed up enforcement of deadly drivers on Queens
Boulevard, and a wicked wind whisked a pup named "Sparky" into the air over
Queens Boulevard….
Queens Boulevard claimed the life of 14-year-old Sofia
Leviyeva, who was hit by a car, an outcry for an increased police presence on the strip.
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The Trib settled down for a
holiday fable Dan Rattiner added politics to his annual holiday fable for Queens
kids…former Queens Congressman Rev. Floyd Flake turned down a cabinet post in the
Bush administration…a Trib feature highlighted, the volunteers who help raise
the children of imprisoned women and then help build healthy families after the sentence
term, and Queens cops hit the streets in search of the suspect(s) who beat and murdered
two Astoria supermarket employees during a robbery….
And so we bid farewell to this first year
of the new century – a time of mixed emotions and great expectations....
Our "Millennium Babies," who
grace these pages one year ago have taken stepped into this new time, unsure of the
challenges that await us but certain of our ability to face what lies ahead... we hope
that our contribution to the history of Queens will make the road less rocky....
To new moms and dads, brides and grads, our
congratulations... to "our" Championship Mets – hey, Ya Gotta Believe!
And to the families of Anita Smith, Jean Auguste, Ramon
Nazario, Jeremy Mele and Ali Ibadat, we offer our sincere condolences for their
incomprehensible loss... to Patrick Castro and Ja Quione Johnson, we wish a million more
miracles, and time to heal....
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