Stephen Stirling
The Archive
Citi Field streaker glum over ban from stadium
October 7, 2009 | 9:02pmWith the New York Mets’ playoff hopes dashed and the organization looking toward the 2010 season for redemption, the exploits of the College Point man who ran nearly naked across...
CAMPAIGN GROUP STILL SPENDING MCLAUGHLIN'S FUNDS
August 13, 2009 | 1:14pmAlthough disgraced former state Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin is serving a prison sentence for stealing from his campaign, campaign finances records show his re-election committee has remained active and has doled...
Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival 2009
August 5, 2009 | 9:05pmThe dragons have been awakened and more than 145 teams are readying themselves to take to Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park for the 19th annual Hong Kong Dragon...
Hopefuls for Liu seat stay focused at debate
August 5, 2009 | 7:26pmAt a City Council District 20 candidates forum at Flushing Library last Thursday, CUNY Professor Joyce Moy set the ground rules early."The issues facing the 20th Council District are what...
3 Council hopefuls lose spots on ballot
August 5, 2009 | 7:11pmOnly three of the dozens of City Council candidates in Queens were tossed off the ballot by the city Board of Elections this week, but anticipated court battles were expected...
City to use Port Authority funds for Willets Point upgrades
August 5, 2009 | 7:04pmThe city announced last Thursday it has secured $100 million in funding through the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey to aid in the construction of 14 major...
Council OKs rezone, land deal for Willets move to Corporate Park
August 5, 2009 | 7:02pmThe City Council voted to approve both a new special zoning district for the College Point Corporate Park and the first step toward moving five Willets Point businesses to the...
Boro leaders miffed over run
August 5, 2009 | 6:58pmA scheduling snafu has pitted the New York Roadrunners club against some community leaders in northern Queens after the group was forced to schedule its College Point half-marathon on one...
COP RECOVERING AFTER SHOOTING
July 30, 2009 | 1:14pmA Queens police officer was recovering from a gunshot wound and his accused attacker was arraigned assault charges after a domestic violence call turned ugly in Ridgewood last weekend. Police...
QUEENS OFFICER SHOT ON RIDGEWOOD STREET
July 28, 2009 | 12:57amA 104th Precinct police officer was recovering from a gunshot wound Monday and his alleged attacker was awaiting assault charges after a domestic violence call turned ugly in Ridgewood last...
MYSTERY UNSOLVED YEAR AFTER FLUSHING APT. GAS BLAST
July 23, 2009 | 1:15pmAt 147-25 Sanford Ave. in Flushing late Monday evening, there were signs of normalcy. Neighbors chatted in the walkway leading up to the building. Laundry hung from fire escapes. A...
MCLAUGHLIN ENTERS PRISON
July 23, 2009 | 1:15pmDisgraced former state Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin was admitted to federal prison in Butner, N.C., Tuesday to begin serving a 10-year sentence with notorious financier Bernard Madoff after a last-minute bid...
WHIRLWIND OF DIVINITY SWEEPS THROUGH FLUSHING
July 16, 2009 | 1:15pmFor a brief series of moments on Monday, a small slice of Queens was bathed in Hindu ritual and pageantry courtesy of a frenetic collection of sights, sounds and an...
BIRD HITS AA PLANE AS IT LANDS AT LAGUARDIA
July 1, 2009 | 5:56pmAn American Airlines flight landed safety Tuesday morning at LaGuardia International Airport after suffering a birdstrike on its final approach from Miami, the Federal Aviation Adminstration said. According to the...
ACTIVIST, CITY OFFICIAL SPAR OVER RAPID BUSES PROPOSAL
June 18, 2009 | 1:53pmThe city's plans for a Bus Rapid Transit System tipped off a heated conversation between city Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and Queens Civic Congress Executive Vice President Patricia...
CITY PLANS TO KILL GEESE NEAR QUEENS AIRPORTS
June 18, 2009 | 1:53pmMayor Michael Bloomberg said the city will round up and kill thousands of Canada geese in Queens parks in the coming months after Smithsonian Institute scientists concluded the migratory birds...
WORLD JOURNAL STAFFER KILLED BY 2 TEENS: DA
June 18, 2009 | 1:53pmOne of the largest Chinese-language newspapers in the city was reeling this week after authorities said two teenagers allegedly strangled and dumped the body of one of its top marketing...
CITY POISED TO SEIZE LAND AT WILLETS POINT
June 3, 2009 | 11:32pmThe city will formally kick off plans to seize control of the remaining privately owned land at Willets Point this month, an announcement that left shocked property owners scrambling for...
GROUP OPPOSES WASTE STATION
June 3, 2009 | 11:32pmU.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (Dâ'Bayside) has mounted a vocal effort to halt city plans for a waste transfer station in College Point during the last two years, but an even...
JUDGE GIVES MCLAUGHLIN 10 YEARS IN PRISON
May 20, 2009 | 10:59pmA Manhattan federal court judge sentence disgraced former Queens legislator Brian McLaughlin to 10 years in prison Wednesday, tossing aside a superseding plea agreement signed with the U.S. attorney's office...