Aug. 18-24, 2011 Your Neighborhood - Your News® 75 cents THE NEWSPAPER OF LITTLE NECK, DOUGLASTON, GLEN OAKS, FLORAL PARK & NORTH SHORE TOWERS Proposal to extend Q36 to NE Queens rejected
Page 2 Page 31 Health Dept. Douglaston residents revel in fun drops $2K fi ne for Doug hive Community day helps out charities as neighbors get autographs of ex-Mets BY RICH BOCKMANN BY CONNOR ADAMS SHEETS
The Douglaston homeowner Thousands of baseball fans who was surprised last month and neighborhood residents when he was threatened with a flooded the commercial center of hefty fine over his beehive will Douglaston Saturday afternoon not have to pay up, but he said the for Douglaston Community Day, a city’s position on the matter is a first-time event aimed at celebrat- tough pill to swallow. ing the community and raising Tip Sempliner received a funds for charity. notice of violation when a city The festival was hosted by Department of Health inspector the Douglaston Chamber of Com- came by his home and claimed the merce and Strawberry’s Sports TimesLedger Newspapers car- Grill, which former New York toonist and inventor did not have Mets and Yankees star Darryl Continued on Page 18 Strawberry opened at 42-15 235th St. The huge crowd flocked to the celebration to enjoy good food, music and games and to get their Mets gear signed by former Amazin’s, including Kevin Mitch- ell, Bud Harrelson, Barry Ly- ons, Terry Leach and, of course, Strawberry himself. Strawberry, who began to
MAILING ADDRESS GOES HERE GOES ADDRESS MAILING plan the festivities with the Doug- laston chamber a year ago when his eatery opened to the public, also brought his friend Joey Fa- tone from the musical group ‘N Sync and former New York Jets player Sean Landetta, all in the name of raising money for The Darryl Strawberry Foundation’s Fight Against Autism, his chari- table organization, the chamber and Lady Lions basketball. Julia Marshall, 7, gets her Mets shirt autographed by former Amazin’ pitcher Terry Leach during Douglaston Day. Nicholas Greenberg, a Photo by Steven Malecki Continued on Page 19 A CNG Publication • Vol. 92, No. 33 64 total pages LN TIMESLEDGER, AUG. 18-24, 2011 2 health systems and long- and systems health research community and the governments, local and state the from resentatives caregivers as well as rep- their and Alzheimer’s with living those ask will tion Associa- Alzheimer’s of the and Long Island chapters issues. riety of memory-declining ava- forduty with patients on nurses 24-hour with at 55-15bed capacity Little dementia unit, Neck Pkwy.,community. holders in the Alzheimer’s stake- the solicit input from 18to Aug. ameeting host Living Little in Neck will ease, Brandywine Assisted dis- Alzheimer’s address to plan develop anational QGuide ...... Political Action ...... Home focuses Alzheimer’s on NY.11361, (718) 229-0300. The entire contents of this publication are copyright 2011. All rights reserved. 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Su- aspokeswoman Cohen, san said care,” need to going who ofpeople are avalanche programs. based community- and home- and clinical care, institutional in Alzheimer’s research, efforts national ation ofall the coordination and evalu- er’s crisis and ensure will to overcome Alzheim- the coordinated national plan year. this earlier Act er’s Project pass the National Alzheim- to government federal the workedciation had urge to disease. the by affected those help to addressed be to need ments perspectives about what ele- their views, comments share and to facilities care term “We’re expecting an a create will act The Asso- Alzheimer’s The ISSUE THIS IN 31-36 10-11 12 12 8 Classified ...... Sports ...... Borough Beat ...... Focus onQueens ...... Business ...... as the basis for a national for anational basis the as put, sheare receiving. All this in- hopes, they ofcare quality and themselves about will the type able express to still are serveing with Alzheimer’s who liv- those of voices, suchas avariety hear to portant short.”fallen where we’ve hear to for us said. “I think it’s important with dementia,” Cohen for people oflife quality the improve job and better even slow progression. its or a way cure prevent, to 10 in the country without top the oneamong only the in the United States and is ofdeath cause leading sixth the is Alzheimer’s website, zheimer’s Association’s rise. to expected is disease ing, the prevalence of the Cohen said it is im- “We continue to do a According to the Al- 53-60 49-52 g, N.Y. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the Little Neck Ledger C/O News Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. 41-02 Bell Boule Bell 41-02 Inc. 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Cohen Alzheimer’s,” we deal onhow improve really and with appreciate ways we can peoplestroke. with and pneumonia influenza, diseases such as HIV/AIDS, major other from deaths lower of to number the ing help- in made successes the ment will be able to mirror govern- priority, federal the anational Alzheimer’s ing by mak- that ciation hopes she said. funding to fill in the gaps,” studies. medical and for research fectively allocate resources morestrategy that will ef- The public input ses- input public The “There are so many Asso- Alzheimer’s The need “We desperately Photo by Christina Santucci Christina by Photo dtra: [email protected] Editorial: 224-2934 —Editorial (718) 225-7117 (718) General: 260-4545 —Editorial: (718) (718)260-4521 Display Advertising: 11361 Boulevard,Bayside, NY Bell 41-02 Call (718) 260-4590 260-4590 (718) Call and have it run to eastern eastern to have itand run line the to hour an bus $400,000 to add one more MTA the would have cost routes. bus have north-south any Park. 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