Students in the Maspeth High School Open Door Broadway Mentorship program and their mentor producer Scott Landis sat down with Hugh Jackman for a photo op after seeing a performance of Jez Butterworth’s The River on Broadway yesterday at Circle in the Square Theater. The play was launched in 2012 at the Royal Court Theatre in London, England and is currently on a 12-week limited run in … Continue reading Hugh Jackman hangs out with Maspeth HS students

Winners were announced yesterday, Sunday, November 9th, 2014, at the annual Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast held at Martin Luther School. Winners were presented with $25 Barnes and Noble Gift cards. The list of winners is below: WINNERS – 2014 – COLOR THE WEB CONTEST PS. 229 K1.  Olivia Blasikiewic                                  K7.  Sophie Zu K2.  Tina Lu                                                   K8.  Angelica Zdeb K3.  Shahana Shazad                                  K9.  Brianna Alconaba K4.  Chirstian Haynh                                 … Continue reading Kiwanis Club awards color the web contest winners at Pancake Breakfast

Starting today, police will begin enforcing the new 25 mph citywide speed limit. Legislation passed last month lowered the default city speed limit from 30 mph to 25 mph. For the past 25 days, the Department of Transportation, politicians, the NYPD and others have done what they could to get the word out about the new road rules. Today, strict enforcement of the new speed limit will begin. Unless … Continue reading SLOW DOWN! New lowered city speed limit goes into effect today

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The Maspeth Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Business Card Exchange event on Thursday night, Nov. 6th, at Connolly’s Corner (71-17 Grand Ave. Maspeth, 11378.) from 6-8PM. All you need to bring is your business card and $20. Dinner & drinks will be served. More Details Please follow and like us: Continue reading Maspeth Chamber of Commerce networking event tonight

The Maspeth Blog would like to take a moment to offer our congratulations to local resident Cathy Gallagher of Maspeth for completing the New York Marathon on Sunday. Gallagher finished with a time of 06:02:51, sporting the number 46986. She was the only registered runner from Maspeth to complete the marathon. Way to go, Cathy. Please follow and like us: Continue reading Congratulations, Cathy

Dear Editor, Shame on the thief who stole a senior citizen’s much needed scooter from in front of her home before she could come back down to put it away in the garage. They also have her cane. This happened on 53rd drive in Maspeth. Yvette Mell   Please follow and like us: Continue reading Maspeth resident Yvette Mell denounces local thief

After three years working as the treasurer for the Maspeth Lions Club, Michael Aylward was installed as the newest president of the organization in September. Aylward was elected to the position in the spring after being nominated by a fellow club member, and hopes to continue the legacy held up by the former president, who originally invited him to participate in the organization about seven years … Continue reading Aylward looks forward to leading Maspeth Lions

On Monday morning at around 6 a.m. while Maspeth Grill & Deli clerk Raphael was opening for the day, a man in a mask attempted to rob the 7101 Grand Avenue store at gunpoint. Raphael reports that he told the perpetrator there was no money in the drawer since the store had just opened, and the would-be robber fled the scene. The clerk describes the … Continue reading Attempted robbery at Maspeth Deli & Grill