The Queens Courier is excited to announce the re-launching of its website, queenscourier.com.
Designed to be the most comprehensive and interactive website in Queens, it will be FREE to all users.
Just register, at no cost, on the new website and if you live in Queens, you will receive a one month free subscription to The Queens Courier.
But best of all, when you register (free of charge) on the new site, everyone will be in the running for a grand prize of $1,000. Other runner-up prizes will include gift certificates to restaurants in Queens. Entrants must register by April 1 in order to be eligible for the contest. The winners will be announced on the website and in The Queens Courier on April 6th.
Queenscourier.com has some new innovations and user-friendly features like:
A Blog - Now you can write for The Queens Courier. Under every story you can directly upload your comments, your anecdotes and your stories.
An Interactive Community Calendar - We invite individuals, organizations, businesses and others to view our current listings and post your events.
Current News - Is broken down by topic and is easy to find and read.
Full Archives - You will be able to find and read stories that have appeared in The Queens Courier in past weeks and months.
Email - Letters can be sent directly to the editor through the website.
Classifieds - It will be easy to view our classifieds to help you find jobs, a home or apartment, merchandise for sale and especially cars, new and used.
Entertainment Section - Your Key to Queens for free! It features a Restaurant Guide where you can search Queens restaurants by cuisine or by neighborhood. Stories on the Arts and Culture.
Events Section - Our events and pictures section will show photos from many business and community events that The Queens Courier attends.
Special Sections - Find and view all of our monthly glossy covered special sections for 2006.
Regional News Pages - Click on your community on a map and you will be directed to the regional news page for that area. From that page you will be to get information such as important phone numbers, contacts and local politicians’ offices.
All About Us - Learn about our other quality newspapers and magazines as well as the history of our newspaper.
Additional features of our new FREE website include the ability to reach our reporters directly by clicking on their byline which will provide you with a direct link to their email in box. At the bottom of every story you will be able to print that story or email it to a friend or family member. If you click on the photos you will get an enlarged image.
Get in-depth coverage of our special Business, Kidz and Seniors sections.
Enter your email address and receive our weekly email alert with headline stories and up-to-date information on Queens.
You will also be able to get the local weather and forecasts as well as stock market quotes and business news.
Remember to register for FREE and you could win the $1,000 Grand Prize.
(Entrants must be 21 years-of-age or older, no purchase is necessary. Employees of Schneps Communications and their families are not eligible to win this contest. Void were prohibited.)