The following petition, signed by over 80 parents, was sent to City Councilmember James Gennaro on 9/27:
“We the parents of Ryan Middle School request funding to upgrade the obsolete electrical system in our building. This upgrade would enable us to install additional computers and air conditioning, which cannot be supported by the current wiring.”
I am the parent of a son who attends this school now and one who graduated last year. I think it is shameful the conditions our children and teachers have to endure. When you’re sitting in a classroom in the middle of the day, sweating and uncomfortable, how can you concentrate? How can you learn? How can you teach? Something needs to be done. It’s going to take big bucks which is why we need help from our Councilman.
I hope you will print this; we need the help of our local press too!
Charlotte Herdman
Flushing
No Con Ed rate hike!
Where does Con Ed come off saying that they need a 17 percent rate hike? We must not forget the 10-day blackout in northeast Queens in July 2006 and then the Manhattan steam pipe explosion of July 18. They deserve next to nothing as far as any rate increase is concerned. Kevin Burke and his team of overpaid executives should concentrate on making sure that service is operating with NO DISRUPTIONS. The people of this city are fed up with all of the reasons Con Ed proposes to show that they need a significant rate increase. Their record of providing good service is, at best, an absolute disgrace!
John Amato
Fresh Meadows
Aunt Bella’s fans
We were pleasantly surprised, to find one of our favorite neighborhood restaurants “Great Italian food at Aunt Bella’s” reviewed by Jeanne H. Davis in the September 27 Queens Courier. We have been frequent customers for decades.
You cannot beat the great combination of good food, friendly service and reasonable prices. If you want to order something slightly off the menu, they will always try to accommodate you.
The name says it all. It is like eating at your favorite Aunt’s home because you are always treated like family. Nobody rushes you and you can have great conversations with the staff. Besides the fabulous desserts, on the way home we pick up our copy of The Queens Courier from your box by the Little Neck post office as a treat for the mind.
Larry and Wendy Penner
Great Neck
Good job, Courier
First I’d like to applaud The Queens Courier for a very good job reporting on the student gunman at St. John’s University and getting it on your front page the next day. I do not think that was an easy task, considering The Courier is a weekly newspaper, and for that I say Kudos.
Concerning the would-be shooter, Omesh Hiraman, I would like to commend St. Johns for the new text message program they have enacted to protect students and faculty. It worked, and students were texted about a man with a rifle and they were told to stay put. I believe this program helped avert injury and the possible loss of life. This is one reason I believe students at all levels need to have cell phones [in school].
We also must not forget Christopher Benson, [the off-duty police cadet who helped to apprehend Hiraman] who risked his life.
Frederick R. Bedell Jr.
Bellerose
A matter of maybe
Hasn’t anyone noticed that the word “maybe” is missing?
When the Willets Point Development Committee drew up a list of what they wanted, “maybe” was there. Now the bureaucracy, not geared to work with indecision, has erased it.
All that stuff won’t fit! A convention center? Maybe housing, maybe stores, maybe offices, maybe open spaces. Give these ideas to a developer who can submit a plan. Another developer could submit another plan. I’m sure the original plan went this way, “maybe” being prominent.
In addition, maybe someone would realize that more housing is crazy.
Barbara Lanco
Bayside
Separate ads and news
Thanks for another article about Novo 64. Your reporter Christina Santucci should consider using her skills in advertising. I hope Triumph Property Group will be buying many pages in the coming months.
I would imagine having 75 percent of the units vacant would be a scary prospect in the present market. I seem to remember in a previous article that they were practically “sold out.”
Your constant touting of restaurants and stores being “just like Manhattan” is an insult to all Queens residents. The reason I live here is that it IS NOT the city.
Please, a pretense of separation of editorial and the ad department would make for better reading.
Jason C. Sharpe
Forest Hills
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