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Showing posts with label project woodhaven. Show all posts
Showing posts with label project woodhaven. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Forest Park Carousel Open to Vendors - April 27, 2011
The Forest Park Carousel has been closed to the public since September 2008. Today, prospective vendors got a peek at our Carousel in action. Kudos to our friends at Project Woodhaven for getting this video...
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Woodhaven Richmond Hill Kiwanis Club Hopes for More Members by Lisa Fraser - Leader-Observer
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| Joan DeCamp, president of the Richmond Hill-Woodhaven Kiwanis club and David Quintana, a RHW Kiwanis member, pose for a picture with Project Woodhaven blogger, Ed Wendell |
The Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Kiwanis Club held their first meeting of the spring on Wednesday, March 9, in an effort to recruit more community members and to have their voice heard more in the area.
Held at Avenue Diner at 91-06 Jamaica Avenue, local community businesses and members discussed the history and goals of their organization.
Joan DeCamp, the president of the club, spoke about the various community outreach services that the club performs, such as the Key Club at Richmond Hill High School, food drives at Thanksgiving and Christmas, and the scholarship program, which offers two $2,500 scholarships to residents of Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, Kew Gardens or Forest Hills who demonstrate academic excellence, and three $600 scholarships awarded within the Kiwanis family.
The Richmond Hill-Woodhaven Kiwanis club is one of 18 clubs in the Kiwanis Queens west area.
Held at Avenue Diner at 91-06 Jamaica Avenue, local community businesses and members discussed the history and goals of their organization.
Joan DeCamp, the president of the club, spoke about the various community outreach services that the club performs, such as the Key Club at Richmond Hill High School, food drives at Thanksgiving and Christmas, and the scholarship program, which offers two $2,500 scholarships to residents of Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, Kew Gardens or Forest Hills who demonstrate academic excellence, and three $600 scholarships awarded within the Kiwanis family.
The Richmond Hill-Woodhaven Kiwanis club is one of 18 clubs in the Kiwanis Queens west area.
Friday, June 4, 2010
There Is Relief For Annoying Signs by Domenick Rafter - Queens Tribune
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Those ugly signs often spotted nailed to telephone poles and lampposts throughout the borough advertising such services as “Refinance your Homes,” “Sell Your Home Fast!” and “Get Rid Of Insects,” are illegal and one neighborhood civic group is taking them on.
After spotting signs along residential streets in Woodhaven, the Woodhaven Residents Block Association took action and discovered the signs are actually illegal. The NYC Department of Sanitation’s code specifically bans the posting or painting any type of printed material on any type of public property, including fences, telephone poles, and traffic lights.
The WRBA is calling on residents in Woodhaven to contact them if they see signs on residential streets. To report signs along Jamaica Avenue, residents should call the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation.
“The intent is not to routinely bust people and cause them to pay large fines. It may be that they are unaware of the law,” said Ed Wendell, WRBA President on his blog Project Woodhaven. “The WRBA is doing them a favor by warning them.”
WRBA spokesman and Community Board 9 member Alex Blenkinsopp said one company who has been posting signs in Woodhaven has been put on notice and will be again before the WRBA reports them to the city.
“It looks like they took down some of the signs, but not all of them,” Blenkinsopp said. “We’ve had partial success. We will contact them one more time and then report them to our council members and the Department of Sanitation.”
According to the law, each sign is a separate violation and the first offense is a fine of $75-$200. Each subsequent offense carries a fine of between $150 and $300. That means someone with 10 signs could face fines of up to $2,900, plus the cost of taking the signs down.
Similar problems with signs have been reported elsewhere in the borough, most recently in Flushing, Richmond Hill, and Woodside.. Residents in those neighborhoods can report the signs to the local community board or city councilmember’s office or take the signs down themselves. Blenkinsopp noted it was important that anyone who reports the signs take pictures; otherwise fines could not be imposed.
Those ugly signs often spotted nailed to telephone poles and lampposts throughout the borough advertising such services as “Refinance your Homes,” “Sell Your Home Fast!” and “Get Rid Of Insects,” are illegal and one neighborhood civic group is taking them on.
After spotting signs along residential streets in Woodhaven, the Woodhaven Residents Block Association took action and discovered the signs are actually illegal. The NYC Department of Sanitation’s code specifically bans the posting or painting any type of printed material on any type of public property, including fences, telephone poles, and traffic lights.
The WRBA is calling on residents in Woodhaven to contact them if they see signs on residential streets. To report signs along Jamaica Avenue, residents should call the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation.
“The intent is not to routinely bust people and cause them to pay large fines. It may be that they are unaware of the law,” said Ed Wendell, WRBA President on his blog Project Woodhaven. “The WRBA is doing them a favor by warning them.”
WRBA spokesman and Community Board 9 member Alex Blenkinsopp said one company who has been posting signs in Woodhaven has been put on notice and will be again before the WRBA reports them to the city.
“It looks like they took down some of the signs, but not all of them,” Blenkinsopp said. “We’ve had partial success. We will contact them one more time and then report them to our council members and the Department of Sanitation.”
According to the law, each sign is a separate violation and the first offense is a fine of $75-$200. Each subsequent offense carries a fine of between $150 and $300. That means someone with 10 signs could face fines of up to $2,900, plus the cost of taking the signs down.
Similar problems with signs have been reported elsewhere in the borough, most recently in Flushing, Richmond Hill, and Woodside.. Residents in those neighborhoods can report the signs to the local community board or city councilmember’s office or take the signs down themselves. Blenkinsopp noted it was important that anyone who reports the signs take pictures; otherwise fines could not be imposed.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Woodhaven Residents Battle Over Parking Spaces - WPIX.com
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A number of Woodhaven residents are growing tired of out-of-state cars hogging parking spots for weeks at a time - so they've decided to take matters into their own hands.
The Woodhaven Residents' Block Association has created a program aimed at reporting out-of-state vehicles that have remained parked on the community's streets for extended periods of time.
People living in the community are urged to contact the WRBA if a car with license plate outside from New York has been parked on their street for more than a month. The group will then contact the appropriate agency from the other state to inform them of the vehicle's whereabouts and launch a probe into whether the vehicle is appropriately registered.
For more information: Project Woodhaven
A number of Woodhaven residents are growing tired of out-of-state cars hogging parking spots for weeks at a time - so they've decided to take matters into their own hands.
The Woodhaven Residents' Block Association has created a program aimed at reporting out-of-state vehicles that have remained parked on the community's streets for extended periods of time.
People living in the community are urged to contact the WRBA if a car with license plate outside from New York has been parked on their street for more than a month. The group will then contact the appropriate agency from the other state to inform them of the vehicle's whereabouts and launch a probe into whether the vehicle is appropriately registered.
For more information: Project Woodhaven
Friday, February 20, 2009
Predator in Forest Park at Strack Pond...
Red-tailed Hawk at Strack Pond in Forest Park - Photos by Manny...
PFC Laurence Strack Memorial Pond in Forest Park - Photo courtesy of Project Woodhaven......Additional photos of Forest Park and Strack Pond
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