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Feb 11, 2013 • I know the forecast is for snow, but spring is coming. Keep your eyes open in March for the daffodils. Last fall the Jackson Heights Beautification Group planted over 3,000 bulbs along the east side of the BQE and the median on 34th Avenue from the BQE to Junction Blvd. Just hold on a little longer....
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Jan 25, 2013 • Mulchfest 2013 at Travers Park was a big success! JHSCRAPS and Friends of Travers Park (committees of the Jackson Heights Beautification Group) collected around 400 trees and many wreaths. For the first time ever, all of the mulch in the truck went to JHSCRAPS community composting site where it will break down further into good...
When: January 24, 2013, 7:00 P.M. Where: 82nd Street Academics (82nd Street and 35th Avenue) Jackson Heights Beautification Group and 82nd Street Academics will be hosting our Annual Principal’s Night. This is perfect for parents of children born in 2008 and 2009 who have questions about our local schools. There will be a brief overview...
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Dec 23, 2012 • By Len Maniace The Greystones Garden Association recently agreed to join a city program that is creating a volunteer core to care for street trees as the city moves toward its goal of planting one million new trees. The group voted to officially adopt all 35 trees on 80th Street between 37h Avenue and 35th...
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Dec 23, 2012 • Julian McNamara and Lenny Olson, two of JHBG SCRAPS and Master Composters at work on compost collection at the JH Scraps site. The long-awaited local composting operation for Jackson Heights has arrived. The new JH SCRAPS (Jackson Heights Scrap Collection to Restore our Area’s Poor Soils) has been successfully operating since early fall. Sponsored by...
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Dec 23, 2012 • This dog is sitting on the new, easier-to-maintain pea gravel surface installed at the dog run this past summer. By Lori Longbotham The Jackson Heights’ Canine Recreation and Entertainment Wonderland underwent an overhaul this summer with the installation of a new easy-to-maintain surface. The dog run, also known as JH CREW, received a shipment of...
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Dec 10, 2012 • Jackson Heights Orchestra Directed by Pat Glunt Wednesday, December 12, 7:30pm Community United Methodist Church (35th Avenue & 81st Street) Suggested donation: $10 adult & $5 student/senior Program: Handel’s Overture to the Messiah, Holst’s St. Paul’s Suite, Respighi’s Ancient Airs and Dances Suite#1 and a couple of holiday songs song by local lyric soprano Jayne...
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Nov 28, 2012 • Read the DNAinfo article by Paul DeBenedetto, here. A group of local musicians is looking to hit a high note in Jackson Heights come December. The newly-formed Jackson Heights Community Orchestra, launched by conductor Patricia Glunt, has scheduled its first performance for Dec. 12 at the Jackson Heights Community Church. “Jackson Heights is ripe —...
Saturday, November 3rd and Sunday, November 4th Travers Park / Jackson Heights PlayStreet 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Jackson Heights Beautification Group is coordinating these relief activities with local groups, including #OccupySandy. Special thanks to the JHSCRAPS, Jackson Heights Green Alliance, Make the Road New York, and Jackson Heights Families. UPDATED LIST OF DONATIONS NEEDED...
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Oct 31, 2012 • On Saturday, October 27, 2012, with the help of parents and students from PS 222, the Jackson Heights Beautification Group celebrated the annual clean up along the east side of the BQE. Those of you who have been following, we have focused on the east side of the BQE since 2008. What was once a...
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Oct 24, 2012 • Calling ALL Green Thumbs! Daffodil planting this Saturday, October 27 at 9am Join the Jackson Heights Beautification Group and members of the PS 222Q community who will be planting 1,000 daffodil bulbs. Take a look to our planting activity last Saturday. Photos taken by Rodrigo Salazar:
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Oct 23, 2012 • Read the original article here. By Paul DeBenedetto, DNAinfo While many New Yorkers will be celebrating at the massive and popular Village Halloween Parade this year, some of the city’s pint-sized residents will be having their own parade in Queens. Kids, neighbors and businesses in Jackson Heights will put on their scariest costumes for the...
