Photo by Doris Meadows, volunteer publicist for NOSH
TIMESLEDGER | QNS.2 COM | JAN. 14 - JAN. 20, 2022
Spectrum opens store
in Fresh Meadows
Shopping Center
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
Spectrum has opened a
new store in the Fresh Meadows
Shopping Center that
will give residents in Auburndale,
Fresh Meadows,
Oakland Gardens and surrounding
areas a convenient
option for adding or managing
their Spectrum internet,
TV, mobile or voice services.
“Our Spectrum store’s
team is here to help our local
customers who need support
in getting and staying
connected,” said Pattie Eliason,
senior vice president of
Spectrum Stores & Retail.
“Our new store in Fresh
Meadows is a convenient
and safe environment to add
or manage services, shop for
devices and accessories or
make payments.”
The new Spectrum
store, located at 61-38 190th
St., offers the latest devices
and accessories compatible
with Spectrum Mobile,
which is available exclusively
to Spectrum internet
customers.
Combining the fastest
overall speeds with the
best devices and a choice
of Unlimited or By the Gig
data plans, Spectrum Mobile
provides customers the
highest-quality experience
at great value, including
access to nationwide 5G.
Customers can bring their
own phone or choose from
among the latest mobile
devices and accessories.
Store visitors also have
the opportunity to experience
the power of Spectrum
Internet, featuring plans
with connections up to 1
gigabit per second, including
starting speeds of 200
Mbps, as well as the interactive
Spectrum TV App,
which gives customers access
to the Spectrum TV
content across a wide variety
of platforms and devices.
Along with ordering and
sampling Spectrum services,
customers also can
complete a variety of transactions
at the store, including
account payments and
upgrading or exchanging
equipment.
The Spectrum store is
open Monday through Saturday,
from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
and Sunday, from noon to 5
p.m.T
his new store joins the
list of several newly opened
and remodeled stores in
Queens in the past two
years, with the most recent
in Queens Village. Other
store locations include Astoria,
Bayside, Elmhurst,
College Point, Flushing,
Glendale, Forest Hills, Jackson
Heights, Jamaica and
Springfield Gardens.
Reach reporter Carlotta
Mohamed by e-mail at
cmohamed@schnepsmedia.
com or by phone at (718) 260–
4526.
BY JENNA BAGCAL
After sustaining a tennis
injury, a Douglaston teen
helped organize a pickleball
tournament to raise thousands
of dollars for a local food bank.
Alistair Wright, a junior at
Locust Valley’s Friends Academy,
created the Rally for Hunger
tournament and raised
$4,500 for North Shore Soup
Kitchen’s NOSH program,
which delivers weekly food
supplies to more than 500 families
in Bayville, Glen Cove,
Roslyn Locust Valley and Sea
Cliff.
Back in September, the avid
tennis player and member of
his school’s tennis team tore
a ligament in his ankle while
playing the sport. Wright
said that he “wanted to make
good use of my time” while
recovering from his injury.
He reached out to school
faculty members Erin Nolan
and Rachael Arredondo, who
told him about a fire at NOSH’s
former headquarters, causing
the program to lose essential
equipment and food.
“I chose NOSH as the beneficiary
for a fundraising event
because through other volunteer
work I had learned how
widespread food insecurity
is,” Wright said.
The Douglaston student
chose pickleball since it combined
elements of tennis,
badminton and ping-pong, is
played indoors or outdoors on
a badminton-sized court and
“can be played by anyone at
any age.”
Wright collaborated with
fellow tennis team member
Daniel Duke and school
friends Austin Notaris, Russel
Notaris and Quinn Dougherty
to build a plan and identify resources.
The student contacted
the head of Robbie Wagner’s
Tournament Training Center,
who agreed to donate his training
venue for the tournament.
He then created a Rally
for Hunger website, designed
flyers, spoke at churches
to drum up awareness and
obtained sponsorships from local
businesses.
“I’m so impressed that such
young people as Alistair and
his Rally for Hunger team recognized
the need and stepped
up with such a well-thoughtout
and executed event,” said
NSSK/NOSH board member
and fundraising chair Renee
Swanson.
She added that the organization
was grateful “at the
number of people who have
come forward to recognize the
importance of our work and to
raise funds for us.”
Reach reporter Jenna Bagcal
by e-mail at jbagcal@
schnepsmedia.com or by phone
at (718) 260-2583.
The new Spectrum store in the Fresh Meadows Shopping Center
located at 61-38 190th St. Photo courtesy of Spectrum
Douglaston teenager organizes
pickleball tournament to raise
thousands for local food bank
Photo by Renee Swanson, NSSK/
NOSH board member and fundraising
chairman
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