TIMES, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2015 • 14 Kicking In Funds To Help Maspeth Child Karate Student Fights Leukemia by Robert Pozarycki Maspeth residents are raising funds to help the family of an 8-year-old local boy currently battling leukemia. Last month, doctors diagnosed Rocco Lanzer, a third-grader at P.S. 153 and a student at Maspeth Martial Arts and Fitness, with acute t-cell lymphoblastic leukemia. He is currently undergoing chemotherapy and regular blood transfusions. Angel Redondo, Rocco’s teacher at Maspeth Martial Arts, launched a fundraising effort after learning his student was ill. He posted a link on the studio’s website to a Paypal account where the public can make donations. Word about the fundraiser quickly spread through social Rocco Lanzer (foreground) and media, and by Friday, Feb. 13, sensei Angel Redondo. Redondo had raised more than $1,000 to cover Lanzer’s medical care. “I want to do whatever I can to raise as much money as I can,” Redondo told the Times Newsweekly. He hopes to provide the Lanzer family with weekly checks from the public’s donations. Maria Lanzer, Rocco’s mother, told the Times Newsweekly on Monday her son’s prognosis is good, but his recovery could take up to two years to complete. She and her husband, Michael, have been staying with Rocco at the hospital on alternate nights. “I appreciate what everyone’s doing for Rocco,” Maria Lanzer said. “You walk into the hospital and your life is one way, and then your life is turned upside down with a diagnosis like that.” She said the donations would go a long way toward covering various bills and expenses related to Rocco’s treatment. To donate to the cause, visit www.maspethmartialarts.com and click the “Help Rocco” link at the top of the page. Queens Brewery Plans A Move To Ridgewood Maspeth’s Nelson Rockefeller may be relocating his Queens Brewery to Ridgewood. (photo: Angy Altamirano) by Salvatore Licata The Queens Brewery could be hopping over to Ridgewood. A new lease could be signed sometime this week by Maspeth’s Nelson Rockefeller, the owner of the Long Island City-based Queens Brewery, for a warehouse building in Ridgewood, close to the Bushwick border, Community Board 5 District Manager, Gary Giordano, said during a board meeting Wednesday night. If plans go through, this would be the first full-scale brewery, producing beer for distribution, to open in the neighborhood. Bridge and Tunnel Brewery, more of a brew pub, recently opened in Ridgewood. Giordano said that Rockefeller wants to use the space for brewing and to offer beer tastings. Rockefeller’s signature beer, Queens Lager, is currently produced at a brewery in Saratoga Springs even though his headquarters and most of his customers are in Queens. ©Times Newsweekly - 2015 - SPEC
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