12 MARCH 9, 2017 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM EDITORIAL Rest in peace, Madam Borough President Helen Marshall, the former borough THE HOT TOPIC STORY: 7 line will not run to Manhattan during weekends in March as MTA continues $744M tech upgrades SUMMARY: The MTA has slowly been working to improve the congested and oft en unreliable 7 train with new technology, and to continue that work, the agency will stop service to Manhattan for four consecutive weekends in March. REACH: 27,390 (as of 3/6/17) COMMENTS: ESTABLISHED 1908 Co-Publishers VICTORIA SCHNEPS-YUNIS JOSHUA SCHNEPS Editor-in-Chief ROBERT POZARYCKI Classifi ed Manager DEBORAH CUSICK Assistant Classifi ed Manager MARLENE RUIZ Reporter ANTHONY GIUDICE © 2017 SCHNEPS NY MEDIA, LLC. General Publication Offi ce: 38-15 Bell Blvd., Bayside, NY 11361 TELEPHONE: 1-718-821-7500/7501/7502/7503 FAX: 1-718-224-5441 E-MAIL: [email protected] WEB SITE: www.qns.com ON TWITTER @ridgewoodtimes PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY FOR 108 YEARS COMPOSITION RESPONSIBILITY: Accuracy in receiving ads over the telephone cannot be guaranteed. This newspaper is responsible for only one incorrect insertion and only for that portion of the ad in which the error appears. It is the responsibility of the advertiser to make sure copy does not contravene the Consumer Protection Law or any other requirement.TIMES NEWSWEEKLY Is Listed With The Standard Rate & Data And Is A Member Of The New York Press Association SNAPS PIG ROAST IN ASTORIA PHOTO BY ROBERT POZARYCKI Send us your photos of Queens and you could see them online or in our paper! Submit them to us tag @queenscourier on Instagram, Facebook page, tweeting @QNS or by emailing [email protected] (subject: Queens Snaps). president who died this weekend at the age of 87, will be remembered not just as a trailblazer, but also as one of the strongest voices Queens children ever had in local government. The fi rst African-American ever to be borough president, and the second female to serve the offi ce, Marshall’s tenure was marked with her firm commitment to boosting the borough’s libraries and public schools. For all the talk about the future of the public school system across the United States, Helen Marshall certainly recognized its importance and value to our society. She was a product of a public education and graduated from Queens College, a publicly funded institution of higher learning. Indeed, it would seem as if most of Marshall’s career was an eff ort to give back to the community that gave her so much. She became a public school teacher and founded the Langston Hughes Library prior to entering politics. She would advocate strongly for education while representing western Queens in Albany and in City Hall. As borough president, Marshall poured hundreds of millions of dollars in public funding toward school and library improvements. She helped build a Children’s Library in Jamaica that off ers a truly unique learning experience for any child entering its doors. She also funded the construction of a cultural center at Borough Hall to help promote programs refl ecting Queens’ amazing diversity. That cultural center now bears her name. Even though you won’t fi nd Helen Marshall’s name on many of the libraries renovated or public schools expanded through her eff orts, you’d be hard pressed to fi nd a library or a school in Queens that she did not work to improve in her 12 years in offi ce. There were many other things which Marshall advocated as borough president -- from encouraging tourists to “Discover Queens” (the motto of her tourism campaign) to promoting greater development across the borough. Marshall’s work to improve education and culture in Queens, however, will go down as the hallmark of her administration. What a wonderful legacy to leave behind. May she rest in peace knowing that she did so much to make the future of Queens so very bright.
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