Week In Review

It's time to take a look back at the week in Douglaston. Make sure to check out any stories you may have missed during the past seven days.

Earlier in the week, northeast Queens elected officials protested the proposed closing of a Bayside firehouse and a Little League team from Little Neck headed to the playoffs.

Local leaders blasted a city plan to create new tests for students that would be used to evaluate teachers and a massive sewer upgrade project along Northern Boulevard was finally completed.

Here's your Week In Review:

Monday
State Sen. Tony Avella, D-Bayside, state Assemblyman Edward Braunstein, D-Bayside, and Councilman Dan Halloran, R-Whitestone, protest the proposed shuttering of Bayside's Engine 306. Each day this week leading up to Memorial Day, Douglaston Patch posted a profile of a local veteran. On Monday, we focused on .

Tuesday
Today's Memorial Day story was a profile of Navy Wave . 

Wednesday
Little Neck's moved forward to the Little League playoffs, while northeast Queens leaders criticized a city Department of Education plan to give tests to students in the five boroughs as a means to evaluate their teachers. The veteran profile of the day was .

Thursday
The city's Department of Environmental Protection wraps up a sewer upgrade project along Northern Boulevard that will halt flooding in Douglaston and Bayside. Check out our profile of WWII veteran .

Friday
Check out our coverage of Community District Education Council 26's monthly meeting, during which the group discussed the DOE's plan for tests to evaluate city teachers. Read today's profile of veteran Sydney Barenbaum. 

Weekend
In this week's Parent Talk, our neighborhood council of moms and dads discuss how they celebrate Memorial Day with their children.