A Philippine-American group for active seniors in America, better known as PAGASA Social Foundation Inc. (PAGASAsfi) in the East Coast, in cooperation with community-oriented events company Queens Asia Fest, is holding a year-end fundraising event for seniors billed as “Christmas Community Fashion Dinner Dance,” where community members strut down the runway in Christmassy red and green ensembles, at the Grand Ballroom of Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel (135-20 39th Ave, Flushing, NY 11354) on Saturday, December 20, from 7 p.m. to 12 midnight. [Read More]

Next stop…Queens! The world’s most diverse county was selected as the best tourism destination in the United States for 2015 by Lonely Planet, the world’s leading travel media company on December 10. [Read More]

Stamford Democrat State Rep. William Tong was awarded the chairmanship of the state Legislature’s judiciary committee last week, taking over from another Stamford Democrat, Rep. Gerald Fox III, who stepped down from the legislature to run for the city’s Probate Court judgeship, which he won unopposed. [Read More]