Redistricting Finalized
It’s official. Congressional and legislative districts both have final lines for the next 10 years despite taking two very different paths to get there. In…
Amber Alert Recovered
A Queens mother who took her infant daughter from a hospital was found alive and is now in police custody. According to various reports, Leila…
CB 9 Member Seeks to Overturn Election
A Community Board 9 member is seeking to overturn the result of a board election after the initial announced vote count proved to be false….
Firebomber Could Face Life
The Queens man accused of firebombing six locations on New Year’s Day has now been indicted, facing three-dozen charges in connection with those arson incidents….
Queens Cat Slayer Arrested
A Queens man was arrested late last week and charged with the February killing of a cat in front of a bar in Woodhaven. Officials…
Police Seek Food Cart Robber
Police are searching for a man who has robbed vendors at food carts from Ozone Park to Elmhurst between March 2 and…
Woman, Dog Rescued from Fire in Woodside
Firefighters pulled a woman and her dog from the blazing living room of a fourth-floor apartment in Woodside on the night of Thursday, March 8….
St. Saviour’s Church Must Move Again
A landmark without a home now doesn’t even have a temporary home. St. Saviour’s Church, a historical building that civic leaders saved from demolition, is…
Cooper Avenue Undergoing Overhaul
Construction is in full swing on Cooper Avenue to rehab the underpass between 74th and 79th streets that dips below the Long Island Rail Road…
GRRC Starts Graffiti Fighting Season
The annual battle against graffiti is about to start. Every year in April, the Greater Ridgewood Restoration Corporation (GRRC) starts its cleaning season in Ridgewood,…
College Student Saves 2-year-old
At its last meeting on March 8, the Juniper Park Civic Association honored a college student who saved the life of a 2-year-old girl. Joanne…
Glendale Standoff Ends in Suicide
Police were pulled into an almost four-hour standoff with an armed man in Glendale. He locked himself in the bathroom after firing on police and…
Silver Barn Reopens in Middle Village
Silver Barn Farms, on 80th Street & Caldwell Avenue, just off Eliot Avenue in Middle Village, has just completed major renovations to create a building…
Happy Birthday, Bernie! Howard Beach resident celebrates a century of life — and love
It was 1912, the Oreo Cookie made its debut, Coca-Cola was introduced in a bottle, the Titanic sank and Bernard Gottlieb was born. One hundred…
‘House of Horrors’ in Ozone Park
Investigators say a 15-year-old girl was repeatedly raped and forced into prostitution in February as part of an operation run out of an illegally occupied…