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Ozone Howard Battles Breast Cancer

Ozone Howard Battles Breast Cancer

Ozone Howard held its annual “BATTLE AGAINST BREAST CANCER” tournament over the Memorial Day weekend. Eighteen teams from Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island participated.  A…

Goldfeder Kicks off Summer Reading Challenge

Goldfeder Kicks off Summer Reading Challenge

Photo: Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder has called on area students to accept his 2015 Assembly Summer Reading Challenge. Photo Courtesy of Assemblyman Goldfeder’s Office Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder…

TSA Officer Rescues Choking Traveler

TSA Officer Rescues Choking Traveler

A quick-thinking Transportation Security Administration officer last week saved a woman’s life after she began showing signs of choking while on a checkpoint line at…

Lisella Named New Borough Poet Laureate

Lisella Named New Borough Poet Laureate

Photo: Maria Lisella. Courtesy of PWP Press Borough President Melinda Katz this week swore in South Jamaica native Maria Lisella as the new Queens Poet Laureate….

Editorial: Not Just Books

Editorial: Not Just Books

Photo: Glendale Public Library, Queens. Courtesy of pinterest.com When’s the last time you visited your local library? If it’s been more than a few years, you probably…

Queens Package Thief Charged

Queens Package Thief Charged

A 37-year-old Great Neck, Long Island, man has been charged in six separate incidents with stealing packages after they had been delivered to the doorsteps…

Brooklyn Men Indicted for Pimping Girls

Brooklyn Men Indicted for Pimping Girls

A Queens grand jury last week indicted two Brooklyn men on multiple counts of sex trafficking, promoting prostitution, and other charges for allegedly forcing two…

Did You Know…?

Did You Know…?

Photo: In an effort to alert the community about dangerous streets by their school, the students of Class 301 at PS 207 have researched state…