Jamaica Man Sentenced To 18 Years For Gang Assault
The man convicted for the beating death of another man at a Forest Hill nightclub in 2010 was sentenced this week to a determinate sentence…
Articles Written By: The Forum
A Return To Jobs: Cb 5 Backs Industrial Business Zone For Ridgewood
Made in the USA. It is those words that prompted Community Board 5 members to throw their overwhelming support behind a plan to revive the…
Drained By Commutes, Residents Rally For Reactivating Rockaway Rail
Fed up with two-hour commutes from Rockaway to Manhattan and buses that are consistently overcrowded and late – or entirely missing in action – a…
Beloved Merchant Mike Matarazzo Passes
Richmond Hill lost one of its favorites this week with the passing of Michael Thomas Matarazzo. Hundreds of mourners filed into Romanelli’s Funeral home on…
As Spitzer And Weiner Land Limelight, Other Candidates Jump To Be Heard
In the soap opera that is New York City politics, former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, whose tenure in the state’s highest seat crashed and burned…
Jamaica Bay Geese Killings Enrage Animal Rights Advocates, Defended By Feds
The United States Department of Agriculture rounded up and killed more than 260 geese from the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last week, which federal officials…
Police Search for Wife Slasher – Leaves victim for dead
A 26-year-old domestic violence victim is urging her husband to turn himself in after she said he allegedly attacked her so badly in Woodhaven that…
Motorcyclist in Coma – Bike strikes car on liberty
Woodhaven resident Jonathan Hill was in a medically induced coma after being hit by a car while riding his motorcycle around Liberty Avenue and 88th…
Queens Man Convicted of Murder – Bludgeoned Former Girlfriend
A Queens man, who bludgeoned his former girlfriend to death in front of two of her children, has been convicted of her murder. Elmer Diaz,…
Attempted Rape In Richmond Hill
Police in the 102nd Precinct are looking for a man who tried to rape a 21-year-old victim on Friday morning. The girl, who was walking…
For Woodhaven Residents, Christmas In July
Looks like it’s Christmas in July for Woodhaven. After upset Woodhaven residents called on city officials to replace the community’s holiday tree, which was destroyed…
EDITORIAL
For the 120 residents who are suing Long Island Power Authority and National Grid over the fires that swept through Breezy Point during Hurricane Sandy,…
Robberies And Burglaries In The 112th – Suspects sought, arrests made, $1,000 reward offered
A robbery originally reported in last week’s Forum appears to have been the just beginning of a rapidly developing robbery pattern according to the 112th…
Buffalo Wild Wings Coming To Old Forest Hills Theatre
Buffalo Wild Wings, a national barbecue and sports bar chain, is expected to open in the former Forest Hills Theatre building on Continental Avenue next…
Stabbing at Liberty/Cross Bay Train Station
Transit police are looking for a man they say stabbed a rider while trying to rob him of his backpack and cell phone. The…