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AUGUST YEAR IN REVIEW

Robert Brown, 32, of Ozone Park, was arrested at a laundromat after leaving his 7-month-old daughter unattended in a car parked outside in the sweltering…

JULY YEAR IN REVIEW

Jimmy Meng, former assemblyman and father of congressional candidate Grace Meng, was arrested on charges that he arranged to receive a bribe worth tens of…

JUNE YEAR IN REVIEW

DOT crews began a local paving initiative resulting in the resurfacing of streets along 75th and 101st Avenues and on 80th, 84th, 85th, 90th and…

MAY YEAR IN REVIEW

Howard Beach was rocked by tragedy when Salvatore Polizzi, an eighth grade student at M.S 207 was killed while on a holiday getaway with his…

APRIL YEAR IN REVIEW

Police raided two motels and arrested five people in a prostitution crackdown that undercover cops have been monitoring since December 2011. The two motels that…

MARCH YEAR IN REVIEW

Ray Lazier Lengend, 40, of Queens Village was indicted on a 36-count indictment for throwing glass bottles filled with gasoline at five buildings in Queens—two…

FEBRUARY YEAR IN REVIEW

The West Hamilton Beach Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Corps gathered with hundreds of guests at Russo’s on the Bay to celebrate their 84th Annual Installation,…

January Year in Review

A 26-year-old construction worker from Howard Beach was sentenced to 18 years in prison following the 2009 attack of an off-duty police officer during a…

Sandy Did NOT Stop Santa

Sandy Did NOT Stop Santa

The message was loud and clear from Joe Mure whose Neponsit home is transformed into a Winter Wonderland each year with the lighting of the…

Lhota to Launch Mayoral Bid

Lhota to Launch Mayoral Bid

Joe Lhota is about to make a life-changing transfer. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman will resign at the end of the year to likely launch…

De Blasio: D-SNAP Doesn’t Go Far Enough

De Blasio: D-SNAP Doesn’t Go Far Enough

Public Advocate Bill de Blasio blasted the City Human Resources Administration for not providing more emergency food assistance to those affected by Superstorm Sandy. In…