Burglars Strike Howard Beach
Howard Beach residents have been plagued by a series of break-ins this week, with police sources saying there were three incidents within three days. The…
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Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps Holds 9/11 Memorial for Fallen Member
The Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps held a memorial for Richard Allen Pearlman 12 years after he gave his life to help the victims of…
For 100 Years, Dancing her Way Through Life – Florence Selkin celebrates becoming a centenarian
Surrounded by people who had jumped state lines – and even oceans – to celebrate her 100th birthday with her, Florence Selkin was asked the…
Cocktails for JDRF – Another fundraising success for organization to wipe out Type 1 diabetes
Howard Beach residents came out in full force to support the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation as they hosted an exclusive cocktail party in conjunction with…
‘It’s About Respect’ – PS 146 Parents, students upset over lack of moment of silence for Sept. 11
Some parents at PS 146 in Howard Beach said they and their children were saddened by a lack of a moment of silence at the…
Goldfeder Hosts Community Health Fair – Says it will be an annual event
Assemblyman Phillip Goldfeder hosted a Community Health Fair in the schoolyard at P.S. 232 last Sunday afternoon between 1 and 5 p.m. A group of…
Fed Up With Drug Deals And Trash, Neighbors Demand Change
Residents on 107th Street near Rockaway Boulevard in Ozone Park have had enough. For close to two years, neighbors said an abandoned house at 106-10…
Cop of the Month
Officer Frank Calafiore was presented with a plaque naming him as Cop of the Month at the 106th Precinct for July/August last Wednesday evening. Calafiore…
Alleged Fraud Caused Peninsula Hospital to Close, Lawsuit Says
Peninsula Hospital Center, which shuttered in 2012, sank after its former president and a health care company once charged with saving the Far Rockaway facility…
Mass Layoffs Expected at Maspeth’s Duane Reade Distribution Center
More than 200 people are expected to lose their jobs at a Duane Reade distribution center in Maspeth in less than a year – with…
Still Wanted
Police are continuing to search for a stun-gun wielding man who they said raped a 69-year-old jogger in Forest Park at the end of August…
From Bibliophiles to the Unemployed, Woodhaven Library’s New Space has Something for Everyone
Perched across the street from the Victorian home where Betty Smith penned “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” in the early 1940s, the Queens Library at…
Ulrich Seeks Relief for Tudor Village Voters
Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) is asking the city Board of Elections to change a poll site for Tudor Village residents, who now have to…
In Ridgewood, Celebrating Fall With Music, Morsels and Merriment
Thousands of people attended the annual Myrtle Avenue Fall Street Festival on Sunday, spending much of their day listening to everything from traditional Native American…