Jamaica Bay Research Could Help Prevent Flooding Across Country
Jamaica Bay is becoming a testing ground for how to best mitigate the effects of storms and rising sea levels, Mayor Bloomberg and U.S. Secretary…
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Deception Burglars Target Queens
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in apprehending suspects believed to be responsible for an emerging pattern of deception burglaries throughout the city….
Hit-and-Run Driver Will Serve Ten Years – Killed 15-year-old John Adams student in 2005, extradited from Spain in December
The man who killed a 15-year-old student in a 2005 Ozone Park hit-and-run has been sentenced to ten years in prison. Bartolo Paula, 56, had…
Editorial: When the Bench Needs To Be Pressed
The only hope we can associate with Judge Shira Schindleins stop-and-frisk decision is that like so many of her other major decisions, it will be…
West Side Tennis Club To Host Benefit For Children With Rare Disorder
Children suffering from a rare and painful genetic disorder that causes them to have extremely fragile skin that blisters and tears from minor friction will…
CB 9 Member David Adorno In Hospital After Accident
After being thrown from his motorcycle in an accident on the Van Wyck Expressway on Sunday, Community Board 9 member Etienne David Adorno is setting…
Lawyer Rips Off Seniors Estate – Faces 15 years for stealing more than $50,000 as legal guardian
An attorney assigned to handle assets for an elderly Queens woman’s estate apparently included herself in the will, according to authorities. The court appointed lawyer,…
Gang Member Charged In Child Shooting
A 21-year-old Far Rockaway resident has been charged in the shooting of a ten-year-old girl last weekend at the Dix McBride Apartments in Far Rockaway….
Two Uniformed City Workers Charged With Choking Domestic Partners
Two uniformed city workers were arrested this week in two separate incidents for choking their domestic partners according to the office of District Attorney Richard…
Night To End Alzheimer’s At Forest Park Carousel
More than 200 residents from throughout Queens gathered at the Forest Park Carousel in Woodhaven last Friday to take a spin on the wooden animals,…
Newly Refurbished Woodhaven Library To Open Aug. 20
The Queens Library at Woodhaven will reopen on Tuesday, Aug. 20 and the revamped 90-year-old facility that was financed by Andrew Carnegie will boast a…
Pot, Cash Dumped In Chase, Suspect Flees
A chase which began in the confines of the 106th Precinct on Tuesday night ended on a Brooklyn street with police seizing a garbage bag…
Home Grown In Howard Beach
Howard Beach resident Salvatore Orlando, left in both photos, shows off the squash he grew. Pictured with Orlando is his daughter, Angelo Bonello, and son,…
104th Cops Urge Public To Beware Thieves At Gas Stations, Scam Artists
Residents in mid-Queens should be on the lookout for criminals who snatch purses or other goods left by drivers – particularly women – running into…
Crowley Challenger Caruana Opens Campaign Office In Glendale
Craig Caruana, a 29-year-old Republican running to represent the 30th City Council District, believes a return on an investment the residents of Glendale, Middle Village,…