Editorial: Slipping Through Cracks
Once again the unthinkable happened—a teacher may have sexually molested his own young students. And what’s worse—it’s not the first time. Wilbert Cortez, a 49-year-old…
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Traffic Barrier Hurts Retail
With one traffic change already in the books, a local politician has shifted his attention to another transportation issue. State Senator Joe Addabbo (D-Howard Beach)…
Woman Struck By Car on Cross Bay Boulevard
A woman was hospitalized Monday after being struck by a car after grocery shopping on Cross Bay Boulevard in Howard Beach. Emergency medical staff were…
Police Seek Suspect In Attempted Rape
Police are searching for the suspect in an attempted rape near the Ridgewood-Glendale border on Sunday night. At about 10:30 p.m., a man grabbed a…
Three Stabbed in Woodside Park
Three people were stabbed in the intersection of 39th Road and 52nd Street next to the Lawrence Virgillio Playground in Woodside around 7:30 p.m. on…
Dead Dolphin Found on a Rockaway Beach
The Rockaways got a sad surprise Sunday when a dead dolphin calf was found on a Jamaica Bay beach. According to published reports, the cause…
Woodhaven: In Favor of Reactivating Train Line
It appears that Woodhaven residents are welcoming proposed plans to reactivate the defunct Rockaway Beach branch of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) that would…
WRBA Urges Residents to Reject Redistricting Plan
When it comes to the subject of redistricting, Woodhaven has been making it clear—not on their watch. At last week’s meeting of the Woodhaven Residents’…
Business Leaders, Congressman Gather for Roundtable
Congressman Bob Turner (R-Queens) and the Queens Chamber of Commerce hosted a small-business roundtable with local small business owners at Shalimar Diner, on Austin Street,…
Three Stabbed in Woodside
By Jeremiah Dobruck Three people were stabbed in the intersection of 39th Road and 52nd Street next to the Lawrence Virgillio Playground around 7:30 p.m. on Sunday….
Planetree Playground to get Facelift
Construction will begin later this year in a Richmond Hill playground that will see a number of new additions added just in time for the…
Real Brides
Click here to flip through The Forum’s first Bridal Guide in its entirety. We’ve all heard the stories. Love at first sight. High school sweethearts…
Father Daughter Dance
Click here to flip through The Forum’s first Bridal Guide in its entirety. Back in the day, the father-daughter dance at a wedding had a…
Driver Leads 28 Kids Off Bus Before It Ignites
Calvin Covington was driving a bus full of sixth-graders home from Intermediate School 77 on Thursday afternoon in Ridgewood when he smelled smoke. He passed…
Finally – Sidewalk Had Remained Unfixed For Years
When 81-year-old Eleanor Polgar was getting off the Q59 bus on Grand Avenue in Maspeth she stepped onto a sidewalk where several feet of curb…