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…
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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…
Cops Search for Maspeth Pervert
A man pulled up in his car and began masturbating while looking at a woman who was leaving her home in Maspeth on Valentine’s Day,…
Middle Village Boy Seeks Bone Marrow Donor
For most 6-year-olds, Christmas is a day to open presents and spend time with their families. Unfortunately for Colin Flood, his Christmas was spent in…
Beacon Program Still In Danger
Community Board 6 announced their capital and expense budget for 2013 at their monthly meeting on Feb. 8, which aims at saving a local school…
Two Seats Could Open on CB 9
Community Board 9 could have at least two vacancies on their 50-member board thanks to the recent resignation of one member and the request for…
Officials, Advocates Push to Revamp Abandoned LIRR Line
With subway trains zipping overhead at the corner of Liberty Avenue in Ozone Park, local legislators and transportation advocates last week shared their vision of…
Local Businessman and Humanitarian Honored as Man of the Year
It just sort of happened. That’s the way that Joseph DeCandia, Jr., of Howard Beach—recently honored as Man of the Year by the West Hamilton…
Schools Rebuke plan to Replace Teachers: Bloomberg Wants to Close, Reopen Schools to get $58 Million
By Jeremiah Dobruck Updated below Grover Cleveland High School’s assistant principal Michelle Robertson bellowed at Mayor Michael Bloomberg. An immigrant from Barbados herself, she told…
Renovations at Kew Gardens Library Delayed Until November
Renovations and an expansion of the Queens Library in Kew Gardens Hills are scheduled for November. Joanne King, director of communications for the Queens Library,…
‘Catwoman’ Sentenced to 10 years
Shanna Spaulding, the woman who earned the nickname “Catwoman” after she robbed two Manhattan boutique stores donning a cat mask, was sentenced to 10 years…
Forest Hills Councilwoman Joins Push For Design Week
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn called plagiarism the biggest compliment you can pay during her annual State of the City address on Feb. 9. Quinn…
Street Change Vote Postponed Until March
The vote to change two streets in Ozone Park and Woodhaven will have to wait until at least March in order to be resolved. Originally…
PTA Member Seeks to Fight Bullies With Paper
With bullying becoming an increasing concern among parents and children, one Woodhaven resident is hoping to introduce a form that could give children an avenue…
Editorial: NYPD Suicide Rises – Alarming Trend
Ashamedly, until a New York Post article earlier this week detailing the suicide of the third NYPD officer stationed in Queens and the fourth to…