Fed up with Fines, Woodhaven Leaders Fight City Over Tickets
Woodhaven civic leaders and elected officials are urging the city Department of Sanitation to change its policy on trash removal after property and business owners…
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Understanding Juvenile Diabetes – A community continues its quest to walk toward a cure
Juvenile diabetes can kill your child. There is no question about it. And there’s also no question about the fact that it will reduce their…
HB Kiwanis Celebrate 51 Years; Honors Joann Ariola With Clem Vicari Award
Hundreds of Kiwanis members, their families and community supporters filled the room at Roma View Catering Hall on Saturday night in celebration of the clubs…
Missing Ridgewood Man Found Dead – Girlfriend’s son admits to murder
The man who allegedly smothered his mother’s boyfriend is awaiting arraignment in Queens Criminal Court. Derrick Tudor, 27, is accused of suffocating Ridgewood resident…
From the Silk Road to Queens: Author to Discuss Bukharan Jews’ History, Culture at Forest Hills Y
When Alanna Cooper began teaching at a school for immigrants in Forest Hills in the early 1990s, she did so because she, then a Columbia…
From Ragtime…To Ragtime — Neighborhood favorite gets back to business and more
When the water rolling off Cross Bay Boulevard came pouring into the basement of Ragtime Gourmet Supermarket off 158th Avenue in Howard Beach, it filled…
Pols Urge Feds to Ignore Bloomberg Plan, Reimburse Sandy Victims
Reeling in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, people throughout South Queens dug into their pockets – into retirement funds, into savings for children’s college…
Advisory Release For FEMA Revisions – New maps offer comfort, potential savings for homeowners
When FEMA released Advisory Base Flood Elevation maps (ABFE) for many hard hit areas of Queens, after Sandy, it did so with the accompaniment of…
Pols, community activists rally against proposed USTA expansion
Led by State Senator Tony Avella, a group of civic associations and park groups rallied on Sunday to send yet another strong message to the…
Promising to Tackle Taxes and Small Business Fines, Caruana Launches Bid Against Crowley
Flanked by legislators, neighborhood leaders and family – including his 96-year-old grandfather – and armed with harsh words for tax increases and fines on small…
Broad Channel Gets a Green Thumbs Up
Brown lawns, dead shrubs and lifeless plants are soon to be a thing of the past in Broad Channel and its surrounding communities after the…
At Queens College Debate, Candidates Talk Stop-and-Frisk, Rebuilding After the Hurricane and Education
The four Democratic mayoral candidates at a Queens College debate last week made plenty of statements that garnered them applause from the more than 200…
The All American Dream (Come True)
Rob Pisani was pretty sure the future of his deli had been washed away by the storm that had already stolen so much of his…
Falling to Pieces – Two-Story Building Collapses onto Jamaica Avenue
Scores of firemen from numerous companies responded to the collapse of a roof on Jamiaca Avenue in Woodhaven on Friday evening around 6:30 PM. Emergency…
The International Society of SS Cosma & Damiano Celebrate
The International Society of SS. Cosma & Damiano hosted a capacity crowd in celebration of their 21st Annual Dinner Dance at Roma View Catering on…