Cops Turn up Heat on Forest Hills Arsonist; Reward up to $12,500 after seventh fire set
PHOTO: NYPD Chief of Detectives Bob Boyce this week briefed the press corps on the arson investigation. Photo Courtesy of NYPD Law enforcement officials over…
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Pops Partners with Forest Hills Stadium; Kids to get free tickets this summer
Photo: Roland Meier, president of The West Side Tennis Club, which owns Forest Hills Stadium, poses with Steven Reineke, musical director of The New York Pops….
Forest Hills Man Dead After Five-Car Crash on Woodhaven Boulevard
An elderly Forest Hills man was killed four days before Christmas in a five-car accident on Woodhaven Boulevard in Richmond Hill, police officials said. Cops…
Elderly Woman Struck by School Bus in Forest Hills Hit and Run
Police this week were still investigating last Friday’s hit-and-run accident in Forest Hills that left an elderly woman with severe injuries to her legs after…
Queens Library Loans Hot Spots
Mobile hot spots are currently available for free loan to library cardholders at a number of Queens Library locations. The devices, which are smaller than…
Borough Rowing Pioneer Visits White House for World AIDS Day
A Forest Hills man, who recently became the first African American to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean in an effort to raise awareness for…
New MTA Report Calls for Expansion of City Rail Capacity
A recently released Metropolitan Transportation Authority Reinvention Commission report calls for the “aggressive expansion” of the city’s rail capacity through means including the reactivation of…
Communities Rally Around Sick Rottweiler Tossed from Car
A fundraiser was set for 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 26, at a historic Woodhaven bar for the continued care and adoption of Dasher, an…
Goldfeder Calls on Cuomo to Use Part of Surplus on Rail Line
Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Ozone Park) this week ramped up efforts to help fund the revitalization of the defunct Rockaway Beach Rail Line by penning a…
Free Tablets Available for Lease at Several Borough Library Branches
Google tablets are available for loan at 10 borough library branches, including Broad Channel, Forest Hills, Howard Beach, Jamaica, Rockaway Beach and Rockaway Park. Loans…
Addabbo, Jr. Seeking Fourth Term in State Senate
With the midterm elections less than a week away, state Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Howard Beach) is hoping that he can turn his three-term run…
Pols, Advocates Call on MTA to Bring Bus Rapid Transit to Borough
With the push for a permanent Rockaway ferry still dominating the south Queens transportation conversation, elected officials and transit advocacy groups this week rallied on…
QueensWay Draws Raves, but Some Still Oppose Park Plan
Friends of the QueensWay and the Trust for Public Land this week released the much-anticipated QueensWay Plan, a study which both groups jointly characterized as…
Borough Rental Prices on the Rise
Despite rental prices in Queens decreasing in August, long-term projections say that prices will increase steadily, according to data from the Queens Rental Market Report,…
Forest Hills Native Celebrates 104 Years of Library Love
Sadie Rosenkrantz is like many other Queens residents: she loves to read. She visits her community library in Forest Hills regularly, at least once a…