Opponents of S. Ozone Park Jail Project Voice Concerns at CB 9 Meeting
Nearly a dozen distressed residents of South Ozone Park on Tuesday night turned out at Community Board 9’s general meeting in Kew Gardens to galvanize…
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Community Board 9 DM Search Down to Five Candidates
The Community Board 9 District Manager Search Committee last Thursday evening whittled down the candidate pool to five from 11. These applicants have advanced to…
City Marks Safest August — November Period in Modern Crime-Statistics Era
Following his landslide election victory a little over year ago, Mayor Bill de Blasio pledged to improve police-community relations across the city, which he believed…
CB 9 District Manager Applications to be Reviewed After Deadline
The deadline to apply for Community Board 9’s district manager position is Nov. 7; and as one board member indicated to The Forum, all applications…
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…
Community Board 9 Accepting District Manager Applications
Community Board 9 is now accepting resumes from individuals interested in the district manager position. The board, which serves Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, Woodhaven and…
Howard Beach’s Quinn for the Win: Waging War Against ALS
To us, it is known as the ice bucket challenge. But to Howard Beach resident Patt Quinn, it is an effort to use a limited…
‘Night Out’ Brings Party to Precincts
There were parties all over the city Tuesday night and southern Queens came out in big numbers to support the police precincts that patrol the…
Kew Gardens attorney indicted on sexual abuse charges: DA
An attorney from Kew Gardens was indicted on charges of sexually abusing a 16-year-old woman in exchange for money, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said….
Boro precincts brace for National Night Out
Central and southern Queens police precincts rolled out their plans for this year’s National Night Out against crime, scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 5. Area precincts,…
West Nile spotted in boro
Mosquitoes around parts of northeast Queens were found to be carrying West Nile Virus, the city Health Department reported, but posed no threat to the…
Group prepares rally for Civic Virtue’s return
Time has not put a damper on the fight to bring Civic Virtue back to Kew Gardens and advocates said they were planning a major…
Kew Gardens Turns Back The Clock
Kew Garden’s activist, artist and volunteer Carol Lacks, is up to her old tricks again–using the neighborhood she knows and loves so well, to benefit …
Poets preach inside Kew Gardens pub
Laughter and cheers echoed a Kew Gardens bar over the weekend as artists coming from as far as Rockland County participated in the first Canvas…
Kew Gardens Overpass Lands Mural Makeover
A Kew Gardens overpass has been given a makeover. One nearby artist took the lead while dozens of neighbors followed in repainting the 82nd Avenue…