Cops Search for Maspeth Bank Robber
Police are searching for a man who flashed a gun and used a threatening note to rob a bank in Maspeth on May 30. They…
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Parkland in Maspeth Held Up Again
The often-divisive fight for open space in Maspeth has stalled once again. Martin Luther School, which was considering selling a third of an acre of…
Cops Nab Maspeth, Middle Village Overnight Burglar
Police arrested a man and his accomplice who allegedly left a swath of eight overnight burglaries in Maspeth and Middle Village through the month…
Maspeth Residents Worry About Blighted Staircase
Residents around an obscure stairway connecting two streets in Maspeth say the pass-through has become a harbor for vandalism and illicit activity. In the…
Two Queens WWII Vets Honored at Parade
Longtime Queens resident and World War II veteran Michael Tasik remembered well what the first thing on his mind was when he was hospitalized in…
Pols, Residents Seek DOH’s Answers on Peninsula Closing
Residents and legislators finally had the opportunity to ask Department of Health (DOH) officials questions on the closure of Peninsula Hospital last week at a…
Police Chase Suspect in Rash of Maspeth Burglaries
Police are combating a spike of at least nine burglaries in April within a few blocks of each other in Maspeth. The burst of crimes…
DWI Arrests Boom in the 104th Precinct
There’s been a “dramatic” spike in drunken driving arrests recently across Middle Village, Maspeth, Ridgewood and Glendale, police from the 104th Precinct reported this week….
DOT Repairs Sidewalks in Community Board 5
Sidewalks throughout Community Board 5 are getting substantial repairs recently as the Department of Transportation sweeps through to rectify problems. Sidewalk violations, tree damage and…
Cops Fight Robberies, Get New Manpower in the 104th
The 104th Precinct believes it has a handle on the influx of robberies that’s plagued most of the city this year, and 15 newly assigned…
Bloomberg Wants to Pull $26.7 Million from Library
Every year for the past five years, Queens fights for its libraries. Council members, the borough president, Queens Library employees— anyone who can read…
Siblings Plead for Justice at Sentencing of Brother’s Killer
Siblings of George Gibbons read tearful statements in court Monday, asking that the man who killed their brother remain in jail as long as…
Petition Started to Support Rockaway Rail Line
As another way to drum up support for a possible new transportation option in Queens, one local legislator has turned to the internet to gather…
City Dwellers to Swallow 7% Hike in Water Rate
Residents andpublic officials got their chance to speak up on Thursday, April 26 against a New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) plan, which…
Ridgewood Group Warns Owners of Possible Foreclosure
Once again, lien day—the day the city can sell off property liens for delinquent tax and utility payers—is coming up this month. And once again,…