DOH Orders Peninsula Hospital to Shut Down Lab, Other Services
One of the three main hospitals in the area has been ordered to shut down several major operations after its clinical labs failed to meet…
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Mild Weather to Blame for Jump in Robberies
Weather might be the culprit in a spike in the number of robberies since Jan. 1 compared to last year, police said. There were 179…
Store in Ridgewood had 7,200 Stun Guns
Police found 7,200 electronic stun guns this month in a Ridgewood store and arrested the manager who had displayed some of them for sale, the…
Thousands Attend Middle Village Bone Marrow Drive
After word got out that a young Middle Village boy needed a bone marrow transplant, thousands of local residents, and people from elsewhere in New…
Real Brides
Click here to flip through The Forum’s first Bridal Guide in its entirety. We’ve all heard the stories. Love at first sight. High school sweethearts…
Father Daughter Dance
Click here to flip through The Forum’s first Bridal Guide in its entirety. Back in the day, the father-daughter dance at a wedding had a…
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,…
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…
Driver Leads 28 Kids Off Bus Before It Ignites
Calvin Covington was driving a bus full of sixth-graders home from I.S. 77 in Ridgewood when he smelled smoke. He passed Eliot Avenue on Fresh…
Another Note Robber Hits 104th Precinct
Police are asking for help locating a man who robbed a bank in Maspeth on Saturday, Feb. 4. He’s described as a black male in…
Proposed District Lines Draw Ire at Hearing
A parade of angry speakers vented at a public hearing on the state’s political redistricting plan that has riled politicians and residents who feel their…
Last of Reserves Will Balance the Budget
There would be no layoffs of uniformed workers or teachers and no tax increases to balance the budget for next fiscal year, Mayor Michael Bloomberg…
Politicians Want Protection for Sanitation Workers
Whether or not New Yorkers are getting more frustrated waiting behind sanitation trucks, Maspeth and Middle Village’s councilwoman is calling for the uniformedworkers to get…
Middle Village Wakes Up to Graffiti
One man went on a graffiti binge through Middle Village, indiscriminately marking up about two blocks with yellow spray paint on the morning of Tuesday,…