Nonprofit Aiming to Run Glendale Homeless Shelter Details Plans for Facility
The nonprofit that could operate a 125-family homeless shelter on the border of Glendale and Middle Village detailed its plans for the facility in a…
Neighborhoods
For Juniper Valley Bocce Players, A Welcome Change
They wake early, some jumping into cars and making the trek from Howard Beach and others leaving the Middle Village homes in which they have…
For Queens Businesses, A Haven is Born in Ridgewood
“It’s funny because people think I have an office,” says Sarah Feldman, a jewelry designer and creator of the Ridgewood Market, a monthly gathering of…
Forest Hills Resident Walks to Fight Pancreatic Cancer
Despite losing her father in 2002 to pancreatic cancer, Forest Hills resident Jerika Giwner continues to battle the disease by participating in an annual walk…
STOP FEMA NOW! Residents from Howard beach, Broad Channel and Rockaway join 15 states to push for the repeal of the Biggert-Waters Act
Nearly 1,000 people from Howard Beach, Broad Channel and the Rockaways have converged at the American Legion Hall in Broad Channel last Saturday afternoon. They…
Marchin’ On in Howard Beach
For the first time in two years, Vespa riders, marching bands, girl scouts, bagpipers, members of various civic associations, and revelers waving from atop red,…
Response to Sandy Fires Suit is ‘Shocking,’ Attorney Says
National Grid’s response to a lawsuit filed against it and the Long Island Power Authority is a slap in the face to the individuals who…
Feds Praise Richmond Hill’s PS 66 as One of Nation’s Top Schools
The federal government heaped praise on PS 66 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School in Richmond Hill last week, with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan naming…
A Push for Literacy Lands Woodhaven Students Free Books
The “We Give Books Read Mobile” tour headed to the New York City Academy for Discovery in Woodhaven Tuesday, leaving children ecstatic about something that…
DeCandia is Named Businessman of the Year
The Columbia Association Department of Corrections (NYCD) honored Howard Beach restaurateur Joseph DeCandia last month, naming him as their Businessman of the Year. A celebration…
Where Foreclosed Homes Rot, Calls for Banks to Step Up
Marie Persans knows 163rd Road in Hamilton Beach. The civic leader and retired teacher knows its history, its families, its residents who look out for…
Build It Back Registration Extended to Oct. 31
More Queens residents have applied for the city’s Build It Back program than in any of the other boroughs – but they’re not the only…
Pedestrian Struck in Ozone Park
An unidentified male was struck by a late model Honda at Rockaway Boulevard and 118th Street on Tuesday evening. Witnesses at the scene, who had…
A Place Synonymous with Community, O’Neill’s Reopens to a Jubilant Crowd
Sitting by the entrance to the Maspeth bar that has been in his family since 1933, George O’Neill greeted a nearly nonstop stream of customers…
In Glendale, Showcasing a Thriving Queens Economy – Business owners from around boro attend “Make It In America” fair
From a Kew Gardens artist’s paintings inspired by the Argentinian desert to a Bayside author’s comedy books and a Ridgewood woman’s eclectic jewelry collection, the…