Tapping Into Their Inner Picasso, Young Queens Artists Showcase Skills
Clinking glasses of bubbly – non-alcoholic – and nibbling on chocolates, the attendees of an art show in Richmond Hill this week assessed the works…
Neighborhoods
Ann Maggio: A Life Of Fighting For Ridgewood – Civic leader, 90, dies after devoting decades to bettering her neighborhood
In Ridgewood, Antoinette “Ann” Maggio’s touch is everywhere: at the Grover Cleveland athletic field, which she helped to transform decades ago from a hangout for…
Retired Maspeth Firefighter Saves Toddler After Boy Falls In Pool
When John Manzione heard his neighbors screaming, the newly retired Maspeth firefighter didn’t think twice about leaping from his backyard and sprinting to help two…
Maspeth Gets Their ‘Way’ – Beloved resident George Gibbons Jr. to be honored with street co-naming
The Maspeth community can celebrate. They got good news from City Hall last week, when Mayor Bloomberg signed legislation that makes official plans to re-name…
Beaters of Off-Duty Cop Arrested – Charged with attempted robbery, criminal possession of a weapon and second degree assault
Two arrests have been made in the assault and robbery of an off-duty cop from the 112th precinct in Forest Hills. Angel Valerio, a 30-year-old…
Forest Hills Man Charged In Hate Crime – Faces up to 25 years in prison for attack on Muslim man at mosque
Less than eight months after an the attack on a Muslim prayer leader at the Majid Al Saaleel mosque in Flushing, a Forest Hills man…
Rally Against Attack On Gay Man – Protest calls for an end to violence at RH clubs
A small but impassioned crowd gathered outside the Player’s Lounge and Restaurant in Richmond Hill on Thursday night last week, in reaction to the bashing…
South Queens Residents Pack St. Helen’s For Hurricane Sandy Town Hall
Clasping the hands that have bailed out bucket after bucket of water from basements, that have had to throw out photos of parents and grandparents…
Cops Will Make More Stops In Broad Channel After Attack
After a Broad Channel man was attacked by thieves swiping copper piping from an empty house on West 12th Road last month, representatives from the…
Ozone Park Man Charged With Attempted Murder – Arraigned In Hospital
An Ozone Park man charged with attempting to murder an off-duty police officer when the cop came to the aid of a woman and her…
Queens Beaches Cleaner Than Bronx, Staten Island – But Dirtier Than Brooklyn, New Report Says
Queens beaches may rank behind Brooklyn as far as water pollution goes, but they still beat out dirtier swimming spots in the Bronx and Staten…
Teen Parents Die After Queens Village Man’s Car Crashes On Grand Central
A Queens Village man has been charged with manslaughter after he allegedly lost control of his car on the Grand Central Parkway Saturday night, causing…
West Hamilton Fire Dept. Blood Drive
GIVE BLOOD AND JOIN THE WORLD’S BIGGEST HUDDLE! West Hamilton Beach Fire Dept. and Ambulance Corps. Saturday – July 6, 2013 102-33 Davenport, Howard Beach…
Atlas Park Kicks Off Summer Family Events
The July 4th weekend kicks off Atlas Park’s family celebration events. Throughout the summer, Atlas Park, located on Cooper Avenue in Glendale, will feature a…
City Officials Unveil Plans for Ridgewood Reservoir – But There Is No Funding For Any Of It
The proposals for the Ridgewood Reservoir that city Parks Department officials unveiled last week are the culmination of more than five years of work –…