St. Joseph’s Day
The Howard Beach Columbus Day Foundation (HBCDF) hosted more than 300 people on Monday evening at Roma View Catering at their annual St. Joseph’s…
Neighborhoods
TD Bank Hit on Cross Bay in Howard Beach
The Howard Beach branch of TD Bank was robbed by a note passing bandit on Tuesday afternoon. Authorities say the suspect was a male black…
Finding The Balance
For Richmond Hill resident Shirley Rice, the expression ‘wearing many different hats’ is not merely a saying—it’s a way of life. Most people would be…
Redistricting Finalized
It’s official. Congressional and legislative districts both have final lines for the next 10 years despite taking two very different paths to get there. In…
Amber Alert Recovered
A Queens mother who took her infant daughter from a hospital was found alive and is now in police custody. According to various reports, Leila…
CB 9 Member Seeks to Overturn Election
A Community Board 9 member is seeking to overturn the result of a board election after the initial announced vote count proved to be false….
Queens Cat Slayer Arrested
A Queens man was arrested late last week and charged with the February killing of a cat in front of a bar in Woodhaven. Officials…
St. Saviour’s Church Must Move Again
A landmark without a home now doesn’t even have a temporary home. St. Saviour’s Church, a historical building that civic leaders saved from demolition, is…
Cooper Avenue Undergoing Overhaul
Construction is in full swing on Cooper Avenue to rehab the underpass between 74th and 79th streets that dips below the Long Island Rail Road…
GRRC Starts Graffiti Fighting Season
The annual battle against graffiti is about to start. Every year in April, the Greater Ridgewood Restoration Corporation (GRRC) starts its cleaning season in Ridgewood,…
College Student Saves 2-year-old
At its last meeting on March 8, the Juniper Park Civic Association honored a college student who saved the life of a 2-year-old girl. Joanne…
Glendale Standoff Ends in Suicide
Police were pulled into an almost four-hour standoff with an armed man in Glendale. He locked himself in the bathroom after firing on police and…
Silver Barn Reopens in Middle Village
Silver Barn Farms, on 80th Street & Caldwell Avenue, just off Eliot Avenue in Middle Village, has just completed major renovations to create a building…
Happy Birthday, Bernie! Howard Beach resident celebrates a century of life — and love
It was 1912, the Oreo Cookie made its debut, Coca-Cola was introduced in a bottle, the Titanic sank and Bernard Gottlieb was born. One hundred…
‘House of Horrors’ in Ozone Park
Investigators say a 15-year-old girl was repeatedly raped and forced into prostitution in February as part of an operation run out of an illegally occupied…