Ridgewood School Evacuated: Toy Gun Alarms Community
A toy gun made out of PVC pipe and wires sparked the evacuation of P.S. 68 Cambridge in Ridgewood on Monday morning. At around 9…
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Ridgewood Civic Talks Parking and P.S. 305
Members of the Citizens for a Better Ridgewood (CBR) civic group will send a letter to Community Board 5’s transportation committee asking them to consider…
PEP Votes to Close 24 Schools — 7 in Queens
As part ofthe controversial turnaround plan, the Panel for Educational Policy (PEP) voted eight to four on Thursday, April 26 to close 24 schools across…
Grover Cleveland Saved from Closure
Hours before the vote to determine the fate of 26 schools citywide, Grover Cleveland High School in Ridgewood heard news that it had been…
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,…
Ten Years of Queens Taste
It’s been a decade of flavor for Queens Taste. The annual event lets attendees try a morsel of food from restaurants all around the borough….
DEC Supports Study on Fresh Pond Terminal Rail Traffic
Residents who have long been complaining about spill over from the Fresh Pond Terminal and railway running through Queens are one step closer to getting…
Cops Warn of Middle Village Robbery Pattern, Burglaries
Police in the 104th Precinct are warning residents about a robbery pattern near the boarder of Middle Village and Rego Park. Captain Michael Cody, commanding…
Ulrich Announces State Senate Bid
In a shocking announcement at 10 this morning, Republican City Councilman Eric Ulrich posted a video saying he will challenge Democrat Joe Addabbo for…
Decades After Service, WWII Veteran Receives Purple Heart
Almost 70 years passed between the time Anton Dietrich Jr. was wounded during a battle in North Africa and when he received a Purple Heart…
CB 5 Gets New Board Member
Community Board 5 welcomed a new board member at its April 11 meeting. Luis Rodriguez right introduced himself, saying he’s a resident of Ridgewood and…
New School Proposed in Ridgewood
The School Construction Authority (SCA) is considering tearing down the building that used to house the St. Aloysius parochial school in Ridgewood and building a…
Community Board Frustrated by Lack of Hospitals
As another Queens hospital closes, concern is growing on Community Board 5 that there’s an epidemic lack of beds in the borough. At CB 5’s…
Queens Library Loans Free E-readers
The Queens Public Library is introducing a pilot program that will allow people to rent e-readers from its central branch in Jamaica. The program, which…