Forest Hills Native Michael Perlman Honored by Historic Districts Council
Few residents in the borough have the kind of passion for preservation and landmark issues as native Forest Hills resident Michael Perlman, who some say…
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GMO Labeling Tops Talk at Ridgewood Club
The Ridgewood Democratic Club held its monthly meeting last Friday on Genetically Modified Organisms. Alex Beauchamp of the Northeast Region Director of Food & Water Watch was the Guest…
At Ridgewood’s PS 239, Mayor Announces Pre-K Options
Speaking with Mayor Bill de Blasio at PS 239 in Ridgewood Tuesday, Queens educators said they welcomed the city’s plan to expand full-day pre-kindergarten seats…
Former State Sen. Serphin Maltese Named to Veterans Hall of Fame
Serphin “Serf” Maltese has been many things in his lifetime – including a 10-term state senator and a Queens assistant district attorney, to name just…
Civil War and WWI Soldiers Honored at Evergreen Cemetery
The week leading into this Memorial Day weekend, the Cemetery of the Evergreens, with grounds spanning the border of Ridgewood and Brooklyn, added three new…
Ridgewood, Glendale Come Out in Full Force to Remember the Fallen at Memorial Day Parade
The 76th annual Memorial Day parade sponsored by the Allied Veterans’ Memorial Committee of Ridgewood and Glendale drew thousands of people to Myrtle Avenue Monday,…
Latino group endorses Fedkowskyj in Assembly run
The National Latino Officers Association threw its support behind former Panel for Education Policy member Dmytro Fedkowskyj in his bid for the state Assembly. NLOA…
CB 5 Faces Another Rezoning Debate
Community Board 5 has reignited the rezoning debate. An application to rezone property in an industrial business zone to make way for residential housing has…
City Zeroes in on Dangerous Ridgewood Intersection
A series of traffic enhancements are still being perfected for a busy intersection on the Brooklyn-Queens border, and the city Transportation Department outlined the plan…
EPA Rules Ridgewood Site Radioactive
Ridgewood has gone radioactive. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ruled the 0.75-acre footprint of the now-defunct Wolff-Alport Chemical Company from 11-27 through 11-29 Irving Ave….
Queens Prepares for Memorial Day Parades
Thousands of people are expected to flock to Queens’ Memorial Day events this month to honor the heroic men and women who gave their all…
Ridgewood Blaze Batters Fresh Pond Road Home
It took more than 60 firefighters to tame the flames at a Fresh Pond Road apartment, but their efforts paid off with no injuries reported,…
Fedkowskyj Launches Assembly Bid for Markey’s Seat
Five years on the city Panel for Educational Policy may have been only the beginning of Middle Village’s Dmytro Fedkowskyj’s political career, as the civic…
Ridgewood Thanks War Vets with Art Exhibit
Any war veteran could tell stories about how soldiers always stick together, but Chaishiv Balram of Queens Village found a way to show it. Balram,…
CB 5 Green Lights Ridgewood Residential Development
Community Board 5 voted in favor of rezoning part of Ridgewood to make way for an upscale residential development, but not without a heated debate…