Borough Athletes Score Big in London
Two Queens natives will be returning stateside with Olympic bragging rights. Tina Charles and Sue Bird, both Middle Village’s Christ the King High School graduates,…
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Queens’ Sikh Community and Elected Officials Mourn After Wisconsin Tragedy
Surrounded by a congregation of colorful turbans and saddened faces, Mayor Michael Bloomberg condemned the Sunday massacre of six Sikh worshipers at a Wisconsin…
Controversial Queens Statue: Final Resting Place May Be Brooklyn Cemetery
The controversial “Civic Virtue” statue my soon be moving to its final resting place – a cemetery in Brooklyn. Richard Moylan, president of the Green-Wood…
Middle Village Boy Finds Bone Marrow Match
Just seven months after being diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia, Colin Flood has found the match he needs to possibly cure his disease. Back on…
Queens Celebrates National Night Out Against Crime
Across Queens on Tuesday night, residents came out in droves to meet with police from their local precincts as part of the National Night…
The Best and Worst Subways in Queens
Straphanger’s 15th annual study has determined that the Q subway line is the best in New York City. The C subway line, which has been…
Elmhurst Resident Creates Literary Journal for Queens Writers
Seeing a need for writers in Queens to express themselves, one man is opening doors for locals to pen their thoughts and let their voices…
Off-Duty FBI Agent Shoots Man Who Tried To Rob Vehicle
An off-duty FBI agent shot one of three vandals trying to break into his car near his South Ozone Park home in the early morning…
High Concentration of Sex Offenders in CB 10
The Skyway Hotel homeless cen- ter created a lot of controversy last spring when it seemingly overnight went from a family homeless facil- ity to…
Assemblyman Wants DEP, Water Board Audited
Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Ozone Park) is pushing for a full audit of the city’s Department of Environmental Protection and Water Board after what he calls…
Q41 Update – Community Still Feels Slighted
It’s been about a month since resi- dents along 109th Avenue in South Ozone Park have had their daily routines uprooted by the unexpected re-…
Judge Strikes Down Turnaround Plan
It’s over—for now. New York City and the Department of Education have lost their bid to eliminate 24 schools forcing all teachers at those institutions…
Man Loads Up Cart, Steals Hundreds of Local Newspapers
Within 50 seconds, a man was in and out of the Queens County Savings Bank on Cross Bay Boulevard and had stolen stacks of community…
Report Suggests Insurmountable Financial Woes Forced Hospital Closure
The site of the vacant building on Beach Channel Drive in Far Rockaway that once housed 173 hospital beds still causes residents to shake…
106th Precinct Cracks Down on Fireworks
Police at the 106 Precinct racked up a hefty cache of fireworks over the Fourth of July, making 11 arrests and issuing 11 summonses for…