From Pumpkins to Puppets, Fun for All at Fall Harvest Festival
Forest Park’s Victory Field was a sea of families Saturday afternoon, when Councilman Eric Ulrich and the city Parks Department sponsored the annual Fall Harvest…
Woodhaven
A Push for Literacy Lands Woodhaven Students Free Books
The “We Give Books Read Mobile” tour headed to the New York City Academy for Discovery in Woodhaven Tuesday, leaving children ecstatic about something that…
In Woodhaven, A Celebration Of Community – WRBA honors civic, business leaders at 42nd annual dinner
The Woodhaven Residents Block Association held its 42nd annual fundraiser last week to celebrate another year of protecting the South Queens community. The event, held…
For 100 Years, Dancing her Way Through Life – Florence Selkin celebrates becoming a centenarian
Surrounded by people who had jumped state lines – and even oceans – to celebrate her 100th birthday with her, Florence Selkin was asked the…
From Bibliophiles to the Unemployed, Woodhaven Library’s New Space has Something for Everyone
Perched across the street from the Victorian home where Betty Smith penned “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” in the early 1940s, the Queens Library at…
Never Forgotten: Glendale Remembers Victims of Sept. 11 Attacks
Area officials, clergy members, and community leaders gathered in Forest Park on Sunday to honor those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks of…
Dollar Woman on Cross Bay, Woodhaven Boulevards
After receiving several complaints about the situation, The Forum went out to see if we could locate the woman. At 2:30 Tuesday afternoon, on the…
‘Patrolling Our Own Backyard’ – Woodhaven residents look to launch civilian crime-fighting group
Watch out criminals, looks like Woodhaven’s about to have a new big kid on the block. Citing concerns about everything from alleged gang activity in…
Woodhaven Manhole Fires Send Five To Hospital
Manhole fires on 75th Street near 88th Avenue in Woodhaven early last Thursday morning sent five people to the hospital and scorched two cars, according…
Landromat Employee Gets Seven Years – HB man sexually abused customer
The 42-year-old man who sexually abused a customer in March after following her from a laundromat located at 85-42 Woodhaven Boulevard will spend seven years…
Suspect Sought in Woodhaven Stabbing
Fliers touting a $12,000 reward were posted along Jamaica Avenue by police and auxiliaries from the 102nd Precinct last week, asking the public for its…
Newly Refurbished Woodhaven Library To Open Aug. 20
The Queens Library at Woodhaven will reopen on Tuesday, Aug. 20 and the revamped 90-year-old facility that was financed by Andrew Carnegie will boast a…
Woodhaven Wife Crushes Husband in Crash
A Queens couple with a history of domestic violence faced a tragic ending this week after Matthew Soria, 34, died when his wife crashed their…
Woodhaven Woman Stabbed 10 Times – Attacked by unknown assailant on the way home from work
A 17-year-old girl from Woodhaven was stabbed in the back at least 10 times on Monday night as she prepared to climb the front steps…
In Woodhaven, Honoring Community Leaders
Gathered in a room of a diner, steps from the flood of pedestrians hurrying down Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven in the final hours of last…