FEMA Redraws Flood Zones
Last month, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced they would redraw the city’s flood zones to address many of the complaints in areas outside of…
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FDNY Ambulance Strikes Residence, EMT’s Taken To Hospital
An FDNY ambulance was involved in an accident on Sunday, January 20, at the intersection of 109th Avenue and 110th Street. The ambulance, traveling east…
Schneiderman Unveils Information On Sandy Relief Charities
Locals have wondered where exactly all the charity money for Superstorm Sandy has been going. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is hoping to answer some of their…
Carl Berner Passes — Middle Village Centenarian Dead at 110
The Forum would like to extend it’s condolances to the family of Centarian Carl Berner on his passing at the age of 110. For the…
DECEMBER YEAR IN REVIEW
Our Lady of Grace Church in Howard Beach continued to celebrate mass in the school auditorium as they renained unable to get church doors open….
NOVEMBER YEAR IN REVIEW
Woodhaven residents held a flashlight vigil to remember victims of Hurricane Sandy and to honor a neighborhood treasure lost in the storm––Woodhaven Christmas tree, so…
OCTOBER YEAR IN REVIEW
Police searched for a man who sexually abused a ten-year-old girl after school inside a Queens Borough Public Library at 158-21 Jewel Avenue. Captain Thomas…
SEPTEMBER YEAR IN REVIEW
Congressman Bob Turner along with Assemblyman Mike Miller filed a formal appeal with the United Stated Postal Service headquarters in Washington, D.C. to secure a…
AUGUST YEAR IN REVIEW
Robert Brown, 32, of Ozone Park, was arrested at a laundromat after leaving his 7-month-old daughter unattended in a car parked outside in the sweltering…
JULY YEAR IN REVIEW
Jimmy Meng, former assemblyman and father of congressional candidate Grace Meng, was arrested on charges that he arranged to receive a bribe worth tens of…
JUNE YEAR IN REVIEW
DOT crews began a local paving initiative resulting in the resurfacing of streets along 75th and 101st Avenues and on 80th, 84th, 85th, 90th and…
MAY YEAR IN REVIEW
Howard Beach was rocked by tragedy when Salvatore Polizzi, an eighth grade student at M.S 207 was killed while on a holiday getaway with his…
APRIL YEAR IN REVIEW
Police raided two motels and arrested five people in a prostitution crackdown that undercover cops have been monitoring since December 2011. The two motels that…
MARCH YEAR IN REVIEW
Ray Lazier Lengend, 40, of Queens Village was indicted on a 36-count indictment for throwing glass bottles filled with gasoline at five buildings in Queens—two…
FEBRUARY YEAR IN REVIEW
The West Hamilton Beach Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Corps gathered with hundreds of guests at Russo’s on the Bay to celebrate their 84th Annual Installation,…