Lights On Celebrated at Jamaica Middle School
PHOTO: The College and Career Preparedness Program, sponsored by The Child Center of NY, is one of the successful afterschool projects at Basie Beacon. Pictured…
Comptroller Releases Actuarial Audit of City’s Five Retirement Systems
PHOTO: City Comptroller Scott Stringer recently released an independent actuarial audit of the city’s five retirement systems. Photo Courtesy of NY Women’s Foundation/Patrick McMullan …
Family Fun and Games at Fall Festival in Ozone Park
Photos Courtesy of NYC Council City Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) last Saturday hosted his second Fall Festival of the year at Tudor Park—Addabbo…
Each Citi Field Playoff Game Generates $11.6M in Economic Impact for NYC: Report
PHOTO: New York Mets 2015 postseason games generate an economic impact of $11.6 million per home game, the city Economic Development Corporation announced this week….
Corona Italian Hero, KC BBQ are Prizes in Prosecutors’ World Series Wager
PHOTO: Queens DA Richard Brown (l.) and Mets owner Fred Wilpon. Photo Courtesy of Queens DA’s Office Though the Mets lost Game 1 of the…
Addabbo, American Italian Cancer Foundation Sponsor Free Mammograms
PHOTO: State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. is co-sponsoring two free mammogram events in the 15th Senate District in November. Photo Courtesy of NYS Senate …
Addabbo Calls on Cuomo to Reactivate Toll-Free Tax Assistance Line
PHOTO: State Sen. Addabbo is urging the state to reactivate a toll-free tax helpline that was shutdown in 2011. Photo Courtesy of NYS Senate …
St. John’s Celebrates Italian-American Heritage
Photo Courtesy of the Queens Borough President’s Office St. John’s University and Queens Borough President Melinda Katz last week hosted a celebration of Italian-American heritage…
Top Queens High Schools ‘Reward’ ed
The Scholars Academy in Rockaway Park was one of nine borough high schools recently designated as Reward Schools by the state Department of Education. The…
Halloween Makeup in Stores May Contain Hazardous Chemicals: Schumer
PHOTO: U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is warning parents to pay close attention to the Halloween makeup they purchase this year, as it may pose a…
Hero Marine Saves Seriously Injured Infant in Cross Bay Car Wreck
PHOTO: USMC Afghanistan veteran Matias Ferreira. Photo Courtesy of Wounded American Warrior A U.S. Marine Corps veteran who lost both of his legs to…
‘Wonderful Woodhaven’ Hosts 35th Annual Street Festival
PHOTO: Hundreds of people descended on a section of Jamaica Avenue last Sunday afternoon for the 35th Annual Wonderful Woodhaven Street Festival, sponsored by the…
Festival-goers Ring in Fall at Forest Park
Photos Courtesy of NYC Council and 102nd Precinct Sure signs each year that autumn indeed has arrived in the area are the Woodhaven fetes:…
City’s Entertainment Industry Brings $8.7B into Local Economy: Study
PHOTO: Liam Neeson and company ran ’round the borough last year shooting “Run All Night” in parts of Jamaica, Woodhaven, Woodside, and Ridgewood. Photo Courtesy of The…
Editorial: The Sign Says Stop
Forum Photo by Eugénie Bisulco Some of us at The Forum are sticklers about spelling. We even fancy ourselves to be wordsmiths. So that…