Poets preach inside Kew Gardens pub

Poets preach inside Kew Gardens pub

Laughter and cheers echoed a Kew Gardens bar over the weekend as artists coming from as far as Rockland County participated in the first Canvas…

Lawmakers looking to stop mute swan killings

Lawmakers looking to stop mute swan killings

On the same day that state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) passed his state legislative bill establishing a two-year moratorium on the Department of Environmental Conservation’s…

Lawmakers pass Queens Library reform bill

Lawmakers pass Queens Library reform bill

Queens politicians and community leaders alike are applauding the recent passage of a bill designed to shine a light on and reform the controversial financial…

Panel approves annex plans for Richmond Hill HS

Panel approves annex plans for Richmond Hill HS

The city Panel for Educational Policy approved the Education Department’s controversial proposal to reform Richmond Hill High School’s usage of an annex that administrators argued…

Judge declares mistrial in Smith case

Judge declares mistrial in Smith case

A federal judge declared a mistrial in a federal corruption case involving state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Hollis), pushing it back to January. Smith had asked…

Civilian cops coming to Howard Beach

Civilian cops coming to Howard Beach

There is a new kind of COP heading to Howard Beach. Eighteen-year resident and former auxiliary cop Joseph C. Thompson set out to start the…