Far Rockaway officer dies, Howard Beach mother Fighting for Life After Fire
A Far Rockaway officer died, and a Howard Beach officer is fighting to survive, after responding to a fire allegedly set by a teenager in…
Along Jamaica Bay, Lessons in Cultural Understanding and Environment
Bundled up in coats protecting them from the still-cold spring, the volunteers – young and old, from Queens and throughout the city – spread out…
Cheering on the Rockaway Ferry Extension
Civic leaders and elected officials gathered in Rockaway last week to voice their appreciation to Mayor Bill de Blasio for extending the ferry – but…
Sex Offenders Removed from South Ozone Park Homeless Shelter
After years of battling the city to get rid of high-risk sex offenders living in a homeless shelter a stone’s throw from an elementary and…
Four Dead After Car Plunges into Astoria Creek: City says it will review roads leading to water after tragedy
After four young people were killed when their car plunged into Steinway Creek in Astoria Friday, police are investigating speed and rain as potential causes…
With ‘Dangerous’ and ‘Decaying’ Trailers Looming, Pleas to Keep Richmond Hill HS Students in Annex
For years, Richmond Hill High School struggled – with low graduation rates, with violence, with trying to land resources from a mayoral administration that teachers…
Where Gary Zammett Died in Howard Beach, a Plea for Change: Memorial Ride Remembers Bicyclists Killed Throughout City
Gary Zammett Sr. was an explorer. After bicycling from Brookdale Hospital, where he worked for nearly four decades, he would jump onto another bike and…
Ulrich Announces Participatory Budgeting Winners for Woodhaven, Ozone Park, Richmond Hill
When South Queens residents see a better Woodhaven Boulevard in the near future, or a new fence around JHS 210 in Ozone Park, they’ll be…
The Forum Takes First Place for Hurricane Sandy Anniversary Issue
The Forum Newsgroup’s coverage of the one-year anniversary Hurricane Sandy landed it a first place award from the New York Press Association last weekend. The…
Airport Workers Urge Companies to Follow Through on Wage Increases
Angry workers added another 10 miles to their journey towards better wages and compensation packages as they trekked between the borough’s busy airports. The Friday…
Boro Blood Drive to Benefit Former VVA President
The borough is banding together to arrange a blood drive to help one of its own. Pastor “Pat” Toro Jr., former president of the Vietnam…
UPS rescinds 250 terminations in Maspeth
The mood shifted from rage to rejoicing exactly one week after a crowd stomped on the steps of City Hall and demanded the United Parcel…
Two longtime CB 5 members will not return: Crowley
Long-serving, and now former, members of Queens’ Community Board 5 were let go this week – and some argued it was in the name of…
Crowley Helps Cops Put Graffiti Vandal in Cuffs
This graffiti enthusiast messed with the wrong group. City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village) saw her district office vandalized back in January with graffiti scrawled…
After Board Vote, Queens Library CEO Will Not Be Suspended
Embattled Queens Library CEO Thomas Galante will not temporarily step down from his post, library board members decided in a vote last week. Members of…