Young Girl and Three Others Injured in Northern Blvd. Hit-and-Run
After a hit-and-run driver seriously injured four individuals, including a 7-year-old girl, when police said he ran into them at a Woodside bus stop on…
Borough groups to grapple over street safety this weekend
A weekend series of community meet-ups will mull over potential solutions to making Queens streets safer in the wake of a devastating string of pedestrian…
Maspeth High School’s Theater Department Presents First Musical: ‘Into the Woods’
Maspeth High School’s Theater Department is tackling its very first musical this Thursday and Friday as it presents Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award winning Broadway musical,…
112th Pct. battles apartment break-ins
A string of residential burglaries has the 112th Precinct on high alert, officials said. Capt. Thomas Conforti, commanding officer of the precinct, sent out a…
A note about The Forum’s website
Dear readers, If you’ve noticed a number of stories being published today that seem as though they are from weeks in the past – you…
Ulrich, Van Bramer call for audit of Queens Library
A news report singling out the Queens Public Library president for enjoying a lucrative salary amid widespread layoffs left borough representatives calling for a full-fledged…
Pols fight for funding for Rockaway’s only hospital
Two Queens lawmakers are sponsoring legislation to secure $4.3 million for Far Rockaway’s St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, which has been precariously perched on financially shaky…
LIRR and Metro North lax in monitoring overtime paid for with federal stimulus funds, DiNapoli charges
The Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad failed to properly manage overtime paid by funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, allowing for…
Maspeth advocate calls for tougher pedestrian laws
Community advocate Dmytro Fedkowskyj was just leaving the Maspeth Stokes Cards and Gifts store on Grand Avenue when he found himself at the scene where…
Forest Hills fire could have been far worse: CB 6
The enormous two-alarm fire at a city Department of Transportation garage in Forest Hills last week could have caused much more damage than it did…
Queens’ environmental groups could land financial boost from state grants
Environmental groups like Dan Mundy’s Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers could land themselves up to $50,000 in state grant money – thanks to a new grant state…
Mayor taps members to serve on citywide education group
As the city Panel for Educational Policy met for the first time under the new mayoral administration last Wednesday, the group had not yet fully…
Queens schools land millions in Sandy repair funds
Two Rockaway schools, Scholars’ Academy and the Bay School, are among three institutions slated to receive a little more than $5.85 million in federal funds…
Queens pols nab key Council positions
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito (D-Manhattan) did not forget about Queens when doling out top committee assignments last week to a number of representatives…
Queens Republicans blast Cuomo over remarks
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s harsh critique of core Republican values this week left some borough members of the party in complete outrage. “Who are they?” the…