Goldfeder Hosts Community Health Fair – Says it will be an annual event
Assemblyman Phillip Goldfeder hosted a Community Health Fair in the schoolyard at P.S. 232 last Sunday afternoon between 1 and 5 p.m. A group of…
Fed Up With Drug Deals And Trash, Neighbors Demand Change
Residents on 107th Street near Rockaway Boulevard in Ozone Park have had enough. For close to two years, neighbors said an abandoned house at 106-10…
Cop of the Month
Officer Frank Calafiore was presented with a plaque naming him as Cop of the Month at the 106th Precinct for July/August last Wednesday evening. Calafiore…
Alleged Fraud Caused Peninsula Hospital to Close, Lawsuit Says
Peninsula Hospital Center, which shuttered in 2012, sank after its former president and a health care company once charged with saving the Far Rockaway facility…
Mass Layoffs Expected at Maspeth’s Duane Reade Distribution Center
More than 200 people are expected to lose their jobs at a Duane Reade distribution center in Maspeth in less than a year – with…
Still Wanted
Police are continuing to search for a stun-gun wielding man who they said raped a 69-year-old jogger in Forest Park at the end of August…
From Bibliophiles to the Unemployed, Woodhaven Library’s New Space has Something for Everyone
Perched across the street from the Victorian home where Betty Smith penned “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” in the early 1940s, the Queens Library at…
Ulrich Seeks Relief for Tudor Village Voters
Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) is asking the city Board of Elections to change a poll site for Tudor Village residents, who now have to…
In Ridgewood, Celebrating Fall With Music, Morsels and Merriment
Thousands of people attended the annual Myrtle Avenue Fall Street Festival on Sunday, spending much of their day listening to everything from traditional Native American…
112th Precinct Community Council Answers Questions
A number of community concerns were raised at the 112th precinct Community Council on Monday night, including a continuing dialogue between residents and police over…
District 24 Rezoning Proposal Spurs Concerns About Safety
The city Office of Portfolio Management has proposed a plan to rezone elementary schools in District 24 to alleviate crowding and utilize the new space…
Focusing on Public Safety, Crowley Launches Re-Election Campaign
Flanked by family, civic leaders and Queens Democratic legislators from throughout the borough, Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village) kicked off her re-election campaign by opening…
City Plan to Remove Parking Draws Ire in Forest Hills
A city proposal to wipe out as many as 14 parking spots around the intersection of Metropolitan and 71st avenues in Forest Hills has landed…
Melinda – The Katz That Won – Defeats Peter Vallone 44% to 33%, will face Republican Aurelio Arcabascio in November
In the Democratic primary for Queens Borough President, Melinda Katz faced Councilman Peter Vallone (D-Astoria) in a field once filled with candidates. The Forum was…