Howard Beach Relay Gets Off to a Good Start
Howard Beach came out on Sunday, to Paint the Town Purple, officially marking the beginning of the Third Annual Howard Beach Relay for Life. Purple…
Remembering The Holocaust
Members of the congregation at the Rockwood Park Jewish Center gathered on Sunday for Yom Hashoah Observance, a remembrance of the Holocaust held every year…
Juniper Park Civic Association Tackles Eliot Avenue Eyesore
The Juniper Park Civic Association (JPCA) performed some spring cleaning Saturday morning as it repainted the deteriorating railroad overpasses on Eliot and Caldwell avenues. Last…
Grand Marshals Announced: Maspeth Memorial Parade Set For May 29
The United Veterans and Fraternal Organizations of Maspeth is proud to announce Andrew and Virginia Frazier as Grand Marshals of its Memorial Day parade. Andrew…
Crowley Sponsors Recycling Event
Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, with COMET and the Maspeth Federal Savings Bank, hosted Honor Earth Day, a recycling fair that took place on Saturday from 1…
Pheffer to Leave Assembly
Legislator Will Resign Seat to Take Over as Queens County Clerk As The Forum went to press on Wednesday evening, we learned that Assemblymember Audrey…
Ideas Wanted for Queens Design Projects
“Wouldn’t it be great if the old, abandoned [Long Island Railroad track] running from Forest Park to Rockaway Beach was turned into a simpler version…
Enforcement Needed to Solve Park Woes
One of Citizen for a Better Ridgewood’s biggest challenges is policing Grover Cleveland Playground. Last summer, residents around the park were fed up with unruly…
Smoked Out: DA Brown Lights a Fire Under Illegal Cigarette Convictions
New York City smokers are subjected to the highest cigarette taxes in the country: $5.85 per pack. As the taxes increased, smuggling cigarettes has become…
Forest Hills Kids Celebrate Easter Fest
Pastor Michael Kytka said the Barnyard theme of this year’s Ascension Church Easter Fest in Forest Hills was a variation on a petting zoo theme…
Regan Republicans Swear In
The executive board members of the Ronald Regan Republican Club were sworn into office on Monday evening by Councilmember Peter Koo. After the ceremony Koo…
9/11 Flag Inspires Rotary Club Members
The crowd at Tuesday night’s South West Queens Rotary Club meeting received a rare treat—the opportunity to touch and view a national treasure—the National 9/11…
Traffic Changes in Maspeth Bypass Continue
A revised version of street changes in Maspeth—part of the Maspeth Truck Bypass Plan—was approved on Tuesday by Community Board 5’s Transportation Committee. It will…
Single Room Death Traps
How many more must die before something is done? A fire at an illegally subdivided building in the Bronx claimed the lives of three people…
Hospital Plan for St. John’s Flat-lining
New life may be coming to the former St. John’s Hospital in Elmhurst, but it won’t be patients. A proposal filed last month with the…