Woman Sentenced in $1.3 Million Ponzi Scheme
A Long Island City resident, who pleaded guilty on several charges relating to swindling thirty people out of their money in a Ponzi scheme, was…
Queens Library Increases Hours
As of September 10, 2012, the new schedule will include evening hours in every library, Monday to Friday. Several of the largest libraries will have…
Proposed Middle Village Charter School Met With Some Skepticism
Charter schools have long been the subject of debate and Middle Village Prep (MVP), and the proposed charter school that may open at Christ…
Police Search for A Train Robbery Suspect
Police are looking for a man who robbed three people aboard the A- train in Queens and Brooklyn. The three victims were robbed at gunpoint…
Meng Has Large Fundraising Advantage over Halloran
In the latest campaign numbers released by the Federal Election Commission (FEC), Assemblywoman Grace Meng has maintained the large fundraising lead she has over Councilman…
DEP and Parks Install Timers to Conserve Water
In an effort to conserve water citywide, the Department of Environmental (DEP) and the Department of Parks and Recreation announced the installation of timers on…
Volunteers Clean Middle Village Eyesore
Seeing a need to clean up an area of Middle Village that is littered with overgrown weeds, residents, volunteers, local politicians and a city agency…
Mailbox Hits Pedestrian in Howard Beach
Three women were rushed to Jamaica Hospital after a crazy turn of events during a five-car accident at 160th Avenue and Cross Bay Boulevard in…
Liquor Free Lindenwood?
A crowd of concerned residents packed a meeting of the Lindenwood Alliance on Monday evening after the community was notified through public notice, that a…
Glendale Chain Thief Arrested
Detectives from the 104th Precinct Detective Squad arrested 22-year-old Jamille Spleen on Tuesday, for a series of chain snatchings in Glendale near Cooper Avenue. Spleen…
Stranded Jet-skier Unsuspectingly Breaches $100 million Airport Security System
Here we thought Spiderman was the only one who can scale walls, impervious to security forces. Spiderman, and in the case of an alarming…
The City Destroys 24 Cherry Trees Behind Borough Hall
Earlier this week, the city plowed down 24 cherry trees that sat behind Queens Borough Hall on an arborists’ advice. The city claimed these trees…
Woman Arrested in Death of Two-Year-Old Son: Mother Has Past Arrest and History With ACS
A two-year-old Flushing toddler is dead due to strangulation and on Monday police arrested his mother for the crime. According to police Afriyie Gaspard,…
Editorial: How Could She?
Last Friday afternoon, Izayah Hall was rushed to New York Hospital Queens, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The medical examiner performing the autopsy…
Howard Beach Man Hopes He’ll Walk Again
On July 15, 2010, Jay Jendroska, long-time resident of Maspeth and current resident of Howard Beach, had just left a parking garage on his…