Water Main Breaks in Howard Beach
A water main break on 102 Street between 157th Avenue and 158th Avenue caused city officials to shut down part of the street on Tuesday…
Man and woman indicted for sex trafficking in Queens
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced today that a Queens County grand jury has indicted a 22-year-old Jamaica, Queens, man and a 26-year-old woman…
Richmond Hill Fire Injures Eleven
Eleven people were injured yesterday after a fire broke out on the back porch of a home on 91st Avenue in Richmond Hill. Firefighters responded…
MTA Releases 2011 Customer Satisfaction Survey Results
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) released results yesterday from its series of customer satisfaction surveys con- ducted annually for all MTA services. These surveys show…
Addabbo Brings Free Mammography Van Back To Woodhaven
On Saturday, Nov. 19, between 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. in collaboration with the American-Italian Cancer Foundation (AICF), is sponsoring…
Editorial: We’re All At Risk
We have heard for years about the dangers posed by illegally converted apartments. We have seen countless examples of lives lost when fire breaks out…
Plea in Kidnapping of Eight Children
The Manhattan couple that took their eight children from a Forest Hills foster care center last month pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of second-degree…
Job Fair Attracts Thousands
At State Senator Joe Addabbo’s job fair on Friday, thousands of residents came looking for work at a time when the state unemployment is close…
Dumping Hits Ozone Park
Residents in Ozone Park say they understand the plight of nearby neighbors in Howard Beach who have in recent weeks been plagued with illegal dumping…
Van Crashes Onto Boat in Hawtree Basin
A hit and run fender bender on the Belt Parkway last Thursday morning led to a car chase that ended with a van crashing onto a…
Illegal Dumping Continues in Howard Beach
Several weeks ago The Forum reported about garbage being dumped illegally in the overgrowth along 165th Avenue. The Sanitation Department was notified and took swift…
Fire Guts Lenny’s Pizzeria
In the second fire at a Crossbay Boulevard business in less than a week, flames tore through a popular Howard Beach eatery on Monday morning,…
Hundreds Pray for Sheehan’s Release
Four days after nearly 300 supporters gathered at a Sunday evening prayer vigil for Barbara Sheehan at Our Lady of Grace in Howard Beach, a…
Greener Edsall Avenue Closer to Reality
The second phase of the Edsall Avenue beautification project was completed over the weekend, as more than 30 volunteers pitched in to clean and plant…
Maspeth Bar Owner Killed in Hit and Run Car Crash
Police are still searching for the driver of the vehicle that crashed into a cab on the Long Island Expressway service road and killed a…