May. 2, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Have a piece of agricultural life at the Queens County Farm Museum’s 13th Annual Sheep Shearing Festival. Scheduled for Saturday, May 11, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy. in Glen Oaks, the city’s only sheep shearing event brings a springtime spectacle of wool, music…
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May. 2, 2024 By QNS News Team Marissa Grace believes in community. That’s why the owner of Grace Thai Restaurant on Junction Boulevard was enthused when New York Mets owner Steve Cohen and local community leaders announced Metropolitan Park, the proposal to redevelop the 50 acres of asphalt parking lot around Citi Field. “It will…
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May. 2, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann Twenty-six youngsters between the ages of 5 and 17 not only got an insight into how a police station is run but also what a police station looks like at the inaugural 113th Precinct Youth Police Academy event at the 113th Precinct in Jamaica on Apr. 30. Inspector Ray…
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May. 2, 2024 By Bill Parry
A 16-year-old Jamaica boy was indicted by a Queens grand jury for shoving a grandmother down the steps of a Jamaica Hills church as she was heading to Sunday mass on the morning of Apr. 7.
May. 2, 2024 By Athena Dawson On Saturday, Apr. 27, Far Rockaway community activist Theresa Racine hosted a Denim Day event at Hammel Playground, situated at Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 84th Street. Denim Day, which usually occurs on the last Wednesday of April, during Sexual Assault Awareness Month, serves as a day of action…
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May. 1, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan With Mother’s Day fast approaching, Northeast Queens Assemblymember Edward Braunstein is encouraging local students to participate in his annual Essay and Poetry Contest in honor of the maternal holiday. The contest, which began in 2011, is geared toward students in grades 2-5 who reside in Assembly District 26, which…
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May. 1, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr., in partnership with J-CAP of the Acacia Network and Community Board, will conduct a Naloxone training and certification event at the Rego Park Library, located at 91-41 63rd Dr., on May 9. This critical training session, scheduled for 6 p.m., is designed to equip…
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May. 1, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon
Gov. Kathy Hochul rolled out the details Wednesday of a $40 million package filled with sweeping measures, including retail-focused anti-theft teams for police, to combat rising retail theft across the state.
May. 1, 2024 By Bill Parry A Long Island man was sentenced Wednesday in Queens Supreme Court for filing fraudulent paperwork to claim he fully owned a Queens Village home when his niece had actually inherited half of it. Wagner Recio, 52, of Butler Boulevard in Elmont, pleaded guilty in December 2022 to filing falsified…
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May. 1, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld
The TD Five Boro Bike Tour, the nation’s biggest communal bike ride, is returning to the Big Apple this weekend for its 46th iteration through the streets of all five New York City boroughs.