Aug. 22, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows are looking for two young men who broke into Carnesecca Arena at the campus of St. John’s University in Hillcrest on Tuesday night. The suspects slipped into the office of basketball coach Rick Pitino, where they stole his personal memorabilia,…
Aug. 22, 2024 By Athena Dawson Queens youngsters took the stage at the Police Athletic League’s (PAL) annual Cultural Day event. Over 250 PAL participants from across the five boroughs participated in Cultural Day at PAL’s Harlem Center, located at 441 Manhattan Ave., on Friday, Aug. 9. The theme of this year’s event, “Reimagine…
Aug. 22, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan The Center for the Women for New York (CWNY) is bringing its “A Taste of the World” event back to Bayside this September. The fundraiser, set for Tuesday, Sep. 17, will offer attendees a range of international dishes prepared by popular local restaurants to enjoy on the…
Aug. 22, 2024 By Bill Parry A Richmond Hill man was arrested on Tuesday night and criminally charged with murder for beating his aunt to death with a broom at her South Jamaica home earlier that day. Alexander Fleming, 29, of 91st Street, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on Wednesday night on a…
Aug. 22, 2024 By Shane O’Brien A small number of protesters gathered at Citi Field Wednesday afternoon to campaign against the New York Mets’ use of facial recognition technology at ticket points throughout the baseball ground. The protest, organized by Fight for the Future, Encode Justice NY and the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (STOP),…
Aug. 22, 2024 By Bill Parry The FDNY battled a fire at a Richmond Hill e-bike store early Thursday morning for the second time in 17 months. Once again, a Hazmat unit was called on to deal with the presence of lithium-ion batteries after one of the batteries caused the blaze that engulfed the…
Aug. 22, 2024 By Bill Parry A Bronx panhandler was indicted by a Queens grand jury for the attempted murder for the stabbing of a 23-year-old woman who was attacked while leaving the Jamaica-Van Wyck subway station in Richmond Hill last month. Two good Samaritans from Venezuela, who live with their families at a…
Aug. 22, 2024 By Ethan Marshall and Paul Frangipane As the New York Mets continue their playoff push, the team made a very special signing Tuesday, Aug. 20. Eight-year-old Mason Maier got to live out his dream when he signed an honorary contract to be a “Met for a Day.” Originally diagnosed with Acute…
Aug. 21, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Elmhurst Hospital’s Suicide Prevention in Youth Program (ESPY) will host a block party on Saturday, Sep. 7, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. outside the hospital’s Community Medical Center. This event will be held along 41st Avenue and will serve as the official kickoff for National Suicide Prevention…
Aug. 21, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood are looking for armed robbers who posed as maintenance workers to gain entry into a home, where they stole thousands of dollars in cash and property before driving off in a getaway vehicle. The heist occurred at around 2 p.m. on…