Apr. 25, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan As Pro-Palestinian encampments emerged at over a dozen college campuses across the country following in the footsteps of Columbia University, local elected officials pushed out statements in response. The “Gaza Solidarity Encampment,” built on the campus’s south lawn, drew strong voices of support, as well as objection, from Queens…
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Memorial mass for bartender stabbed in Maspeth Irish bar set for Saturday in Elmhurst
Apr. 25, 2024 By QNS Staff Report The Irish woman who was stabbed to death in a pub in Maspeth last month is set to be remembered with a church service in Elmhurst on Saturday evening. Sarah McNally, 41, from County Longford in Ireland, will be honored at St. Adalbert’s Roman Catholic Church at 52-29…
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Pickleball to take over NYC: Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Queens to host 2024 New York City Open in May
Apr. 25, 2024 By Joe Pantorno
The mecca of American tennis, the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, is opening its doors to one of the hottest sports in the country.
NYPD Community Affairs Bureau breaks the ice with powerlifting and basketball event at J-CAP
Apr. 25, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann It was an action-packed afternoon at J-CAP, a bilingual residential drug treatment program for adults and young adults in Jamaica, Queens. For the third time this year, the NYPD Community Affairs Bureau hosted a “Cops, Kids and Community” event for teenagers with the NYPD Blue Chips and J-CAP residents. Besides…
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Jamaica school crossing guard accused of attempted rape after undercover investigation: DA
Apr. 25, 2024 By Bill Parry
A school crossing guard from Jamaica was criminally charged with attempted rape, attempted use of a child in a sexual performance and other sex-related crimes after he allegedly tried to lure an undercover NYPD officer he believed to be 14 years old to participate in a sex act.
Construction begins on state’s largest solar carport, will power JFK AirTrain and aid southeast Queens
Apr. 25, 2024 By Athena Dawson Construction has begun on New York State’s largest onsite solar carport at JFK Airport’s Lot 9. Gov. Kathy Hochul, along with leaders of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the New York Power Authority (NYPA), held a groundbreaking event at the airport site Tuesday. TotalEnergies,…
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Queens families take part in an action-packed Earth Day celebration at park in St. Albans
Apr. 25, 2024 By Athena Dawson Local families celebrated a day of play in honor of Earth Day at Roy Wilkins Park in St. Albans last weekend. Residents gathered at the park, located on Merrick Boulevard, on April 20 for a day of celebration hosted by Council Member Nantasha Williams (D-27). Over 200 families were…
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FDNY rescues two residents from three-alarm house fire in Richmond Hill Wednesday
Apr. 24, 2024 By Bill Parry and Lloyd Mitchell
The FDNY had a massive response to a three-alarm house fire in Richmond Hill on Wednesday morning.
Corona man convicted of murder-for-hire in fatal shooting outside a Flushing karaoke bar in 2019: Feds
Apr. 24, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Corona hitman was found guilty of killing a man outside a Flushing karaoke bar in exchange for a $100,000 wristwatch in 2019.
Express store in Bay Terrace among 95 locations set to close following Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing
Apr. 24, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The fashion retailer Express announced Monday that 95 of its locations across the United States will soon shut down after it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The location at 26th Avenue and Bell Boulevard in Bay Terrace is included among these locations. The Express Men at 21127 26th Ave….
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