Sep. 12, 2024 By Anthony Medina A full schedule for the weekend-long Ridgewood Off-Kilter Film Festival has been revealed, with nearly a dozen Ridgewood-based artists being featured. The Ridgewood Off-Kilter Film Festival (R.O.F.F.) returns this month for its second year, bringing over 30 screenings of unconventional yet exceptional films to the heart of Ridgewood.…
Sep. 12, 2024 By Bill Parry A former American Airlines mechanic at JFK International Airport was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court to nine years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to import and possess cocaine. Paul Belloisi, 56, of Smithtown, Long Island, was convicted in May 2023 following a one-week jury trial…
Sep. 12, 2024 By Anthony Medina Rentar Development Corp., the owners and builders of the retail center at 66-22 Metropolitan Ave. in Middle Village, will begin renovating and rebranding Metro Mall under the new name “The Shops at Rentar Plaza” starting this fall. The development corporation responsible for the shopping facility says the space…
Sep. 11, 2024 By Czarinna Andres U.S. Representative Tom Suozzi (D-Queens, Long Island) hosted his annual “Hometown Heroes” event on Tuesday, Sept. 3, honoring ten law enforcement officers for their exceptional service. The ceremony, held outside the Glen Cove Police Department, celebrated officers from across Suozzi’s district, which includes parts of the North Shore…
Sep. 11, 2024 By Athena Dawson An affordable hotel chain has opened its newest location in Queens. Red Roof has opened Red Roof PLUS+, its 700th property, at 97-26 147th Pl. in Jamaica. Property owner 147th Place LLC invested about $20 million in the newly built property, the first Red Roof property in the…
Sep. 11, 2024 By Shane O’Brien As of July 2024, the NYC Parks Department had sold 18,997 tennis permits, a significant increase from the previous year’s total. Sales of tennis permits have been rising steadily since the pandemic-enforced shutdown in 2020, rising from 18,476 in 2021 to 18,484 in 2022 before jumping to 18,712…
Sep. 11, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Excavation and foundation work is underway at the future site of a 24-story residential building at 94-15 Sutphin Blvd. in Jamaica. The building is expected to be completed in 2027. Located between 94th and 95th Avenues and Sutphin Boulevard, the formerly vacant plot of land now has a team…
Sep. 11, 2024 By Anthony Medina The Paul A. Vallone Queens Animal Care Center, located at 19-06 Flushing Ave. in Ridgewood, marked its first official opening day on Tuesday, Sept. 10 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Paul Vallone advocated for the creation of animal shelters in every borough while representing City Council District 19 neighborhoods,…
Sep. 11, 2024 By Dean Moses “No day,” as the poet Virgil wrote in words emblazoned on a 9/11 Memorial and Museum wall, shall erase the victims of the attacks “from the memory of time.” But on the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the families who have gathered in Lower…
Sep. 11, 2024 By Bill Parry An Elmhurst man died Monday, two days after he was found lying on the Whitestone Expressway near Citi Field by a Queens EMS crew who were driving their ambulance near Willets Point Boulevard on the night of Saturday, Sept. 7. The 29-year-old victim was discovered unconscious and unresponsive…