Aug. 28, 2025 By Shane O’Brien A pair of Queens seniors marked their 100th birthdays with a special joint birthday party at the Atria Senior Living center in Forest Hills on Wednesday, celebrating reaching a century among family and fellow residents. Jane Levy, born in New York City on Aug. 5, 1925, and Jaffa…
Aug. 28, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica are looking for an armed robber who targeted a Hollis convenience store during the early morning of Tuesday, Aug. 5. The suspect entered the storefront at 187-42 Hillside Ave. just before 5 a.m. and allegedly pulled out a firearm and demanded…
Aug. 28, 2025 By Jessica Militello When Northern Queens resident Sherika Sterling discovered Plant Powered Metro NY’s Jumpstart program, she was struggling with a list of health issues that she thought she would have to deal with her entire life. After joining the program and changing to a plant-based diet, she was able to…
Aug. 28, 2025 By Athena Dawson The Greater Jamaica Development Corporation (GJDC) celebrated Black Business Month in downtown Jamaica on Tuesday, Aug 12. In celebration of the yearly calendar event, the GJDC held a Black Business Month Expo at its Greater Nexus co-working space, located at 89-14 Parsons Blvd. The event featured five local black-owned…
Aug. 28, 2025 By Jessica Militello Chocolate lovers, get ready to indulge your sweet tooth without the guilt with Ridgewood Chocolate’s new era of innovative, functional chocolate that benefits the mind and body. The chocolate factory and shop, located at 60-02 Catalpa Ave., is shifting its focus exclusively to unprocessed chocolate. The process was…
Aug. 28, 2025 By Bill Parry Two people were injured in a motor vehicle collision involving a Department of Sanitation vehicle on Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills on Tuesday morning. At approximately 6:20 a.m., a 61-year-old woman was driving a 2019 Lexus northbound on Queens Boulevard when a 2017 DSNY Mack truck, operated by…
Aug. 27, 2025 By Jessica Militello Fans of the cult classics “Clueless” and “Bring It On” should get ready for a night of nostalgic fun and thrilling mystery in Astoria with “Bring a Clueless Killer On,” a unique murder mystery starring Nicole Bilderback from the iconic films. The special event will take place at…
Aug. 27, 2025 By Bill Parry Mayor Eric Adams was at the Ferrari Driving School training center in Astoria on Aug. 27 to announce the expansion of a program that provides job training and counseling to formerly incarcerated individuals as they reenter society. The Commercial Driver’s License training program, which launched as a pilot…
Aug. 27, 2025 By Shane O’Brien A new glass mosaic mural celebrating Long Island City and the residents that make up the community has been unveiled at the LIC Hotel. “A Moment of Belonging,” by Colombian-born artist Santiago Rodriguez, measures 13 by 5 feet and stands as the largest outdoor glass mosaic mural in…
Aug. 27, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday falsely labeled socialist Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani “a communist,” echoing one of Republican President Donald Trump’s frequent lines of attack against the City Hall frontrunner. Hizzoner launched the broadside during an unrelated Wednesday news conference when asked why he thinks Democratic House…