Jun. 30, 2023 By Anthony Medina In the return of the first in-person annual meeting since the start of the pandemic, The Myrtle Avenue Business Improvement District (BID) shared details about a $536,541 budget for multiple projects along the avenue in the greater Ridgewood area starting next month. Members of the Myrtle Avenue BID met…
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Jun. 30, 2023 By John Schilling Four months after Gov. Kathy Hochul’s announcement that Far Rockaway would receive a $4.5 million grant through New York state’s NY Forward program, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards and the Queens Chamber of Commerce have announced an open call to Far Rockaway residents to help decide how the funding…
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Jun. 30, 2023 By Ethan Marshall As part of NYC Health + Hospitals’ Behavioral Loan Repayment program, 27 providers are being awarded a total of $1 million in student debt relief. Each behavioral health staff member will receive between $30,000 and $50,000 in debt relief. Each of the recipients are getting the student debt relief…
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Jun. 30, 2023 By Bill Parry
An A train shuttle rider was pistol whipped by a vicious gunman who robbed him and then shot him just for kicks in Rockaway Park on Sunday night.
Jun. 30, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed Three Queens projects under the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) were honored at the annual Public Design Commission Awards for Excellence ceremony on Wednesday, June 28. The projects recognized as part of the NYC Public Design Commission’s combined 40th and 41st annual awards include five public artworks commissioned…
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Jun. 30, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed Forest Hills Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Hospital is implementing teleburn, a service that uses telehealth technology to allow emergency medicine doctors to conduct virtual consults with specialists at Staten Island University Hospital’s Regional Burn Center. LIJ Forest Hills is the first Northwell hospital to use teleburn. In the coming weeks,…
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Jun. 29, 2023 By Zachary Gewelb A New Hyde Park man has been charged with promoting a sexual performance by a child and other crimes after allegedly paying a 14-year old girl to perform a sex act and take lewd photos/videos of him in a Flushing park as well as trying to pay a 12-year-old…
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Jun. 29, 2023 By John Schilling Days after closing its doors, Ozone Park’s now-defunct Oxford Bake Shop received a New York State Senate Empire Award from Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. of District 15 in recognition of its 90-plus years in business. Oxford Bake Shop, which closed its doors with a farewell ceremony in front…
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Jun. 29, 2023 By Anthony Medina Police from the 104th Precinct are searching for a trio of car thieves who drove off with a woman’s vehicle in Ridgewood as she desperately tried to hang on earlier this week. Police say a 51-year-old woman left her 2021 Honda SUV running while parked at the intersection of…
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Jun. 29, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Queensborough Community College President Dr. Christine Mangino on June 26 announced the appointment of Dr. Phyllis Curtis-Tweed as the school’s new provost and vice president of the Office of Academic Affairs. Curtis-Tweed will take over the role Aug. 1 for the retiring Dr. Sandra Palmer, who had also served…
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