May. 27, 2024 By Bill Parry
Rockaway Beach welcomed back tens of thousands of New Yorkers on Saturday as the city reopened 14 miles of public beaches, one day after Mayor Eric Adams announced a surprise deal between NYC Parks and DC37, the union representing lifeguards, so more beaches could open during the Memorial Day weekend.
May. 27, 2024 By Czarinna Andres A Flushing service station was one of three locations to sell a top-prize winning TAKE 5 ticket in the May 25 evening drawing, each ticket worth $11,714, the New York Lottery announced Sunday. The lucky ticket in Flushing was sold at Nor Pike Service Station Inc, located at 146-15…
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May. 27, 2024 By Ollie Sakhno My name is Ollie Sakhno. I own a wine bar called Keuka Kafe in Forest Hills, Queens, which, alongside a global wine menu, features diverse and locally driven wines from the Finger Lakes region in New York State. When I opened Keuka Kafe over ten years ago, in the…
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May. 27, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Students at P.S. 162 John Golden in Bayside put on performances for their families and faculty inside their newly renovated auditorium following a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week. The renovation, funded by a state grant, began at the start of the school year and concluded just in time for the…
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May. 27, 2024 By Athena Dawson The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, in partnership with American Airlines, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) Airports, and Holt Construction, broke ground on a multi-million dollar commercial redevelopment project at JFK Terminal 8(T8) on Wednesday, May 22nd. The $125 million project will feature locally inspired dining and retail shops,…
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May. 27, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Anacostia Rail Holdings, the company that owns and operates freight railroads in the United States, has announced the appointment of Marlon Taylor as the new President of New York and Atlantic Railway (NYA). Taylor succeeds James Bonner, who has led the railway since 2016. “Marlon has become an integral…
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May. 27, 2024 By Athena Dawson The Southern Queens Park Association (SQPA) is set to host a Wellness Fair and Basketball Tournament on Saturday, June 1, at the Roy Wilkins Recreation Center in Jamaica. The event, which will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., is free and open to the public. Located at 177-01…
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May. 24, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday a deal with the union representing city lifeguards that is expected to help boost the number of workers who patrol city beaches and pools amid a years-long shortage. The deal, part of the ongoing negotiations between the city and the union District Council…
May. 24, 2024 By Anthony Medina Queens resident Christina Wilkinson says it was on Mother’s Day when she first spotted what appeared to be a female Mallard duck sleeping behind the fence of Mount Olivet Cemetery in Maspeth. The duck was discovered with some missing feathers and near a bowl of water, in desperate need…
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May. 24, 2024 By Bill Parry
Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are still looking for more than a dozen young people who allegedly robbed a man at knifepoint on Roosevelt Avenue and then pulled a smash-and-grab minutes later, looting a store of tens of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise last month.