Apr. 23, 2024 By Bill Parry
Police are looking for three suspects who allegedly beat and stabbed a 20-year-old man inside a Queens Village auto body shop earlier this month, leaving him seriously injured.
Apr. 23, 2024 By Austin Shafran
My dad actually died twice.
Apr. 23, 2024 By Athena Dawson In celebration of Earth Day, which takes place annually on Apr. 22, the Queens Botanical Garden has teamed up with Queens Center Mall for a series of engaging and environmentally-focused events aimed at promoting sustainability and community involvement. The festivities kick off with a garden planting event at Queens…
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Apr. 23, 2024 By Anthony Medina The opportunity to stroll along a traffic-free Myrtle Avenue is a rare treat that arrives just a few times yearly. On Sunday, Apr. 21, throngs of Myrtle Avenue Spring Festival attendees seized the moment, fully immersing themselves in the festivities. Over 200 merchants lined the streets on Myrtle Avenue,…
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Apr. 23, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon
Though Mayor Eric Adams scored a victory this weekend, winning the battle of mayoral control over the city’s public schools, not all parents were celebrating with him.
Apr. 23, 2024 By Alicia L. Hyndman and Dr. Claudia Schrader With air travel projected to double over the next two decades, the construction of a new world-class airport at JFK is a welcome sight. But creating a great new airport to meet the needs of the future will take more than just concrete and…
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Apr. 22, 2024 By Anthony Medina The surge of smoke shops across New York City is likely to be coming to an end. A new initiative announced by Gov. Kathy Hochul last week would allow New York City and local municipalities across the State to shutter and padlock the raft of illegal cannabis stores that…
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Apr. 22, 2024 By Athena Dawson Staff members of the Holliswood Center, a nursing home for seniors located in Jamaica, gathered for a special luncheon earlier this month to celebrate three of their nurses who served in the U.S. armed forces. The three honorees, who came together for the event on Apr. 12, were recognized…
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Apr. 22, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon
As pro-Palestinian protests rage on at Columbia University, students at another New York school are in hot water due to their anti-Israel stance being a violation of state law.
Apr. 22, 2024 By Bill Parry
A bald-headed burglar who allegedly posed as a priest to gain entry to the rectory at American Martyrs Roman Catholic Church in Oakland Gardens—before robbing a real reverend of $900—was arrested in California earlier this month.