Apr. 19, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Whitestone resident Katherine McQuade was crowned United States of America’s Miss 2023 earlier this month in Las Vegas. McQuade was one of the 26 finalists to compete in the April 2 pageant after previously being crowned United States of America’s Miss New York. “I’m very proud [to be crowned…
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Apr. 19, 2023 By Julia Moro Two suspects were taken into custody near the Queens Center Mall on Wednesday after allegedly stealing a Lamborghini from Suffolk County on Long Island, according to authorities. According to police, at approximately 9:14 a.m. on April 19, officers from the 110th Precinct assisted a Nassau County investigation regarding a…
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Apr. 19, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller With Mayor Eric Adams’ calls for the White House to assist the city with the migrant crisis falling on deaf ears, he declared on Wednesday that “the national government has turned its back on New York City.” Adams made the pronouncement — perhaps his sharpest rebuke of President…
Apr. 19, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed Asian Pacific Americans Voting & Organizing to Increase Civic Engagement (APA VOICE), a non-partisan coalition of community-based organizations that serve Asian-American communities in New York, recently announced the launch of its 2023 Civic Engagement Coalition. Sixteen member organizations will prepare and lead a comprehensive ‘Get Out the Vote’ programming…
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Apr. 19, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from the 111th Precinct in Bayside are looking for a looter who struck at the Rite Aid pharmacy alongside the White Castle on Northern Boulevard on April Fools Day. The suspect entered the store, located at 43-20 Bell Blvd., on the night of Saturday, April 1, at around…
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Apr. 19, 2023 By Bill Parry A Russian émigré from Brooklyn was sentenced Wednesday to 21 years in prison for the attempted murder of her Forest Hills beautician look-alike with a sedative-laced cheesecake in 2016, according to the Queens District Attorney’s Office. Viktoria Nasyrova, 47, of Voorhies Avenue in Sheepshead Bay, was convicted in Queens…
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Apr. 19, 2023 By Bill Parry A man was robbed at gunpoint in the shadows of Citi Field earlier this month and police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst are still looking for the four suspects believed to be behind the incident. Police say the 50-year-old victim was walking near 126-30 35th Ave. in broad…
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Apr. 19, 2023 By Bill Parry A 12-year-old boy was arrested in the 101st Precinct in Far Rockaway Tuesday afternoon in connection with antisemitic attacks earlier this month. According to an investigation by the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force, the youngster was with another young man and a woman — believed to be in their…
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Apr. 19, 2023 By Elijah Hamilton The Kiwanis Club of Glendale is continuing its decades-long tradition of offering the Kiwanis Scholarship Award to aid students living in both Glendale and Ridgewood. The group will choose several students living in the communities of Glendale and Ridgewood who show academic excellence and have a sustained record of…
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Apr. 19, 2023 By Bill Parry As the Edgemere Commons mega-development rises in the Rockaways, the developers announced a second round in a series of grants on Tuesday, April 18, to local nonprofits addressing community needs on the peninsula. The 23 new grants totaling $73,000 will help community-based organizations in Far Rockaway address food insecurity,…
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