Jun. 19, 2023 By John Schilling MTA representatives appeared before Community Board 14 at the Knights of Columbus in Rockaway Beach last week to preview the Rockaway Rehabilitation and Resiliency Project, a 44-month construction project that will redesign and rebuild much of the peninsula’s existing transportation infrastructure. The project, scheduled to start later this year…
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Jun. 19, 2023 By Anthony Medina Officers from the 104th Precinct responded to a call regarding a collision at Metropolitan Avenue and Cooper Avenue in Middle Village that resulted in an elderly pedestrian being taken to the hospital on Monday morning. Police say a 42-year-old man was behind the wheel of a Hyundai driving eastbound…
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Jun. 19, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed Two Queens students were selected as 2023 Spectrum Scholars recipients and will each receive a $20,000 scholarship for their junior and senior years, as well as the opportunity to pursue an internship at one of the company’s corporate offices. Aleenah Alam, of Woodhaven, who studies computer science at Pace…
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Jun. 19, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld A 17-year-old girl is dead following a high-speed motorcycle crash in Whitestone early Monday, according to police. Alyssa Henley, of Bellerose, sustained severe head trauma when she was ejected from a motorcycle where she was a rear passenger at the interchange of the Cross Island Parkway and Whitestone…
Jun. 19, 2023 By Anthony Medina The Queens Community House Rego Park Older Adult Center, located at 97-30 Queens Blvd. in Rego Park, commemorated its 45th anniversary of providing services to local Queens neighborhoods and residents, on Thursday, June 15. “For 45 years, QCH’s Rego Park Older Adult Center has provided a culturally-rich environment where…
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Jun. 19, 2023 By Bill Parry
The NYPD released a new surveillance video on June 16 that shows two men — who remain at large — posing as landscapers when they broke into a Bayside home in broad daylight back in April.
Jun. 19, 2023 By John Schilling Representatives from the AIDS Center of Queens County (ACQC) in Far Rockaway appeared before Community Board 14 last week to hear feedback and field questions about the installation of a public health vending machine outside their facility at 1600 Central Ave. The vending machine is one of three that…
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Jun. 19, 2023 By Bill Parry
Police from the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood are on the lookout for two suspects who simulated having a firearm as they robbed a man in Middle Village on Friday, June 16.
Jun. 19, 2023 By Bill Parry A Rego Park woman died Friday, June 16, two days after she was struck while crossing the Horace Harding Expressway in Douglaston. Yu Chen, 50, of 63rd Avenue, succumbed to her injuries at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, where she was taken by EMS after she was struck…
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Jun. 19, 2023 By Bill Parry Three men were wounded during an early morning shooting Monday, June 19, at a grassy knoll at the base of the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge in Rockaway Beach. Police from the 100th Precinct responded to a 911 call of shots fired at 12:47 a.m. at Beach Channel Drive…
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