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Women’s bowling club to celebrate 50th anniversary with tournament at Jib Lanes in Flushing

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Nov. 29, 2023 By Rachel Butler A New York City-based women’s bowling club is celebrating their 50th anniversary with a tournament that will take place at Jib Lanes Bowling Alley in Flushing next month. The New York State Women’s 600 Bowling Club was founded in 1973 and is open to any female member of the New York State United States Bowling Congress (USBC) who is over 18 years of age and has previously bowled in a sanctioned league or tournament play. A 600 series refers to three consecutive games with a combined score of 600 or better.   Club member and Regional…
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Glendale Kiwanis invites community to annual Christmas Tree Lighting event

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Nov. 29, 2023 By Anthony Medina The Kiwanis Club of Glendale will kick off the holiday season with its annual Christmas Tree Lighting on Sunday, Dec. 3. Hundreds of residents are expected gather at the Glendale Veterans Triangle on Myrtle Avenue to celebrate the season of giving. As per tradition, members of the Kiwanis Club will provide onlookers with music, refreshments and a special visit from Santa Claus. Glendale Kiwanis President Ingrid Huber, who made her first public appearance at the Myrtle Avenue Halloween Parade, anticipates another great turnout this year. “It’s a tradition that we think will bring our…
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Real estate firm announces two new leases at Whitestone Plaza

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Nov. 29, 2023 By Ethan Marshall The national real estate investment firm Feil Organization announced on Nov. 17 that the Whitestone Plaza shopping center has been fully leased following two more leases. These two leases related to Beechhurst Executive Suites and The Smilist Dental. Beechhurst Executive Suites renewed its second floor 6,936-square-foot space for ten…
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St. Mary’s in Bayside receives grant for locomotor training program to help disabled children walk

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Nov. 29, 2023 By Iryna Shkurhan St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children received a $92,000 grant to support locomotor training for children with spinal cord injuries and other neurological diagnoses at their hospital in Bayside.  The hospital’s innovative spinal cord approach helps children learn how to sit, stand and walk again by making gains in…
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MS-13 leader gets life in prison for ordering murder of 16-year-old in Bayside’s Alley Pond Park: Feds

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Nov. 28, 2023 By Bill Parry An MS-13 gang leader from Queens was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday, Nov. 28, in Brooklyn federal court for racketeering charges, including the murder of a 16-year-old victim in Bayside’s Alley Pond Park in 2017. Melvi Amador-Rios, 32, of Briarwood, was convicted on 17 of 18 counts by a federal jury in August following a three-week trial and sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Rachel Kovner to life in prison for murder in-aid-of racketeering. Amador-Rios was also sentenced to 80 years in prison for four Hobbs Act robberies, 40 years in prison for…
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Community Board 5 committee reviews more applications for proposed retail cannabis dispensaries in Glendale and Ridgewood

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Nov. 28, 2023 By Anthony Medina At the Queens Community Board 5 Liquor License and Cannabis Committee meeting on Monday, Nov. 27, members voted to oppose four out of six applications for proposed cannabis dispensary locations in Ridgewood and Glendale. The committee meeting at the Brewery Keenan Heiser American Legion Post on Cooper Avenue in…
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Hochul vetoes bill to study expansion of eastern Queens greenway into Nassau

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Nov. 28, 2023 By Iryna Shkurhan Earlier this month, Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a bill that would have authorized a transportation study to examine the plausibility of expanding the Vanderbilt Motor Parkway greenway from eastern Queens to Nassau County.  Senate Bill S3011, sponsored by state Sen. John Liu, who represents eastern Queens from Bayside to Flushing, passed with unanimous support during a floor vote on June 1. But on Nov. 17, the governor vetoed it alongside other bills that proposed studies conducted by state agencies due to a lack of appropriated funding.   The historic Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, also known as…
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Republican congressional candidate discusses damning discoveries from George Santos’ ethics report

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Nov. 28, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Following a damning ethics report put together by the House Ethics Committee, there is a growing demand, both inside and outside of Congress, for controversial Republican Congressman George Santos to be expelled. Michael Sapraicone, who is running for the Republican nomination for Santos’ congressional seat, is among those to…
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