March 6, 2023 By Michael Dorgan A fire at an apartment building in Jackson Heights left a man dead on Saturday, March 4. The victim, 47, was inside 37-60 88th St. — a six-story building — when the fire broke out on the fourth floor at around 4:25 p.m., according to authorities. The FDNY dispatched… Read more »
March 6, 2023 By Kathleen Warnock On the first Sunday in March, the start of St. Patrick’s season, a poet and a rocker were the Grand Marshals of St. Pat’s for All, the inclusive parade through Sunnyside and Woodside, Queens. Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Muldoon and musician Caít O’Riordan grandly marshaled the gathering, begun in 2000, which… Read more »
March 3, 2023 By Bill Parry U.S. Senate Majority leader Charles Schumer joined elected officials from across Queens on March 3 for two major announcements at The Variety Boys & Girls Club in Astoria. Equinor Wind US and its partner bp in the US announced two major initiatives focused on western Queens: the $215 million… Read more »
Mar. 3, 2023 Elijah Hamilton After receiving a request made by Queen Community Board 5 (CB 5), the city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) committed to resurfacing several “bumpy” roads in Maspeth. According to CB 5 District Manager Gary Giordano, Fresh Pond Road between Metropolitan Avenue and Flushing Avenue going north, Fresh Pond Road between 59th…
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March 3, 2023 By Michael Dorgan and Paul Frangipane More than 100 people attended a candlelight vigil in Astoria Thursday, March 2, to honor the life of a girl who was fatally struck by an SUV in the neighborhood last week. During the vigil, speakers called on residents to sign a petition to make the… Read more »
Mar. 3, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed Flushing Town Hall is welcoming spring with its first-ever Holi music and dance festival featuring performances by the Srijan Dance Company and Apoorva Mudgal Ensemble on Saturday, March 18. The event, Celebrate Holi! — a celebration of the new beginnings that come with the changing of the seasons —…
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Mar. 3, 2023 By Zachary Gewelb Police are searching for the crook who flashed a knife during the robbery of a CVS located on the Ridgewood/Bushwick border on Monday. Authorities say that the unknown male suspect entered the CVS located at 329 Wyckoff Ave., located on the border of Ridgewood and Bushwick, just before 2…
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March 2, 2023 By Michael Dorgan The clothing retail giant Zara is coming to Queens for the first time. The Spanish-based company, which is known for its fashionable and trendy clothing items, will open at the Queens Center Mall in Elmhurst, located at 90-15 Queens Blvd. The announcement was made Wednesday, March 1, by Macerich,… Read more »
March 2, 2023 By Michael Dorgan An Astoria Starbucks worker who was fired by the chain last summer — in the midst of the store where he worked voting to unionize — has been reinstated and awarded more than $21,000 in back pay and penalties. Austin Locke was sacked from his barista role at the… Read more »
Mar. 2, 2023 Elijah Hamilton Assemblyman Juan Ardila is partnering with several local businesses in his western Queens district to launch a clothing drive for new migrants and asylum seekers. Ardila said that with the massive influx of migrant workers entering the district, he wanted to support those in need with new clothes. “Over the…
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