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Queens Community Board 5, covering Ridgewood and surrounding areas, to gather for monthly meeting on Feb. 7.

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Jan. 31, 2024 By Anthony Medina Queens Community Board 5—which represents Ridgewood, Maspeth, Middle Village and Glendale— will bring city budget talks and future neighborhood events to the forefront of its upcoming meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 7.  The board meeting is scheduled to take place at Christ the King High School, located at 68-02 Metropolitan Ave., and begins at approximately 7:30 p.m.  According to District Manager Gary Giordano, the agenda for the nightly meeting includes a public hearing on how the district is impacted by the Fiscal  Year 2025 Preliminary Budget of the City of New York, released by Mayor…
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Juniper Valley Park’s baseball field set for $4 Million renovation

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Jan. 9, 2024 By Anthony Medina A baseball field at Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village will be undergoing a $4 million revamp to resolve flooding and structural issues, according to the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. The plan calls for the installation of a synthetic turf infield at Cardinal Ballfield, as…
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CB5 Committee rejects 3 adult-use Cannabis dispensary applicants, greenlights 4 others

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Jan. 8, 2024 By Anthony Medina A Community Board 5 committee rejected three applicants seeking adult-use cannabis dispensary licenses on Wednesday, Jan. 3—while deciding not to block four others from opening. The board’s Cannabis Committee – which reviews applications in the Ridgewood, Glendale, Maspeth, and Middle Village neighborhoods – was tasked with weighing in on seven proposed locations for cannabis storefronts and found four of them in compliance with the New York State Office of Cannabis Management’s standards. The outcome of the meeting comes after the committee was met with strong community opposition against legal cannabis dispensaries, with many residents…
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Queens Community Board 5 gears up for monthly meeting in Middle Village on Jan. 10

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Dec. 29, 2023 By Anthony Medina Queens Community Board 5—which represents Ridgewood, Maspeth, Middle Village and Glendale—plans to hold its first monthly meeting of 2024 at Christ the King High School in Middle Village on Wednesday, Jan. 10. The meeting is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. at 68-02 Metropolitan Ave. and open with a…
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Community board representing Glendale and Ridgewood set to evaluate 9 applications for cannabis dispensaries

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Dec. 29, 2023 By Anthony Medina Nine businesses that are looking to open licensed cannabis dispensaries in the Ridgewood/Glendale section of Queens will be going before a Community Board 5 committee next week in their quest for approval. The board’s Liquor License and Cannabis Committee will be reviewing the applications during its first meeting of…
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Community Board 5 members express concerns about proposed zoning laws and cannabis shops at year-end meeting

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Dec. 14, 2023 By Anthony Medina Concerns over proposed zoning laws and the influx of cannabis shops remained the top concerns among members of Community Board 5 at its year-end meeting Wednesday night. The board meeting, held at Christ the King High School in Middle Village, also focused on quality-of-life issues, with board members and the public wanting to address issues such as rats and trash. Members also discussed the return of local civic group meetings. Maryann Lattanzio, a board member, said that rats were running rampant in Maspeth. She said the rat problem has been an issue in Ridgewood…
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Queens Community Board 5 set to host monthly meeting in Middle Village

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Dec. 4, 2023 By Anthony Medina Queens Community Board 5 (CB 5) will host its last monthly meeting for 2023 inside the Christ the King High School in Middle Village on Wednesday, Dec. 13. The meeting will begin promptly at 7:30 p.m. at at 68-02 Metropolitan Ave. The public forum portion of the night will be held at the top of the meeting. Anyone wanting to speak to the board during the public forum portion of the night is asked to pre-register. To register to speak in advance of the meeting, please call CB 5 at 718-366-1834 or email at…
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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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Queens Community Board 5 votes to oppose proposed locations for cannabis dispensaries due to proximity to schools

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Nov. 10, 2023 By Anthony Medina Queens Community Board 5 (CB 5) officially voted to oppose all three applications for legal adult-use cannabis dispensaries during its meeting at Christ the King High School in Middle Village, on Wednesday, Nov. 8.  As a follow-up to the Community Board 5 Liquor License and Cannabis Committee meeting held last week, board members heard again from the public regarding the proposed sites for the state’s conditional adult-use retail dispensary applicants and moved to vote on the matter once and for all.  Once the Liquor License and Cannabis Committee report was shared with the board,…
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Community Board 5 committee opposes applications for cannabis dispensaries in Glendale, Maspeth

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Nov. 3, 2023 By Anthony Medina The Community Board 5 Liquor License and Cannabis Committee voted to oppose the applications for three legal adult-use retail dispensary locations in Maspeth and Glendale on Wednesday, Nov. 1. The committee unanimously voted against the three applications after listening to concerns from the public, responses from the two parties representing separate dispensary applications and questions asked by committee members. Given the community’s response to an application from a conditional adult-use retail dispensary (CAURD) licensee in past months, the committee held its meeting inside Christ the King High School at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 1….
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