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Last-chance summer escapes: 8 perfect day trips from Queens

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Aug. 9, 2024 By Jessica Militello If you are looking at the calendar and starting to fret at the fact that summer’s starting to wind down, then now is the time to set up a fun day trip to enjoy the warm weather and longer nights all you can. There are plenty of places…

Over 22,000 rally behind Forest Hills Stadium in petition to save concerts amid legal battle

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Aug. 9, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Over 22,000 people have signed a petition expressing their support for keeping Forest Hills Stadium open amid a lawsuit that threatens to end concerts at the historic venue.  The Change.org petition was started by the stadium’s operators last month and has since garnered the community support they were…

DA Katz dismisses convictions of 46 defendants following perjury plea by former NYPD Detective

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Aug. 8, 2024 By Bill Parry Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz petitioned the court on Thursday to vacate the convictions of 46 defendants whose cases involved NYPD Detective James Donovan, who was convicted of perjury last year. The disgraced detective, who was assigned to the Warrant Squad at the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica, pleaded…

Trespassers shoot man inside his Glendale home during attempted robbery

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Aug. 8, 2024 By Anthony Medina A 24-year-old man narrowly escaped death on Wednesday, Aug. 7, when three trespassers entered his residence in Glendale and shot him, grazing his head and neck, police reported. The incident occurred around 2:45 p.m. in the Liberty Park section of Glendale, near 65th Street and Cooper Avenue. According…

U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks hosts media roundtable: Discusses support for VP Harris and re-election bid

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Aug. 8, 2024 By Athena Dawson U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks hosted a local media roundtable on Monday, Aug. 5 in downtown Jamaica. Meeks, who presides over the neighborhoods encompassing The Rockaways, Broad Channel, Cambria Heights, Hollis, Laurelton, South Jamaica and St. Albans, spoke on his re-election campaign, his support of Vice President Kamala Harris for…

Flushing man busted for stealing Torah from Far Rockaway Yeshiva in May: NYPD

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Aug. 7, 2024 By Bill Parry A Flushing man was arrested on Friday, Aug. 2 and booked at the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills for stealing a Sefer Torah from a Far Rockaway Yeshiva in May. Saul Colon, 37, of Parsons Boulevard, was arraigned Saturday in Queens Criminal Court on a complaint charging him…

Apartment space in Queens among most costly in United States: report

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Aug. 7, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Out of the 100 largest cities in the United States, Queens ranked 95th when it came to the average size of an apartment for $1,500 a month, according to a report by the real estate site RentCafe. The study’s results concluded that apartments in Queens with a $1,500…