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Senator Addabbo helps raise awareness for diabetes with Woodhaven event

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Nov. 14, 2023 By Anthony Medina In recognition of National Diabetes Awareness Month this year, Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. organized a diabetes information session inside the All Saints Episcopal Church in Woodhaven, on Wednesday, Nov. 8.  The info session was aimed at empowering people living with diabetes and informing them on the various methods of living with the health condition. Participants also engaged in a healthy food dinner, with an assortment of fresh food and produce to take home.  According to information shared by the American Diabetes Association, an estimated 1,717,067 people in New York, accounting for 10.7% of…
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Driver indicted in death of elderly pedestrian following Maspeth crash: DA

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Nov. 14, 2023 By Bill Parry A Fresh Meadows man was criminally charged in Queens Supreme Court on Tuesday, Nov. 14, in connection with a fatal crash that killed a 75-year-old woman in Maspeth last month. Rony Zino, 27, of 71st Avenue was arraigned on a six-count indictment charging him with criminally negligent homicide for…
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Queens Botanical Garden launches series of fall workshops

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Nov. 14, 2023 By Rachel Butler Queens Botanical Garden in Flushing has launched a series of fall workshops with engaging activities for children and adults alike throughout the month of November. Queens Botanical Garden (QBG) is inviting people to come and explore the garden and participate in several events, ranging from watercolor workshops with autumn leaves, floral design workshops and of, course, the popular Winter Wonderland, which is returning in December. The watercolor workshop series will involve using a different space of the garden in each session and being inspired by the color of the autumn leaves. It is recommended…
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Melted swings at Kew Gardens Hills playground replaced after alleged arson

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Nov. 13, 2023 By Iryna Shkurhan Toddler swings at Queens Valley Playground near P.S. 164 in Kew Gardens Hills were set on fire early on Saturday, Nov. 11, in an alleged act of vandalism, according to authorities. Images of the aftermath shared on X by @ViralNewsNYC showed the damage to six toddler swings that were…
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With Whitestone Lanes set to close, locals & out-of-towners recall ‘special’ memories at beloved bowling alley

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Nov. 13, 2023 By Iryna Shkurhan As Whitestone Bowling Lanes in Flushing undergoes a long bureaucratic process to convert the longtime bowling alley into new housing, devastated locals and out-of-towners are reminiscing on the memories they made there amid its upcoming closure.  The bowling alley with 48 lanes and a pro shop opened its doors over 60 years ago. And up until the pandemic, it was the one of the only alleys open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It remains the oldest of a handful of bowling alleys left in Queens.  The 80,510-square-foot lot was listed online…
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Flushing veteran inducted into New York State Senate Veterans Hall of Fame

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Nov. 13, 2023 By Rachel Butler State Sen. John Liu announced the induction of a Flushing resident into the New York State Senate Veterans Hall of Fame on Sunday Nov. 12, at the Mary’s Nativity in St. Ann’s Parish in Flushing.  Michael Louis Vulcano, who recently celebrated his 100th birthday and is the son of Italian immigrant parents from Calabria, Italy, served in the United States Marines and is a World War II veteran. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Vulcano, at the age of 19, was in Camp Lejeune in North Carolina as a member of the 2nd Marine Battalion…
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Middle Village honors military veterans at annual parade

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Nov. 13, 2023 By Gabriele Holtermann Middle Village paid tribute to the nation’s veterans at its annual Veterans Day Parade on Sunday, Nov. 12. The parade started on the corner of 80th Street along Metropolitan Avenue, with revelers waving American flags and holding signs thanking veterans for their service and sacrifice. This year’s grand marshal was U.S. Marine Corps veteran Sgt. Brendan Gibbons. The Queens native and Middle Village resident served from 1996 to 2002 and received numerous military commendations, including two Navy and Marine Achievement medals and the Kosovo Campaign Medal and Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, to name a…
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Winning Take 5 tickets sold in Jamaica, St. Albans

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Nov. 13, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Top-prize winning tickets were sold in Jamaica and St. Albans for the midday drawing on Saturday, Nov. 11, according to the New York Lottery. Both winning tickets amounted to a $10,226.50 prize. The winning ticket in Jamaica was sold at a Associated Supermarket, at 153-30 89th Ave., while the St. Albans ticket was bought at Linden Convenience Store Corp, located at 189-07 Linden Blvd. Take 5 drawings are televised twice every day, at 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. The numbers are drawn from a field of 1-39. Prizes of any amount can be claimed…
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