Feb. 19, 2024 By Bill Parry
A 71-year-old store employee was robbed at knifepoint in broad daylight inside a Rockaway Beach cell phone store last week.
Senior man robbed at knifepoint while working inside Rockaway Beach store: NYPD
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New interactive street art “Lights Up” downtown Jamaica
Feb. 16, 2024 By Athena Dawson The Downtown Jamaica Partnership launched three free new interactive street art installations in the heart of downtown Jamaica. The temporary installment dubbed the ‘‘Light Lane ” features colorful lights and music that emits from the three stationary bikes that make up the installments. When pedaled, different graphics appear on…
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Far Rockaway man faces 25 years to life in prison for beating acquaintance to death: DA
Feb. 16, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Far Rockaway man is criminally charged with murder for brutally beating an acquaintance to death inside his McBride Street apartment, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Friday.
Kew Gardens Hills senior struck and killed on Main Street steps from her home on Thursday night: NYPD
Feb. 16, 2024 By Bill Parry
A 68-year-old Kew Gardens Hills woman was struck and killed as she tried to cross Main Street a half block from her 62nd Road home on Thursday night.
2 Queens College School of Music faculty members bring home Grammy awards
Feb. 16, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Among some of the music industry’s top stars, two faculty members from the Queens College Aaron Copland School of Music took home Grammy Awards this year. Mark Dover, an adjunct clarinet professor, won an award for Best Classical Compendium for his role playing in and producing Imani Wind’s latest…
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Regal Atlas Park movie theater applies for beer and wine license
Feb. 15, 2024 By Anthony Medina The Regal Cinemas movie theater at The Shops at Atlas Park, located at 80-28 Cooper Ave. in Glendale, is seeking a beer, wine, and cider license. The Regal Atlas Park cinema has officially filed an application with the New York State Liquor Authority and is currently undergoing a lengthy…
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Queens father, son charged with possessing cache of loaded ghost gun assault weapons in Fresh Meadows home: DA
Feb. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Fresh Meadows father and son are criminally charged with possessing an arsenal of loaded ghost gun assault weapons that were found after a court-authorized search was executed at their home on Wednesday.
Attorney General opens investigation into police involved fatal shooting in Edgemere on Monday
Feb. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry
The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigations (OSI) on Tuesday launched a probe into the fatal shooting of an Edgemere man on Monday, Feb. 12 following an encounter with the NYPD.
Fresh Pond Road Street Festival reignites debates at Community Board 5 Meeting
Feb. 15, 2024 By Anthony Medina A decades-old street festival held on Fresh Pond Road, in Ridgewood, is the topic of controversy once again as neighborhood natives voice their concerns about the 4-day event. The Fresh Pond Road Street Festival, organized by the Federazione Italo-Americana di Brooklyn and Queens, comes to Fresh Pond Road every…
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Middle Village man faces 25 to life for death of Woodside man flung from car hood following break-in: DA
Feb. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Middle Village man is facing 25 years to life in prison in the death of a Woodside robbery victim in East Elmhurst in November.