Apr. 25, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed Queens College students, faculty and staff unveiled a permanent memorial dedicated to over 100 members of its community lost to the COVID-19 pandemic during a ceremony on Wednesday, April 19. Funding for the memorial, which is a boulder with a commemorative plaque, was made possible by the college’s Office…
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Apr. 25, 2023 By Bill Parry The gold “Happy 420” balloons were still hanging in the front window of the Myrtle Shop in Ridgewood Monday, April 24, as investigators from the New York City Sheriff’s Office, the New York State Office of Cannabis Management and police from the 104th Precinct carried out a raid at…
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Apr. 25, 2023 By Emily Davenport Cops are looking for a knife-wielding man who stabbed a teenager in Forest Hills last week. Authorities say that at 7:56 p.m. on April 21, an unknown man got into a dispute with a 17-year-old boy in front of 64-19 108th St., within the confines of the 112th Precinct….
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Apr. 24, 2023 By Bill Parry State Senator James Sanders delivered a stern Earth Day warning to climate change deniers while he was joined by colleagues in government and advocates during his second annual “Tuvalu Challenge” from the surf of Rockaway Beach on April 22. Sanders went into the chilly waters of the Atlantic Ocean…
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Apr. 24, 2023 By Ethan Marshall The Godwin-Ternbach Museum at Queens College is currently running an exhibition that explores diverse collections of art and artifacts and their evolution. The exhibition, which runs until May 25, highlights little-seen works from 20th-century and contemporary artists. Referred to as “The Gift: Queens College Collects,” the exhibition features works…
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Apr. 24, 2023 By Bill Parry With the temperature rising, Councilwoman Joann Ariola and the NYPD have a clear message to riders on illegal ATVs, motorbikes and other vehicles: steer clear of the Rockaways this spring and summer or lose your ride. Last July, the invasion of marauding bikers got so bad on the peninsula…
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Apr. 24, 2023 By Bill Parry Two thugs chased down and mugged an elderly man in broad daylight last week near the Judge Moses Weinstein Playground in Kew Gardens Hills, according to authorities. Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows are looking for the suspects who approached the 70-year-old victim as he walked near…
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Apr. 21, 2023 By Bill Parry A Jamaica man was found guilty of being a felon while possessing ammunition in connection with a 2020 fatal shooting at a bodega in Corona. Kevin “Cuzzo” Edwards, 42, was convicted Friday following a five-day jury trial before U.S. District Judge Edward R. Korman. As proven at trial, on…
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Apr. 21, 2023 By Bill Parry A Bronx man was sentenced to two decades behind bars for firing a stray shot that pierced the windshield of an MTA bus in Jamaica, wounding two passengers in 2021, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on April 21. Melvin Adams, 45, of Barnes Avenue, was convicted by a jury…
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Apr. 21, 2023 By Ethan Marshall The newly renovated Queensborough Performing Arts Center (QPAC) at Queensborough Community College reopened for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic on April 15. The first performance to be held in the theater since renovations began just before the start of the pandemic was the Bronx…
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