May. 20, 2025 By Athena Dawson The office of City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams hosted a street co-naming ceremony on Saturday, May 17, to honor the legacy of pioneering Southeast Queens hip-hop artist Raymond “Freaky Tah” Rogers. Hundreds of community members and family members gathered for the event, where the newly named Raymond ‘Freaky…
Dec. 19, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld
A 71-year-old man died Monday after colliding with another motorist in Queens.
Oct. 30, 2023 By Bill Parry A woman was killed and a man was injured during a chain reaction crash in Springfield Gardens on Sunday, Oct. 29. Police from the 105th Precinct responded to a 911 call of a vehicle collision at the intersection of Guy R. Brewer Boulevard and Rockaway Boulevard just before 2 p.m. on Oct. 29 and found a 54-year-old woman unconscious and unresponsive. EMS arrived to the crash site and transported the victim to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead. Her identity is pending family notification. Police say she was a passenger in…
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May. 12, 2023 By Bill Parry An Auburndale man was arrested May 11 and charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a Jamaica man last summer. Damion Howell, 39, of 194th Street, was taken into custody at the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica, nine months after he allegedly gunned down 29-year-old Julian Askew, who lived…
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