Aug. 7, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Elected officials and organizations across Queens will host backpack giveaways throughout August as children prepare to return to school. Dozens of events will take place across the borough throughout the month, providing families and children with an opportunity to pick up free backpacks ahead of the new term.…
Aug. 6, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood are investigating after the skeletal remains of a human were discovered along the Jackie Robinson Parkway in Glendale on Wednesday morning. A worker from the city’s Department of Transportation made the grisly discovery at around 10:40 a.m. on Aug. 6 in…
Aug. 6, 2025 By Ethan Marshall and Ramy Mahmoud Community members and local elected officials from across Ridgewood, Glendale, Maspeth and Middle Village gathered to celebrate the 104th Precinct’s annual “National Night Out Against Crime” on Tuesday, Aug. 5, at Juniper Valley Park. The event featured plenty of fun activities for people of all…
Aug. 4, 2025 By Athena Dawson A classic family-friendly folktale is coming to Queens this summer. The Queens College School of Arts is partnering with NYC Parks to bring the classic Russian folk tale “Peter and the Wolf” to parks throughout Queens this month. Performances will run from Aug. 5 through Aug. 26, at…
Aug. 2, 2025 By the Old Timer For a combination of beauty and history in Woodhaven, it’s hard to beat Forest Park. This year, the park celebrates its 130th anniversary, having opened on Friday, Aug. 9, 1895, as Brooklyn’s Forest Park. Although much of Forest Park’s 538 acres is natural woodland, the park was…
Aug. 1, 2025 By Bill Parry An unlicensed interstate cannabis operation that transported thousands of pounds of marijuana and other illegal products from California to Queens was smashed following a search of two trucks and two storage locations in Maspeth and Long Island City, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Friday. Six people were…
Jul. 31, 2025 By Athena Dawson Residents of Middle Village are reeling after a four-alarm fire destroyed a strip of local businesses. On the evening of July 28, firefighters battled the fire on Dry Harbor Road, which ripped through seven one-story commercial buildings. The fire was believed to have started in the cockloft of 64-76…
Jul. 29, 2025 By Bill Parry Hours before seven businesses were destroyed during a four-alarm fire on Dry Harbor Road in Middle Village, the FDNY battled another stubborn two-alarm blaze in a scrapyard about three miles west in Maspeth on Monday morning. The FDNY received reports of the junkyard fire at around 11 a.m.…
Jul. 29, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell The FDNY battled a ferocious four-alarm fire that ripped through seven one-story commercial buildings on Dry Harbor Road in Middle Village just after 10:45 p.m. on Monday night. The fire, which is believed to have started at 64-76 Dry Harbor Road, sent six firefighters to a local hospital…
Jul. 26, 2025 By The Old Timer We can’t think of an athlete who grew up in the Greater Ridgewood area who accomplished more than Phil Rizzuto. Most readers today remember him from his days in the broadcast booth, when the lovable “Scooter” called Yankees games for WPIX-TV. Of course, that was only the…