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Woodside Houses celebrates annual Family Day and Rise Light & Power Scholarship contribution

Rise Light & Power Director of External Affairs Wil Fisher, Council Member Julie Won, Congresswoman Nydia Velásquez, P.S. 151Q Parent Coordinator Naida Ryans, Woodside Houses Resident Association President Tammy Reyes, and NYC Kids RISE Founding Executive Director Debra-Ellen Glickstein celebrate the $25,000 Rise Light & Power Community Scholarship 2025 at Woodside Houses Family Day (July 19, 2025). Photo by Bridget Ye for NYC Kids RISE.

Jul. 24, 2025 By Shane O’Brien The Woodside Houses Residents Association welcomed a $25,000 scholarship donation from energy company Rise Light & Power at its fourth annual Family Day last weekend, which also gave residents an opportunity to celebrate their local community. The family day, held on Saturday, July 19, at Woodside Houses, celebrated…

Three firefighters injured at two-alarm house fire in Far Rockaway: FDNY

Inspectors from the Department of Building issued a full vacate order on the home and found damage to three adjoining properties.

Jul. 23, 2025 By Bill Parry Three firefighters were injured battling a two-alarm house fire in Far Rockaway early Wednesday morning. The FDNY received a call at 3:46 a.m. on July 23 about a fire in a zombie home at 312 Beach 43rd St., where arriving units found heavy fire conditions on the second…

CM Paladino, NYC Parks celebrate completed improvements at Francis Lewis Park, Powell’s Cove Park

New York City Council Member Vickie Paladino (seventh from left) and NYC Parks Commissioner Iris Rodriguez-Rosa (fifth from left) celebrated the completion of the repainting of the basketball courts at Francis Lewis Park and the restoration of trails at Powell's Cove Park.

Jul. 23, 2025 By Ethan Marshall City Council Member Vickie Paladino, NYC Parks Commissioner Iris Rodriguez-Rosa and other members of the Queens community gathered to celebrate the completion of two projects at Francis Lewis Park in Whitestone and Powell’s Cove Park in College Point on Tuesday, July 15. Repainting was completed for the park’s basketball courts and…

Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival returning to Queens in August

The Queens Borough Hall team emerges victoriously after the race against the City Hall Dragons in the 2021 Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival.

Jul. 23, 2025 By Shane O’Brien The 35th annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival is set to return to Flushing Meadows Corona Park next month, bringing fun and lively boat races to Meadow Lake for the largest multicultural festival in New York state. The festival, which is one of the largest dragon boat festivals…

Suspect wanted for Sunnyside bank robbery: NYPD

Cops are looking for this suspect who allegedly robbed a bank on Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside, making off with just $37 a teller handed over.

Jul. 23, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct are looking for a suspect who allegedly robbed a Sunnyside bank in broad daylight, making off with a paltry sum of money on the afternoon of Thursday, July 17. Police say the perpetrator walked into the Capital One Bank at 40-20 Queens Blvd.…