Aug. 29, 2025 By Paulina Albarracin One lucky ticket holder will hit the six-figure jackpot. The New York Lottery (TNYL) recently announced on Thursday, Aug. 21, that a third prize-winning Powerball ticket worth $100,000 was sold at the Stop & Go Convenience & Smoke Shop, located at 55-47 69th St. in Maspeth, for the…
Aug. 29, 2025 By Jessica Militello With beach days and summer BBQs behind us, the start of September rings in the start of magnificent Fall foliage, Halloween and more fun activities that come with the start of Autumn, including a list of Fall events in the area. From apple picking to seasonal ciders and…
Aug. 29, 2025 By Jessica Militello On a quiet street in Sunnyside, Bistro Punta Sal has its French doors wide open, letting the late August breeze emanate throughout the space, which is ornate with flowers, paintings and an array of tables and chairs for intimate dinners with friends or a romantic date night. The…
Aug. 29, 2025 By Shane O’Brien With the onset of fall, attention in Sunnyside turns to the annual Taste of Sunnyside restaurant and bar crawl, which returns for a 15th year in October. The hugely popular annual event will take place from 1-7 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 12, with participants set to begin their…
Aug. 29, 2025 By Jessica Militello September is ripe for Astoria’s inaugural Fig Festival, starting with a week of fun events and happenings at local restaurants to celebrate the occasion. While the start of September symbolizes the last weeks of summer before Fall begins, back-to-school and the beginning of shorter days, the new month…
Aug. 29, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell Nine firefighters were injured, two of them seriously, and two civilians sustained minor injuries during a two-alarm house fire in South Richmond Hill on Friday morning, but it could have been worse if not for the actions of an off-duty veteran EMT. Paramedic Craig Biscuiti was driving to…
Aug. 29, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Builders have filed permits to expand a 2-story Astoria building in order to accommodate 10 housing units. The permits for 32-02 31st Ave. in Astoria would add three floors to the structure, making it a 5-story residential building. Ten apartments would be created as a result. Under the…
Aug. 29, 2025 By Bill Parry An Astoria doctor was sentenced to 24 years in prison on Thursday in Queens Supreme Court for raping unconscious acquaintances and sexually abusing hospital patients. Dr. Zhi Alan Cheng, 35, of Broadway, pleaded guilty on June 30 to four counts of rape in the first degree and three…
Aug. 29, 2025 By Félix V. Matos Rodríguez Last fall, Lamis Fawaz was riding the subway when she looked up and saw an eye-catching ad for CUNY. “I thought, ‘I’m going there!’” This week, Lamis starts as a freshman at York College, where she will major in aviation management, the first step toward her…
Aug. 29, 2025 By Athena Dawson Hundreds of Queens families gathered at Cunningham Park in Fresh Meadows for a celebration to close out the summer. Assembly Member Nily Rozic’s office, in partnership with Commonpoint, hosted its annual Family Fun Day on Saturday, Aug. 24, at Cunningham Park’s Field T1. The free event brought together…