May. 13, 2024 By Athena Dawson Are you ready for a weekend of fun-filled activities, Douglaston? Bring your family and friends to an exciting, free festival this Saturday, May 18, for a day filled with engaging events and entertainment. The annual Douglaston Music and Arts Festival is back this Saturday from 12 to 4 p.m….
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Dozens of older adults line up in the rain for fraud prevention shredding event in Flushing
May. 13, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Despite the rainy morning, dozens of older adults lined up in Flushing on Friday to shred stacks of their personal documents in an effort to prevent fraud. For the second year in a row, AARP partnered with the Flushing YMCA on Northern Blvd to bring the shredding event to…
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New York’s most infamous squatter has Queens criminal case adjourned until July
May. 13, 2024 By Dean Moses
The alleged squatter accused of terrorizing a Queens homeowner had his criminal case adjourned until July during a Monday court hearing.
Cambria Heights postal worker caught on camera stealing mail from a Suffolk County distribution center: Feds
May. 13, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Southeast Queens postal worker was arrested by federal agents on Thursday morning and criminally charged with mail theft after he was caught on camera stuffing stolen letters in his pants at a U.S. Postal Service facility in Suffolk County.
Join Senator Addabbo for an eye-opening event on vision health in Glendale
May. 13, 2024 By Anthony Medina Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr., will bring awareness of vision and eye health to Glendale on Thursday, May 16, with an interactive information session from the National Eye Institute. National Eye Institute experts will distribute virtual reality viewers to allow participants to experience what it’s like to live with…
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Senator Addabbo hosts Naloxone training at Rego Park Library to combat opioid overdoses
May. 13, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann Senator Joseph Addabbo hosted the third Naloxone training and certification event in partnership with J-CAP of the Acacia Network and Community Board 6 at the Rego Park Library on Thursday, May 9. Overdose deaths in the United States continue to rise in record numbers, and the training aimed to…
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Queens subway slasher with Grubhub bag slices woman on E train: cops
May. 12, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki
Transit cops in Queens are looking for the subway slasher carrying a Grubhub delivery bag who sliced a woman’s leg on board an E train last week.
Queens cops looking for brute who killed man over parking spot
May. 11, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki
Detectives in Queens need the public’s help in finding the man behind a deadly assault over a parking spot that claimed the life of a 76-year-old man last month.
NYPD releases photo of suspect in fatal shooting of Queens Village man at South Ozone Park nightclub
May. 10, 2024 By Bill Parry
Homicide detectives from the 106th Precinct in Ozone Park are asking for the public’s help in identifying a murder suspect who is wanted for gunning down a Queens Village man in front of a South Ozone Park nightclub on the night of Monday, April 29.
Rep. Meng pushes state department to expedite passport application process
May. 10, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan After pushing the State Department to address the long wait times associated with passport applications and renewals, Queens Congresswoman Grace Meng says the process is now significantly shorter. In 2023, the State Department issued a record 24 million passports after receiving an average of half a million applications each…
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