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FDNY battles five-alarm Labor Day warehouse fire in Willets Point

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Sep. 5, 2023 By Bill Parry The FDNY was forced to get creative while battling a massive five-alarm fire in Willets Point on Monday night. The blaze broke out in the roof of a Department of Transportation storage facility along the Whitestone Expressway just before 10 p.m. on Sept. 4, according to FDNY. The first units on the scene immediately recognized that there was virtually no water pressure at the remote location so FDNY maritime units drafted water from Flushing Bay to the 60 units that responded bringing 200 firefighters and EMS personnel to the scene at 32-11 Harper Street…
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Locals gather for annual Arnie Mig Big Band Memorial concert in Howard Beach

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Sep. 5, 2023 By Bill Parry South Queens residents kicked off Labor Day weekend at the 12th annual Arnie Mig Big Band Memorial Concert on Thursday, Aug. 31, in Howard Beach. State Senator Joseph Addabbo and Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato hosted the event in the parking lot at St. Helen’s Catholic Academy, located at the…
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St. John’s ICARE Foundation hosts annual community and back-to-school wellness event

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Sep. 4, 2023 By Ethan Marshall The St. John’s ICARE Foundation hosted its seventh annual community and back-to-school wellness event Aug. 18 at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital. The event was attended by students, parents, community members, healthcare organizations and elected officials. Through the community and back-to-school wellness event, kids received new backpacks filled with notebooks,…
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Citi Field named USA Today’s readers’ choice winner for best stadium food

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Sep. 4, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Citi Field, home of the New York Mets, was voted the winning venue by USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice travel award this year for Best Stadium Food. The 2023 10Best Readers’ Choice list highlights some of the standout meals available at Citi Field. Citi Field’s nomination for this list…
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Pair of thieves snatch $100K in Flushing jewelry heist: NYPD

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Sep. 2, 2023 By Zachary Gewelb Police are searching for the pair of thieves who robbed a Flushing jewelry store and made off with approximately $100,000 in loot on Aug. 31, according to authorities. Police say the two unidentified male suspects entered Prince Jewelers, located at 37-11 Prince St. within the confines of the 109th…
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Seven injured in three-alarm Corona fire that left 20 residents displaced: FDNY

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Sep. 2, 2023 By Zach Gewelb and Lloyd Mitchell A devastating three-alarm fire in Corona displaced 20 residents and left seven people — including multiple firefighters and police officers — with non-life threatening injuries on Friday, Sept. 1. Firefighters from FDNY’s Queens Battalion 46 were met with heavy fire on the second floor of a…
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Early-morning shooting in South Richmond Hill leaves man dead: NYPD

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Sep. 2, 2023 By Robert Pozarycki Police arrested an upstate New York man who was subsequently charged with murder one day after an early-morning shooting in South Richmond Hill that left a 31-year-old man dead. Law enforcement sources said the murder happened at about 4:19 a.m. on Sept. 2 near a home on 125th Street,…
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Off-duty cop shot in Queens road rage incident released from hospital

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Sep. 1, 2023 By Dean Moses The off-duty cop who was shot after a road rage dispute in Queens earlier this week was released from the hospital on Friday to applause from fellow officers. Chris Campos, a 5-year veteran based out of the 81st Precinct in Brooklyn, had been admitted at Elmhurst Hospital since…