Feb. 18, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki
Police in Queens are looking for the pipe-wielding perpetrator who bashed a man’s head at a subway station early on Saturday morning.
Queens subway pipe attack: Deranged man sought for bashing straphanger in head
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Holliswood Center celebrates love with Valentine’s Day fashion show: Residents and staff hit the runway
Feb. 16, 2024 By Athena Dawson Staff and residents at the Holliswood Center strutted their stuff on the runway for their second annual Valentine’s Day Fashion show. The main dining room was transformed into a Valentine’s Day wonderland complete with rose petals, flower garlands and pink curtains lining the walls. Soft jazz music and throwback…
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New interactive street art “Lights Up” downtown Jamaica
Feb. 16, 2024 By Athena Dawson The Downtown Jamaica Partnership launched three free new interactive street art installations in the heart of downtown Jamaica. The temporary installment dubbed the ‘‘Light Lane ” features colorful lights and music that emits from the three stationary bikes that make up the installments. When pedaled, different graphics appear on…
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Far Rockaway man faces 25 years to life in prison for beating acquaintance to death: DA
Feb. 16, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Far Rockaway man is criminally charged with murder for brutally beating an acquaintance to death inside his McBride Street apartment, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Friday.
Kew Gardens Hills senior struck and killed on Main Street steps from her home on Thursday night: NYPD
Feb. 16, 2024 By Bill Parry
A 68-year-old Kew Gardens Hills woman was struck and killed as she tried to cross Main Street a half block from her 62nd Road home on Thursday night.
2 Queens College School of Music faculty members bring home Grammy awards
Feb. 16, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Among some of the music industry’s top stars, two faculty members from the Queens College Aaron Copland School of Music took home Grammy Awards this year. Mark Dover, an adjunct clarinet professor, won an award for Best Classical Compendium for his role playing in and producing Imani Wind’s latest…
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Regal Atlas Park movie theater applies for beer and wine license
Feb. 15, 2024 By Anthony Medina The Regal Cinemas movie theater at The Shops at Atlas Park, located at 80-28 Cooper Ave. in Glendale, is seeking a beer, wine, and cider license. The Regal Atlas Park cinema has officially filed an application with the New York State Liquor Authority and is currently undergoing a lengthy…
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Op-ed | Growing Consensus: Eliminating Managed Long Term Care Plans is Bad for Vulnerable New Yorkers
Feb. 15, 2024 By New York State Coalition of Managed Long Term Care Plans As the debate around the state budget in Albany progresses, New York’s Managed Long Term Care (MLTC) Program has been targeted for cuts, with proposing eliminating the program altogether. More than 280,000 elderly and disabled New Yorkers rely on the program […]
Queens father, son charged with possessing cache of loaded ghost gun assault weapons in Fresh Meadows home: DA
Feb. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Fresh Meadows father and son are criminally charged with possessing an arsenal of loaded ghost gun assault weapons that were found after a court-authorized search was executed at their home on Wednesday.
Eat in Queens Restaurant Month returning for second year in March
Feb. 15, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Queens Together, a nonprofit organization that works to reduce food insecurity while also promoting restaurants, is gearing up for its second Eat in Queens Restaurant Month in March. Last year, the organization partnered with 203 different restaurants across the borough and was able to raise $36,000 that paid for dozens of food distribution events in partnership with community organizations. The funds were mostly collected from restaurant goers who donated $25 or more, and in turn were able to receive discounts and promotions at any of the participating restaurants. This year Queens Together is changing up…
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