Sep. 13, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan The Armenian Church of the Holy Martyrs in Bayside is bringing back its annual Armenia Way Festival this weekend. The outdoor event will feature authentic Armenian cuisine — desserts, wine, and a kebob voted best in Queens — along with live music, dancing, and a designated youth zone.…
Sep. 13, 2024 By Ethan Stark Miller Jessica Ramos, a progressive Queens state Senator, on Friday officially became the latest candidate to jump into the 2025 race to unseat Mayor Eric Adams, who finds himself in a precarious position after his second police commissioner resigned Thursday following federal raids on several top administration officials…
Sep. 13, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan U.S. Rep. Grace Meng announced Monday that a Queens-based labor organization received $3.8 million from the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant to invest in clean energy workforce development. The Education and Cultural Trust Fund of the Electrical Industry, which invests in electricians’ education, will use…
Sep. 12, 2024 By Czarinna Andres The Shops at Skyview will host a Moon Festival celebration on Saturday, Sept. 14, inviting the Queens community to partake in the rich traditions of this important Asian holiday. The event, which runs from 2 to 6 p.m., offers a mix of complementary and ticketed activities, including cultural…
Sep. 12, 2024 By Athena Dawson The NYPD, in partnership with Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz’s office, is hosting a gun buyback program on Saturday, Sept. 21, at First Presbyterian Church, located at 89-60 164th St. in Jamaica. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., residents can surrender as many guns as they wish; however,…
Sep. 12, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Episcopal Health Services (EHS) is expanding its efforts to address food insecurity in Far Rockaway through its third year of participation in the Health Bucks program while also providing free health screenings and nutritional counseling at local farmers markets. This initiative, led by the EHS Population Health team,…
Sep. 12, 2024 By Anthony Medina The 9/11 Vigil Committee gathered at Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village on Wednesday, Sept. 11, for a yearly candlelight vigil and prayer service to honor those who lost their lives on Sept. 11. 2001. On the 23rd anniversary of the attacks on 9/11, neighbors joined together at the 9/11…
Sep. 12, 2024 By George Onuorah The much-anticipated Sept. 10 presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump has come and gone, leaving the usual flurry of pundits and political analysts dissecting who emerged victorious. While debates have traditionally been seen as crucial to a candidate’s path to the White…
Sep. 12, 2024 By Dean Moses, Ethan Stark-Miller and Robert Pozarycki Police Commissioner Edward Caban has resigned amid an ongoing federal investigation. Multiple outlets reported on Sept. 12 that Caban had stepped down from the post he held for roughly a year as head of the 34,000-member NYPD. Two high-ranking police sources subsequently confirmed those…
Sep. 12, 2024 By Anthony Medina A full schedule for the weekend-long Ridgewood Off-Kilter Film Festival has been revealed, with nearly a dozen Ridgewood-based artists being featured. The Ridgewood Off-Kilter Film Festival (R.O.F.F.) returns this month for its second year, bringing over 30 screenings of unconventional yet exceptional films to the heart of Ridgewood.…