Jul. 15, 2024 By Anthony Medina Inside Broadway, a borough-wide non-profit theater company that has been in operation for over 40 years, has been sharing the joys of music and movement with older adults across senior centers in Queens for about two decades. Better known for bringing performance art programs to NYC public school…
Jul. 15, 2024 By Athena Dawson Southeast Queens is about to receive a significant injection of funds stemming from the City Council’s $112.4 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2025. The budget, which passed on June 30, includes over $59 million in investments for District 31, including a long sought-after Level 1 or Level 2…
Jul. 15, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Four Queens teachers were among the 36 winners of the fifth annual FLAG Award for Teaching Excellence awards program, which recognizes and celebrates New York City public school teachers who best apply creativity, passion and commitment to inspire learning. Two of these teachers were among the six grand prize…
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Jul. 15, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The New York Mets held its second of five Kids Club Days at Citi Field Sunday before the team’s final game prior to the all-star break, with starting pitcher Sean Manaea and infielder José Iglesias making surprise appearances. Presented by Cohen Children’s Northwell Health, the event granted Kids Club…
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Jul. 15, 2024 By Athena Dawson Darryl McDaniels, co-founder of the world-renowned rap group Run-DMC, is set to headline Queens Live! Concert at SummerStage in Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Sunday, while also planning to attend the Queens Night Market the night before. McDaniels, who hails from Hollis and goes by the stage name “DMC,”…
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Jul. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry A Jamaica man was sentenced to more than three-and-a-half decades in prison Friday in Queens Supreme Court for killing a 39-year-old man in 2020 over a dispute over money and for fatally shooting another man outside a liquor store in South Ozone Park in 2021. Ashik Zaman, 23,…
Jul. 15, 2024 By Anthony Medina Queens Council Member Robert Holden, representing City Council District 30, has secured millions of dollars in capital, expense and veterans funding as part of the recently approved New York City Council budget for fiscal year 2025. The council member, who represents Maspeth and Middle Village and parts of Glendale,…
Jul. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry A Southeast Queens taxi cab driver was charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime and other related crimes for vandalizing a religious statue at a Fresh Meadows church late last month just hours before Sunday mass. Jamshaid Choudhry, 44, of 186th Street in Hollis, was arraigned Friday…
Jul. 15, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Hundreds of people gathered at the Flushing branch of the Queens Public Library on Sunday afternoon to celebrate the return of Sunday opening hours. Sunday service has returned to the Flushing branch, at 41-17 Main St., and Central Library in Jamaica, at 89-11 Merrick Blvd., after the New York…
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Jul. 15, 2024 By Anthony Medina State Sen. Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. is making sure that good deeds are rewarded in his district. The senator has awarded citations to the organizations that participated in last month’s Middle Village Metropolitan Avenue Street Clean-up in appreciation of their community service. The members of the Middle Village…