Jul. 24, 2023 By Bill Parry A Queens lawmaker is hailing the return of a vital initiative from the city’s Department for the Aging. The agency is once again distributing Farmers’ Market nutrition program coupon booklets at more than 300 participating older adult centers and naturally occurring retirement communities across the five boroughs. Coupon booklets…
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Jul. 24, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed Flushing Councilwoman Sandra Ung will host an upcoming job recruitment event with the United States Tennis Association (USTA) to fill seasonal positions for the 2023 U.S. Open. The job recruitment event will take place on Wednesday, July 26, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Tangram Mall Atrium, which…
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Jul. 23, 2023 By Zachary Gewelb A 59-year-old woman died in a box fire inside of a Dickens Street home in Far Rockaway Saturday evening, according to authorities. First responders received a call regarding a residential fire at 10-46 Dickens St. at approximately 7:30 p.m. on July 22. According to the FDNY, the fire was…
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Jul. 20, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage, New York City’s beloved outdoor performing arts festival, is bringing two free concerts to Flushing Meadows Corona Park this weekend. On Saturday, July 22, at 6 p.m. Queens Live! Kool & The Gang will return to the SummerStage with Mobb Deep Havoc featuring…
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Jul. 20, 2023 By John Schilling The New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) invited local leaders and residents of Old Howard Beach for a walkthrough of the construction site on the corner of 99th Street and 165th Avenue near Frank M. Charles Memorial Park on Wednesday, July 19. A part of the Raised Shorelines…
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Jul. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry Few in Queens will forget when the borough was known as the “epicenter of the epicenter” during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic when the only sounds coming from the streets were the sirens and gunned engines of FDNY EMS ambulances rushing the stricken to Elmhurst Hospital and other…
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Jul. 19, 2023 By Gabriele Holtermann Summer is here and with New Yorkers heading to the beach to beat the heat, the NYPD Community Affairs Bureau hosted a beach safety event with the NYPD Scuba team in Far Rockaway on July 18. NYPD Community Affairs Bureau Det. Tanya Duhaney said the NYPD had organized the…
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Jul. 17, 2023 By John Schilling Elected officials and local leaders gathered together on Beach 73rd Street in Arverne on July 10 for a street co-naming ceremony honoring Alvin Benjamin, the man behind the Arverne By The Sea oceanfront community that first opened on the eastern half of the Rockaway peninsula in 2004. Remembered as…
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Jul. 13, 2023 By Bill Parry
Far Rockaway resident Jahvon Frazier was sentenced Thursday in Queens Supreme Court to 30 years to life in prison for killing a young father of three from the neighborhood in an unprovoked shooting in August 2020, as well as a previous assault.
Jul. 13, 2023 By John Schilling Elected officials, community leaders and Far Rockaway locals gathered in front of The Child Center of NY’s Ocean Bay Community Cornerstone at 57-10 Beach Channel Drive in Arverne on Wednesday, July 12, for a street co-naming ceremony to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Deborah L. Hoyle. Remembered…
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