Jun. 20, 2023 By John Schilling After breaking ground last summer, Far Rockaway’s Beach 59th Street Playground officially opened on Tuesday, June 20 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony led by local representatives. The new playground, located at 6006 Beach Front Road in Arverne, comes after a $5 million investment from the Queens Borough President’s Office and…
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Jun. 19, 2023 By John Schilling MTA representatives appeared before Community Board 14 at the Knights of Columbus in Rockaway Beach last week to preview the Rockaway Rehabilitation and Resiliency Project, a 44-month construction project that will redesign and rebuild much of the peninsula’s existing transportation infrastructure. The project, scheduled to start later this year…
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Jun. 19, 2023 By John Schilling Representatives from the AIDS Center of Queens County (ACQC) in Far Rockaway appeared before Community Board 14 last week to hear feedback and field questions about the installation of a public health vending machine outside their facility at 1600 Central Ave. The vending machine is one of three that…
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Jun. 19, 2023 By Gabriele Holtermann Queens saw the highest voter turnout in the first two days of early voting for the June 27 primary election, which kicked off June 17. New York City’s turnout thus far has been low with just over 15,000 voters heading to the polls this past weekend, excluding Staten Island,…
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Jun. 19, 2023 By Bill Parry Three men were wounded during an early morning shooting Monday, June 19, at a grassy knoll at the base of the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge in Rockaway Beach. Police from the 100th Precinct responded to a 911 call of shots fired at 12:47 a.m. at Beach Channel Drive…
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Jun. 16, 2023 By Bill Parry
Retired state Supreme Court Judge George Grasso was in Flushing on June 15 where he received endorsements in his campaign for Queens district attorney from two Asian-American political advocacy organizations just two days before the start of early voting for the June 27 Democratic primary election.
Jun. 16, 2023 By John Schilling New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams hosted an open forum with residents of southeast Queens on Thursday, June 15, to hear their concerns about Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed New York Housing Compact, a plan that would create 800,000 new homes in New York over the next decade to…
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Jun. 16, 2023 By Bill Parry Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato visited P.S./M.S. 207, The Rockwood School, in Howard Beach on June 13 to announce the return of her Summer Reading Challenge, which annually inspires hundreds of children to participate and take up reading throughout their summer vacation. Pheffer Amato is inviting students from Ozone Park,…
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Jun. 15, 2023 By Bill Parry The promoters of Governors Ball 2023 were delighted with two key decisions they made in the run-up to the three-day music festival which drew more than 100,000 concertgoers to Flushing Meadows Corona Park. First, Governors Ball was held in the parking lot of Citi Field for the past two…
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Jun. 15, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Queens Borough President Donovan Richards and District Attorney Melinda Katz hosted a pride celebration on Wednesday, June 14, at Queens Borough Hall where several leaders in the LGBTQIA+ community were honored for their work and activism. “Happy Pride, Queens! I thank everyone who helped us celebrate, including Queens District…
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