The New York City Police Department last week deployed the first 30 of 102 Ford Fusion hybrid alternative fuel vehicles for use as marked patrol cars. The Ford Fusions will be used on patrol in all five boroughs. More...
It has been a violent, deadly year so far in Queens, where recently released statistics show a 25 percent increase in murders, compared to this same time period last year. More...
Get into a conversation with a long-time Queens resident and you're likely to discover a subscriber of the Long Island Star-Journal, a daily paper that informed the community about local and world news until it folded in 1968. More...
City Councilmember Dan Halloran (RWhitestone) recently observed artwork painted by seniors from the Whitestone Senior Center at a ceremony at the Astoria Savings Bank in Whitestone. More...
As our children get ready to go back to school, it’s time to make some important choices. Do we become involved in the annual frenzy and expense of shopping for new texts and school supplies, or do we look into other options? More...
“A Brief History of Aviation”, a primary translucent, airy structure that dominates the Queensborough Community College Art Gallery at 17 feet high, 20 feet wide and 25 feet long, inviting More...
“Last year, [a student] was a [Level] 3 or [Level] 4–this year [the same student] might be a [Level] 1 or [Level] 2,” District 30 Community Superintendent Dr. Philip A. More...
The United Community Civic Association (UCCA) cordially invites everyone to its ninth annual 9/11 Memorial Candlelight Ceremony at McManus Memorial Park, 81st Street and the Grand Central Service Road in Astoria Heights on Tuesday, September 7 at 7: More...
On August 11 City Councilmember Peter F. Vallone Jr. welcomed a large crowd at Athens Square Park at 30th Avenue and 30th Street in Astoria for an evening of live Italian music and dancing. More...
On Wednesday, August 18, at Mauro Playground at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Park Drive East and 73rd Terrace, Queens Parks Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski, Queens Borough President Helen Marshall, City Councilmembers Karen Koslowitz and James Gen More...
New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) Acting Commissioner Stanley Gee on August 18 was joined by Congressmember Gregory Meeks and Queens Borough President Helen Marshall to mark the start of construction on a $148 million contract tha More...
US Power Generating Company, owner and operator of the Astoria Generating Station, returned Astoria Generating Station Unit 2 to full service at approximately 8:30 a.m. on August 18, followed by testing which confirmed full operations . More...
Fourteen wheelchair softball teams from around the country came to Citi Field in Flushing for the National Wheelchair Softball Association's (NWSA) 34th annual Wheelchair Softball More...
An anonymous tip about illegal side betting at church bingo games led investigators to a scheme that bilked the Greek Orthodox Church out of $830,000, authorities said. More...
Some of us have never found a single dollar bill on the sidewalk. But once in a blue moon a lucky soul in the Upper Midwest reaches down into the Ice Age deposits of our country and plucks out a diamond. More...
On Thursday, September 2, Pizzeria Uno restaurants will help support the Queens office of the American Red Cross in Greater New York by donating a portion of the day’s receipts through its “Dough Raiser” program. More...
Q ueens is known as the most ethnically diverse county in the United States. Because of the vast variety of cultures that inhabit the borough, it is well known for its delicious food stemming from countries around the world. More...
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