104th Precinct Bust Berserk Batterer Police last week arrested a 24-year-old Queens man who went berserk and attacked a woman in her Ridgewood apartment. Cops said Barry Locklear allegedly bit the woman on her hand during a dispute, then slammed his fist into her bedroom closet door, tearing it off its hinges. Locklear then punched holes in the walls of […]
Bandit Forgets Mask In Surveillance Video
Queens detectives are searching for an armed and dimwitted bandit who held up a Kew Gardens deli on December 21 and only then remembered to pull his ski mask over his face. Police sources said the gunman entered Alba’s Grocery Store on Metropolitan Avenue just after midnight on December 21 accompanied by two accomplices who watched his back. The gunman […]
Don’t Ignore Property Value Notice
If you’re a homeowner you will soon receive your annual notice of property value from the city. “Most people ignore that,” Lee Fiorino, director of business and community outreach for the Department of Finance, said at the January meeting of the Queens Borough Cabinet. “But it establishes your property’s assessed value and allows you to estimate your tax bill for […]
Queens GOP Endorses Lazio
The Queens County Republican Party on January 14 announced its endorsement of former Congressmember Rick Lazio as its candidate for governor of New York in the coming November election. Queens County Republican Party Chairman Phil Ragusa said, “The Queens County organization is endorsing Rick Lazio for governor because he is the candidate with the best plan to reduce wasteful spending, […]
Queens Library Has New Director Of Services
Queens Library has named Dale McNeill as director of Public Library Services. In his expanded role, McNeill’s mandate will be to maximize the level of service provided to customers in the library’s state-of-the-art facilities. McNeill has been with Queens Library since 2005 as Director of Community Library Services. He oversaw operations and staff in 61 community library facilities and was […]
Drunken Driver Charged In Fatal GCP ‘Fireball’
A 28-year-old East Harlem man is facing a long prison stretch for driving drunk on the Grand Central Parkway, slamming his PT Cruiser into another car and sending the driver to a fiery death. Police said Michael Carrasquillo raced his car at about 70 mph past traffic on the Grand Central in Hillcrest, Queens at about 4 a.m. on January […]
George Onorato Set To Retire
With the general election this coming November a distinguished career in public service to the people of Queens will come to an end. State Senator George Onorato, who was first elected in a hotly contested three-way race in June 1984 will not be a candidate for his 12th District seat. He will be missed. Onorato brought a lifetime of leadership […]
Letters to the Editor
Joke Helped To Grieve To The Editor: Back in the year 2000, after my mom had passed and the Gazette had printed a picture and a lovely eulogy, I received a phone call from my friend, Julie. It was during a Jewish holiday. He proceeded to tell me that my mom had neglected to send him a card (she always […]
The Real Cost Of Health ‘Reform’
In my last Op Ed [“Mammogram, Self- Examination Cutbacks Threaten Women’s Health”, Nov. 25, 2009], I warned of the likely impact of draconian Medicare cuts for medical imaging contained in the House and Senate health reform bills. In confronting the cost of universal health care/reform, we have also seen recent first attempts to eliminate screening tests such as mammograms by […]
