Calendar compiled by Annette Hanze Alberts. To be considered for the Calendar listing, event info must be received at least two weeks prior to publication. Dates & times are subject to change, call to confirm. Holidays & Observances Martin Luther King Jr. talk by Joan Adams ($6 suggested) Central Queens YM & YMHA, 67-09 108th St., Forest Hills, 718.268.5011, www.centralqueensy.org. […]
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Maloney Urges GOP, ‘Get Back To Work’ Charging that Republicans in Congress are prolonging the House’s present year-end holiday by two weeks, which will shorten their work period this month, Congressmember Carolyn Maloney (D–Queens/Manhattan) urged them to return to Washington earlier “and get to work on a range of issues that are vitally important for the American people…” Among these […]
Bd. 2 Votes On FDNY Lease, Hears From Trades Union
The January meeting of Community Board 2 at Sunnyside Community Services opened with an exhortation to the members by Deputy Queens Borough President Barry Grodenchik to reapply for board membership as soon in the new year as possible. Grodenchik also awarded a 10-year board membership certificate to Board 2 City Services Committee Chairman Patrick O’Brien. Mike Halpin of the Building […]
Several Queens Library Branches To Close Pending RFID Update
Fourteen Queens library locations will be converted to RFID check-in and check-out during the next couple of months. All work will be done over weekends. Two locations, Fresh Meadows and Far Rockaway, will be closed for one Saturday each to permit the work to be completed. Fresh Meadows, 193-20 Horace Harding Expwy., will be closed on January 21 only. Far […]
City: New Parents Need Whooping Cough Shots
A recent, dramatic increase in whooping cough cases in the city has officials urging anyone charged with caring for a baby to get a whooping cough vaccination. There have been no fatalities in the recent outbreak, but whooping cough a violent, chronic spasm also known as pertussis, can be extremely dangerous to infants, city officials said. Officials said almost all […]
Firebomb Suspect Denied Bail
The Queens Village man who went on a rampage on New Year’s Day, firebombing four buildings in Queens and one in Elmont, Long Island, appeared for arraignment on arson charges from a room in Bellevue Hospital on January 5. Ray Lazier Lengend was caught slumped in a chair at Bellevue Hospital during arraignment proceedings that were broadcast via video into […]
Boro-Wide Blotter
102nd Precinct Corrections Officer Busted A city Department of Corrections officer found himself behind bars on January 4 for allegedly raping, assaulting and imprisoning a family member. Police sources said the victim told cops that Correction Officer James Robinson, 52, brutally attacked her on January 4 when she returned home from a vacation with a male cousin. The victim told […]
Feds Hunt Jackson Heights Bank Bandit
An armed, brazen bandit dressed in a UPS delivery service uniform last week took an employee hostage as he held up a Jackson Heights bank, authorities said. A spokesperson for the FBI said the suspect walked into a Sovereign Bank branch on 31st Avenue at about 9:40 a.m. on January 6 where he pressed the barrel of a silver revolver […]