Town Hall On Airplane Noise In Jackson Heights



Markey Brings $100K Grant To Queens Tourism Council



The Pulpit



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Christ The King Alumnus Lamar Odom Improving



Former LA Lakers basketball and reality TV star Lamar Odom, was found unconscious at a Nevada brothel and is clinging to life. The South Jamaica native who was a star player at Christ the King High School has awakened from a four-day coma after a drug overdose. “I wish he had just come home and surrounded himself with the genuine, […]

Homeless Woman Nabbed In Cop Knife Attack



Police arrested a 55-year-old homeless woman on October 16, after she allegedly tried to cut the neck of an off-duty cop during a foiled purse snatching. Cops said the 50-year-old off-duty officer was walking her dog inside Cunningham Park in Fresh Meadows at about 2 pm when Avril Lindo attacked her from behind and tried to grab her purse. When […]

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Vallone’s Second Year Of Participatory Budgeting



The second year of participatory budgeting in Northeast Queens has officially begun and Councilman Paul Vallone is once again proud to allocate $1 million in funding to projects that the community will determine and vote for. The first step in the participatory budgeting process is to host brainstorming sessions at neighborhood assemblies. At these assemblies, ideas are proposed and then […]

Cops Seek Ex-Husband For Questioning In Homicide



Queens detectives are seeking to question the ex-husband of a 29-year-old Elmhurst woman whose remains were found inside Kissena Corridor Park on October 13. A homeless man who discovered the body of Qing Qing Kiemde was “so upset” by the brutality that he headed to a nearby church where a priest called 911, law enforcement sources said. “The guy was […]

Queens Zoo Partners To Save Cottontail Rabbits



WCS’s (Wildlife Conservation Society) Queens Zoo has successfully bred rare New England cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus transitionalis) for introduction to their native New England states. The Queens Zoo started breeding New England cottontails this year as part of a collaborative effort with the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), various state agencies in New York and New England, universities, public and […]

Joseph Risi Elected CB 1 Chair



Community Board 1 went back to the drawing board and elected Joseph Risi Jr. as chairperson after a previous vote ended in a deadlock last month.The final tally, 28 for Risi, 14 for George Stamatiades, and one abstention was announced by Second Vice Chairperson Norma Nieves-Blas after a detailed outline of voting procedure and the counting process at the October […]