Apr. 21, 2023 By Zachary Gewelb Police from the 113th Precinct are searching for the creep who sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl on a Q77 MTA bus near the border of St. Albans and Cambria Heights earlier this month. Police say that the unknown suspect, believed to be in his early 50s, approached the girl…
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Apr. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry A Jamaica man admitted to threatening a Long Island Rail Road conductor after failing to produce a ticket on his way home from Brooklyn in August and brandishing a knife when confronted by a number of transit workers, causing injuries to two of them, according to Queens District Attorney…
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Apr. 20, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed South Ozone Park resident Geraldine Fermin, who is a frontline worker and program manager of the City Harvest Nutrition Education Program, will be honored as a frontline hero at the 40th City Harvest Gala on Tuesday, April 25, for playing a significant role in helping the organization feed its…
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Apr. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry Assemblyman Khaleel Anderson is collaborating with the Arthur Ashe Institute of Urban Health to launch a new Barber Shop Mental Health Program that aims to understand and support the experience of working-class families of southeast Queens impacted by structural violence and institutional racism by addressing their mental health and…
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Apr. 20, 2023 By Zachary Gewelb Police from the 106th Precinct and 23rd Transit District are searching for the two crooks who assaulted a woman at the 88th Street subway station in Ozone Park earlier this month. Police say a 31-year-old woman was on board a northbound A train around 3 p.m. on April 10…
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Apr. 19, 2023 By Michael Dorgan A reboot of the hit TV comedy series “Everybody Loves Raymond” will never happen, the show’s star actor Ray Romano has told Schneps Media. The series, which ran for 210 episodes from 1996 to 2005, is a sitcom classic and tells the story of everyman Raymond Barone (played by…
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Apr. 18, 2023 By Michael Dorgan The cast of “Somewhere in Queens,” a new family comedy-drama set in “The World’s Borough” marking Ray Romano’s directorial debut, appeared at a special film screening in Manhattan on Monday, April 17. The new flick tells the story of an Italian-American family living in Queens who are torn apart…
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Apr. 18, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed The Queens Night Market officially kicked off its eighth season with Mayor Eric Adams at the New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Saturday, April 15. Attendees included Commissioner of Small Business Services Kevin Kim, Councilman Shekar Krishnan, and NYC Department of Parks and Recreation…
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Apr. 18, 2023 By Bill Parry
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz’s re-election campaign on April 17 announced the endorsement of New York State Attorney General Letitia James. The latest endorsement builds on her support from other elected officials, organized labor unions and community groups.
Apr. 17, 2023 By Bill Parry St John’s University announced it is the recipient of a grant to support a program aimed at the retention and graduation rates of Black and Latinx students at the school. The Ichigo Foundation’s $85,000 award supports the R.I.S.E. Network, an academic empowerment community that provides Black and Latinx first-year…
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