Jun. 8, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed As part of the United States Postal Service (USPS) National Dog Bite Awareness Week campaign, the Jamaica Main Post Office is educating customers on the importance of dog bite prevention. Last year, the neighborhood had four incidents of postal employees being bitten by dogs. On Wednesday, June 7, USPS…
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Jun. 8, 2023 By Christian Murray, Dean Moses, Sarah Belle Lin, Ethan Stark-Miller and Robert Pozarycki New Yorkers woke up Thursday morning to the ominous haze that has lingered over The Big Apple since Monday — the air still filled with unhealthy smoke from the Canadian wildfires. The state Department of Environmental Conservation issued…
Jun. 8, 2023 By Zachary Gewelb Police used a Taser to subdue a suspect who had fatally stabbed his father inside of their Brookville home early Thursday morning, according to authorities. Police from the 105th Precinct responded to a 911 call regarding an “emotionally disturbed person” with a knife inside of a 230th Street home…
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Jun. 7, 2023 By Bill Parry
Jun. 7, 2023 By Anthony Medina The Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park Lions Club, in partnership with local elected officials and community leaders, raised a Progress Pride Flag at the 133rd Street and Liberty Avenue intersection triangle in Richmond Hill, on Tuesday, June 6. Richmond Hill-South Ozone Park Lions Club 2nd Vice District Governor,…
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Jun. 7, 2023 By Robert Pozarycki Dangerous smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to shroud New York City in an acrid, hazy blanket — prompting yet another air quality alert on Wednesday. Public schools across the Five Boroughs cancelled all outdoor activities on June 7, and Mayor Eric Adams warned those with respiratory conditions and…
Jun. 6, 2023 By Bill Parry
Jun. 6, 2023 By Bill Parry A day before she took city leaders on a walking tour of the downtown Jamaica business district to announce the launch of the Jamaica Neighborhood Plan to create new jobs and housing while improving the streetscape in the neighborhood, Councilwoman Nantasha Williams held a constituent services event at the…
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Jun. 6, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from the 105th Precinct in Queens Village are still looking for three suspects who beat up a 28-year-old man in Cambria Heights and threatened to shoot him in his Jeep before ending the victim’s terrifying ordeal in Rockaway Beach. The incident began near the Farmbria Food Center at…
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Jun. 6, 2023 By Bill Parry A Richmond Hill man was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court Tuesday on charges of aggravated vehicular homicide, driving under the influence and a slew of other crimes for a collision early Monday morning that killed two South Ozone Park men during a horrific chain-reaction collision in their neighborhood. Tamir…
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