Mar. 1, 2024 By Bill Parry
Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows are looking for a suspect who attempted to rape a 20-year-old woman inside a Jamaica Hills subway station early Saturday morning before a good Samaritan came to her rescue.
Feb. 29, 2024 By Bill Parry
A former city cop from Bellerose was arrested by federal agents on Wednesday and indicted for conspiracy to commit wire fraud for allegedly swindling investors out of nearly $5 million they put into the foreign exchange-focused investment fund he founded in 2020.
Feb. 29, 2024 By Anthony Medina The 21st annual American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Middle Village is set to kick off with a bang at the iconic O’Neill’s bar and restaurant in Maspeth, set for Tuesday, March 5. This launch party which is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. at 64-21 53rd Drive,…
Read More
Feb. 29, 2024 By Athena Dawson The United States Postal Service held an unveiling ceremony for a stamp of the late civil rights icon U.S. Rep. John Lewis in Saint Albans on Monday, Feb 27. The ceremony, held at the Robert Ross Family Life Center on Linden Boulevard, was a part of a Black History Month event USPS hosted with Rep. Gregory Meeks and Lt. Governor Antonio Delgado. Hundreds of people including community leaders, Divine 9 sorority members, clergy members and residents packed the center for the unveiling. Lewis, who was born in Alabama in 1940 when the south was…
Read More
Feb. 28, 2024 By Joshua Schneps
One of the first community newspapers I acquired came with three vaults in the office. I was given the combination for each, but no longer had use for them.
Feb. 28, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Southeast Queens man was killed when he crashed into a tractor trailer in Jamaica on Monday morning.
![IMG_0158[99]](https://qns.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_015899-1200x900.jpg)
Feb. 28, 2024 By Czarinna Andres In an effort to combat hate, the students at Hillcrest High School in Jamaica underwent the Simon Wiesenthal Center‘s ‘Combat Digital Hate’ program in February—prompted, in part, by a series of anti-Semitic incidents at the school. This initiative, funded by Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and spearheaded by Council Member…
Read More
Feb. 28, 2024 By Dawn Kelly One day in 2015, my corporate job was eliminated. I’d worked hard for over 30 years, and suddenly I didn’t know where my next paycheck would come from or what I should do with myself. It was a painful time, and I felt really down–but I decided I’d lift…
Read More
Feb. 28, 2024 By Christian Murray The number of felony assaults reported across Queens over the last month are up nearly 10% compared to the same period a year ago, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD on Feb. 26. During the 28-day period from Jan. 29 to Feb. 25, the number of felony assaults reported increased 9.6% in northern Queens, from 197 incidents last year to 216 this year. Meanwhile, in southern Queens, the number of felony assaults also rose 9.6% over the period, from 187 to 205. The jump in the number of felony assaults…
Read More
Feb. 28, 2024 By Anthony Medina A neighborhood dispute between a Queens state Senator and a smoke shop caught illegally selling cannabis last year boiled over this month, with law enforcement placing a restraining order on the business’ storefront. Magic Pack, a smoke shop located at 84-17 Jamaica Ave., has been shut down by authorities and is unlikely to reopen after State Sen. Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. (D-Woodhaven) called for its closure and began working with law enforcement last year to make it happen. Addabbo collaborated with the NYPD and NYC Sheriff’s office to close Magic Pack down, which is…
Read More