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Apr. 25, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann

It was an action-packed afternoon at J-CAP, a bilingual residential drug treatment program for adults and young adults in Jamaica, Queens. 

A school crossing guard from Jamaica was criminally charged with attempted rape, attempted use of a child in a sexual performance and other sex-related crimes after he allegedly tried to lure an undercover NYPD officer he believed to be 14 years old to participate in a sex act.

Jared Jeridore, 24, of Sutphin Boulevard, was arraigned Wednesday in Queens Criminal Court on a seven-count criminal complaint that also included counts of attempted dissemination of indecent material to minors, attempted endangering the welfare of a child and official misconduct.

Apr. 25, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Construction has begun on New York State’s largest onsite solar carport at JFK Airport’s Lot 9.

Apr. 25, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Local families celebrated a day of play in honor of Earth Day at Roy Wilkins Park in St. Albans last weekend.

Apr. 24, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

New York City has launched a housing lottery for 134 units in the 17-story mixed-use building The Peninsula A1, also known as Edgemere Commons Apartments, at 51-23 Beach Channel Dr. in Far Rockaway.

Apr. 24, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Representatives from the MTA and DOT gathered at the King Manor Museum in Jamaica last week to host an open house meeting focusing on the MTA’s Queens Bus Network Redesign proposal.

Apr. 23, 2024 By Nelson A. King

As the conflict continues to unfold between Israel and Hamas as part of what is commonly referred to as “end-time prophecies”, Pastor the Rev. Dr. Dillon Burgin views the war more as “a distraction and a red herring” than prophetic.

Police are looking for three suspects who allegedly beat and stabbed a 20-year-old man inside a Queens Village auto body shop earlier this month, leaving him seriously injured.

The incident occurred on Sunday, Apr. 7, when the victim was inside the autobody shop, located at 210-08 Jamaica Ave., and was bumped by a stranger. Police from the 105th Precinct in Queens Village reported that the victim and stranger then got into a verbal dispute, which escalated into a physical altercation.

Apr. 22, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Staff members of the Holliswood Center, a nursing home for seniors located in Jamaica, gathered for a special luncheon earlier this month to celebrate three of their nurses who served in the U.S. armed forces.

Apr. 22, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

The Summer 2024 Queensboro Dance Festival, slated to run from June 8 through Sept. 15, will include more than 30 scheduled performances at various venues throughout the borough.