Feb. 27, 2024 By Rachel Butler A 4-year-old Fresh Meadows boy who survived cancer has been named as an ambassador for an annual cancer campaign conducted by Stop & Shop and Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK). Joshy Ford, who beat kidney cancer, will have his face on billboards at Stop & Shop stores as a means to raise money and create awareness of childhood cancer. The campaign, which Joshy is prominently part of, has been running annually for over two decades each March in all Stop & Shop locations. The campaign calls on customers to round up the total of their…
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NYC restaurant week is back with over 30 restaurants participating in Queens
Jan. 15, 2024 By admin Jan. 15, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer and Czarinna Andres New York City Restaurant Week is back and better than ever with over 600 participating restaurants, including more than 30 in Queens. Beginning Jan. 16 and running through Feb. 4, NYC Restaurant Week bills itself as an opportunity to explore… Read more »
F train rider assaulted by three men in Sutphin Boulevard subway station: NYPD
May. 22, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows and Transit District 20 are looking for three brutes who allegedly beat up an F train rider and attempted to rob him in the Sutphin Boulevard subway station earlier this month. As the 43-year-old victim was entering the mezzanine at the…
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Two men sought in pair of robberies on board F train in Queens: NYPD
Mar. 21, 2023 By Bill Parry
Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows, Transit District 20 and the 114th Precinct in Astoria are on the lookout for two men who emerged from the Parson Boulevard F train station on Hillside Avenue in Jamaica after robbing two riders in the transit system early Saturday morning, March 18.