Aug. 21, 2024 By Athena Dawson The king of dancehall is coming to Queens. Sean Paul, a prominent Jamaican dancehall singer, rapper and DJ, will headline a concert as part of the Rise Up NYC concert series on Saturday, Aug. 24. The free concert will be held at Roy Wilkins Park, located on Merrick…
Jun. 21, 2024 By Athena Dawson Hundreds of southeastern Queens residents participated in a day filled with joy, fun, and food at the 4th annual Juneteenth in Queens Celebration at Roy Wilkins Park, located in St. Albans, on Wednesday, June 19. The event, hosted by Tunisia Morrison, co-founder of the Voice of Youth Changes Everything…
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Jun. 19, 2024 By ishkurhan June 19, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan With increasingly hotter summers expected in years to come, the city announced a massive investment in NYC pools this week shortly before dozens of pools are scheduled to open for the season on June 26. On Tuesday, Mayor Eric Adams and the NYC Department… Read more »
Jun. 13, 2024 By bparry June 13, 2024 By Bill Parry A Southeast Queens man was criminally charged with kidnapping and other crimes for allegedly abducting a 7-year-old boy from a Long Island City school late last month and sending a stream of threatening messages to the youngster’s mother as soon as police from the… Read more »
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. Residents gathered at the park, located on Merrick Boulevard, on April 20 for a day of celebration hosted by Council Member Nantasha Williams (D-27). Over 200 families were…
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Mar. 14, 2024 By Bill Parry
Two storefront churches and a smoke shop were destroyed and three other businesses were damaged during a two-alarm fire in St. Albans on Wednesday afternoon.
Mar. 13, 2024 By Athena Dawson A community milk depot opened in St Albans earlier this week, the second milk depot to open in Queens where mothers are able to donate their milk for babies in need. Charline Ogbeni, the owner of Supporting Our Mothers Initiative, celebrated the grand opening of her establishment Monday after receiving a tissue license from the NYC Department of Health that provides clearance to store donor milk. The milk is donated by women to help mothers whose own milk supply is unavailable or insufficient. Ogbeni’s establishment, located at 177-19 120th Ave., works with the New…
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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…
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Jul. 18, 2023 By Julia Moro A new report from PropertyShark found that St. Albans closed Q2 as the city’s foreclosure epicenter with 14 total filings. New York City closed Q2 2023 with 81% more foreclosures than the previous year. And since the foreclosure moratorium has been lifted, filings were observed to be slightly increasing…
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Jun. 5, 2023 By Bill Parry A St. Albans man was arraigned on murder and other charges in Queens Criminal Court on June 5 for fatally shooting his nephew and wounding his niece during a dispute over cooking dinner during Memorial Day weekend. Durran Morgan, 38, of Pineville Lane, surrendered at the 113th Precinct in…
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