DOT Plans Astoria To Corona Bike Route
BY YVETTE BROWN Staff Writer The City Department of Transportation proposed new bike lanes in East Elmhurst and Jackson Heights that will eventually connect Flushing Promenade to the Socrates Sculpture...
View ArticleWestern Queens Focus: April 21-27, 2016
The following local residents recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. James...
View ArticleQueens Native Makes It To ‘Skin Wars’
BY YVETTE BROWN Staff Writer A Queens native, Michael Mejia, is competing in a $100,000 competition where he will have to create different works of art through body painting on a TV show called “Skin...
View ArticleTrump, Clinton Take Boro In Competitive Primary
BY QUEENS TRIBUNE STAFF For the first time in a long time, New York mattered in the country’s decision for President. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton came out on top in New York’s first competitive...
View ArticleWestern Queens Focus: April 28-May 4, 2016
Major General Anthony P. German, The Adjutant General for the State of New York, announces the promotion of members of the New York Army National Guard in recognition of their capability for additional...
View ArticleState Ups Funding For 4201 Schools
BY YVETTE BROWN Staff Writer The Lexington School for the Deaf along with the 10 other private, state supported 4201 schools received a funding increase, which was approved by the State Legislature. In...
View ArticleWashington Plaza’s Reinvention: Refurbished Co-op In Jackson Heights Begins...
Washington Plaza in Jackson Heights announced the beginning of co-op sales after a beautiful new redesign and apartments with single bedrooms starting at $375,000. The co-op has new amenities and...
View ArticleEvents In Queens: May 12-18, 2016
SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK Big Apple Circus Presents The Grand Tour (see below) FRIDAY 5/13 Disney’s Aladdin, Kids Join the students of JHS189, Flushing, for their magical production of Aladdin, directed by...
View Article115th Precinct: TEEN BEATEN IN JACKSON HEIGHTS
TEEN BEATEN IN JACKSON HEIGHTS – The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in locating two males wanted in connection with an assault that occurred in Jackson Heights. On Monday, Feb. 1st...
View ArticleWestern Queens Focus: May 19-25, 2016
Culver-Stockton College proudly presented diplomas to 174 graduates Saturday, May 7 during the 160th Annual Commencement Ceremony, which was held in the Charles Field House on the Culver-Stockton...
View ArticleA Bag Tax Is Not The Solution
BY ASSEMBLYMAN MICHAEL DENDEKKER On Thursday, May 5, the City Council voted to pass Councilman Brad S. Lander’s bill to impose a minimum fee of five cents for plastic or paper bags at retail,...
View ArticleStabbings Lead To Focus On Gang Activity
BY ARIEL HERNANDEZ Staff Writer State Sen. Jose Peralta (D-Jackson Heights) plans to take on gang violence that has been plaguing Jackson Heights, especially after last week’s stabbing of an...
View Article115th Precinct: WOMAN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED
WOMAN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED – The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in locating and identifying the following individual wanted in connection to a forcible touching incident in Jackson Heights. On...
View ArticleEvents In Queens: June 2-8, 2016
SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK: The 24th Annual Queens Pride Parade will march through Jackson Heights (see below) FRIDAY 6/3 Craft Beer Festival The Kiwanis Club of Maspeth presents a craft beer festival and...
View ArticleAvon Faire Brings Rebellion To Folk Music
BY JON CRONIN Staff Writer Brought together by Jackson Heights singer Andriette Redmann, Avon Faire is a three part harmony percussion and guitar folk group focusing on traditional storytelling from...
View ArticleTAKING ACTION: Officials and Residents Plot to End Gang Violence
BY ARIEL HERNANDEZ Staff Writer After the recent stabbing of an 18-year-old boy at Travers Park, State Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) and Councilman Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) held an...
View Article115th Precinct: FATAL CAR CRASH
FATAL CAR CRASH – On Sunday, May 29 at approximately 2:17 p.m., police responded to a call of a vehicle accident in the vicinity of 34th Avenue and 91st Street in Jackson Heights. Upon arrival,...
View ArticleWestern Queens Focus: June 9-15, 2016
U.S. Air Force Airman Vivian E. Torres graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included...
View ArticleADVERTORIAL: New York-Presbyterian/Queens: Summer Safety Tips For Kids
Summer is the season of outdoor fun – sports, vacations and barbecues. As children of all ages enjoy these outdoor activities, the risk for injury can also increase. “We see a lot of kids in the...
View ArticleMcCray At Pride: ‘Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop’
BY DOMENICK RAFTER Editor in Chief New York City’s First Lady Chirlane McCray didn’t let a little rain dampen her upbeat mood at Sunday’s Queens Pride Parade. McCray, marching with her husband Mayor...
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