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Nominations open for FLAG Awards honoring top NYC teachers
Nominations open for FLAG Awards honoring top NYC teachers

Sep. 28, 2023 By Rachel Butler

Nominations are now open for public school teachers in Queens for the FLAG Awards, which recognize teaching excellence in the borough and across New York City.

The annual program, which is in its fifth year, is adding the new category of Top Elementary School Teacher in New York City, with a prize of $25,000 for the winning teacher’s own personal use, as well as $10,000 for their school. There will be six public schools and teachers in total who will receive the prizes of $25,000 and $10,000 for other titles.

Additionally, all finalists will receive $10,000 for their personal use and their schools will receive $5,000 each to use toward an arts-based initiative. Semi-finalists will receive $1,000 for their personal use, and their schools will receive $1,000 each.

MTA providing shuttle from 7 train to traveling Vietnam War Memorial replica in Flushing Meadows Corona Park

Sep. 26, 2023 By Bill Parry

The MTA is working with the NYC Department of Veterans’ Affairs to provide shuttle bus service between the Mets-Willets Point 7 train station and Flushing Meadows Corona Park for all those wishing to visit the “The Wall that Heals,” a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., that honors the more than three million Americans who served in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam conflict.

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Democrat Sam Berger wins special election to fill vacant eastern Queens Assembly seat

Sep. 13, 2023 By Bill Parry & Zachary Gewelb

In Tuesday’s special election to replace former Assemblyman Daniel Rosenthal, his hand-picked successor, Democratic candidate Sam Berger is comfortably leading Republican and Conservative Party candidate David Hirsch, having secured 55.14% of the vote (2,447 votes) with 99% of precincts reported as of Wednesday morning, according to unofficial results from the city’s Board of Elections. Hirsch finished with 38.87% of the vote (1,979 votes).

Queens Community House reopens Social Adult Day Services program in Forest Hills after pandemic hiatus

Sep. 8, 2023 By Bill Parry

It took more than three years but Queens Community House, one of the borough’s largest social service organizations, has resumed its Social Adult Day Services (SADS) program at its Forest Hills headquarters Monday to Friday every week. This marks the first time the vital program has fully reopened for in-person activities for all five weekdays since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.