June 29, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Police are looking for four men wanted for robbing six businesses throughout central and western Queens over the past month. The alleged thieves hit three gas stations, two delis and a 7Eleven from May 31 through June 22 – and made off with around $14,300 in total cash, according… Read more »
June 27, 2022 By Michael Dorgan: Parents and local leaders will hold a rally outside a junior high school in Fresh Meadows this afternoon to protest incidents of alleged bullying at the school. The rally will take place at 1:30 p.m. outside J.H.S. 216, located at 64-20 175th St., where demonstrators say a number of… Read more »
June 23, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A man is dead – and two other men are injured — after a sports car they were in plowed into a tree just off the Clearview Expressway early Wednesday. The man killed was sitting in the front passenger seat of a 2016 Dodge Charger that spun out of… Read more »
June 20, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A GoFundMe page has been launched to help cover the funeral costs of three family members who died in a massive fire in South Richmond Hill Friday. Married couple Nanda Persaud, 59, and Salima Persaud, 53, along with their son Devon, 22, died in the blaze that ripped through… Read more »
June 17, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The owners of the popular video game Angry Birds will open the company’s first-ever retail store later this year inside a Flushing mega-development. Rovio Entertainment Corporation, a Finnish company that created the game and turned it into a global phenomenon, will open an Angry Birds-themed retail store and café… Read more »
June 13, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A Bayside man with a long rap sheet has been arrested on attempted murder charges for two unprovoked stabbings on the 7-line last week. Donny Ubiera, 32, was arrested late Saturday and charged with two counts of attempted murder for randomly stabbing two men, one on Saturday morning and… Read more »
June 10, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A 63-year-old man was beaten over the head with a gun and robbed by two suspects at a Forest Hills subway station Wednesday. The victim was exiting the 75th Avenue subway station at around 8 p.m. when the two perpetrators approached him and brandished a handgun, according to police…. Read more »
June 9, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A pride banner was allegedly ripped down from outside a Forest Hills church last weekend and several Queens lawmakers have condemned the incident. The hateful act took place between 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday at The Church-in-the-Gardens, located at 50 Ascan Ave., according to police. The rainbow banner… Read more »
June 7, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Police released images Friday of a man wanted for randomly punching a 68-year-old woman in the head at a Forest Hills subway station in April. The suspect allegedly slugged the woman in the back of the head as she got off a train inside the Forest Hills-71 Avenue train… Read more »
June 6, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A popular NHL-sponsored ice hockey program for kids is returning to Long Island City in August and its limited spaces are filling up fast. The program, called Learn to Play, aims to develop the next generation of hockey players by providing affordable hockey lessons and equipment to kids. The lessons… Read more »