May 10, 2022 By Michael Dorgan **Warning: Graphic content, viewer discretion is advised** A woman who was pinned between two cars in a terrifying hit-and-run incident in South Jamaica Sunday morning died from her injuries yesterday. The Mother’s Day horror incident, which was captured on video and posted online, shows 49-year-old Florence Ngwu getting crushed… Read more »
May 9, 2022 By Michael Dorgan One woman is dead and another is critically injured after being shot in Ridgewood Monday morning. The shootings stemmed from a domestic dispute between a 51-year-old woman and her boyfriend, 55, while they were inside a third-floor apartment at 66-17 Fresh Pond Rd., according to the NYPD. The dispute… Read more »
May 9, 2022 By Michael Dorgan One of the largest community-based organizations in Queens is hosting a benefit later this month to honor two elected officials. The event will take place at the Forest Hills Stadium on May 18 from 6 p.m. and will celebrate State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky and Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi. The… Read more »
May 3, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A woman who was attempting to buy a car on Facebook was robbed of more than $3,000 by a bogus seller at gunpoint when they met up in Laurelton last month, police said. The victim, 20, was looking to purchase a 2012 Honda Accord from the man and met… Read more »
April 28, 2022 By Michael Dorgan An arsonist who set fire to his ex-girlfriend’s Corona apartment and started a blaze at a Jamaica hotel was sentenced to nearly a decade in prison Thursday. Troy Phillip, 28, from South Ozone Park, was sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty last month to attempted… Read more »
April 27, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Rite Aid abruptly announced last week that it is closing its Forest Hills store May 2—and the company is now coming under fire from elected officials who say it has not provided its employees with enough notice. Several elected officials penned a letter Wednesday to Rite Aid Chief Executive… Read more »
April 26, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The annual Downtown Jamaica Jazz Festival is returning next month and its lineup has been confirmed. The weekend event, which is free, will take place on May 14 and May 15 at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center, which is located inside the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL)… Read more »
April 25, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The Rite Aid store on Austin Street will close next week — adding to the growing list of locations the company is shuttering across Queens and the nation. The 71-14 Austin St. Rite Aid will shut down on May 2 as part of a corporate restructuring plan where nearly… Read more »
April 22, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A Richmond Hill handyman has been charged for the grisly murder of Orsolya Gaal — the Forest Hills woman whose bloodied body was found stuffed in a duffel bag on the side of a road Saturday. David Bonola, 44, believed to be the longtime lover of the married victim,… Read more »
April 21, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A newly-formed Forest Hills group that aims to stamp-out hate by using holistic healing approach is holding an event in MacDonald Park Sunday. The group, called the Task Force for Holistic Healing, is hosting the event called “A day of Healing in Celebration of Earth Day,” which will consist… Read more »