Feb. 27, 2019 By Jon Cronin A Forest Hills bar is holding a fundraiser March 5 to benefit Backpacks for the Street, a non-profit group formed by two locals that provides essentials for the homeless. Austin Public, located at 70-28 Austin St., plans to raise money through a raffle at the bar next week. The… Read more »
Feb. 26, 2019 By Meghan Sackman Council Member Karen Koslowitz is calling on the Department of Education to intervene at Forest Hills High School following a series of allegations that the principal is failing to punish students who smoke pot at school. Koslowitz, whose two daughters graduated from the school, issued a statement Tuesday saying that… Read more »
Feb. 25, 2019 By Meghan Sackman A specialty beer shop and tavern focusing on local producers is anticipated to open in Forest Hills this summer. Nemo’s Beer Shop, which will be located at 110-64 Queens Blvd., will offer a wide variety of beers along with some wine and cider that patrons can either enjoy at… Read more »
Feb. 25, 2019 By Meghan Sackman A 26-year-old woman was killed in a hit-and-run at a Rego Park intersection last night, police said. Sherena Hundalani, a resident of 98th Street, was walking on the sidewalk near 63rd Road and Queens Boulevard when a Lincoln Town Car leaving the Mobile gas station at that corner struck… Read more »
Feb. 24, 2019 By Christian Murray Governor Andrew Cuomo has called on the New York state hate crimes task force to help find those responsible for anti-Semitic graffiti found on a Rego Park school playground on Friday. “I am appalled and disgusted by the Swastikas and other anti-Semitic symbols of hate that were scrawled in… Read more »
Feb. 22, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled a much-anticipated plan yesterday that takes the next steps toward overhauling the “broken placard system” that has plagued New York City’s streets “for a long, long time,” with new technologies, a penalty system and a dedicated enforcement unit among the measures to be implemented…. Read more »
Feb. 21, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A LeFrak City resident was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for using social media to solicit child porn online, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Eastern District of New York. Keith Liwanag, 27, was sentenced after pleading guilty in June of last year to sexual… Read more »
Feb. 21, 2019 Staff Report Two men have been charged with assault after allegedly attacking three corrections officers last month at the Queens Detention Center in Kew Gardens in a case that could land each of the defendants in prison for up to 15 years. The two Queens men—Brandon Bledman, 23, and Nicholas Morris, 22—were… Read more »
Feb. 19, 2019 By Meghan Sackman Two public hearings are scheduled to take place next week where state and federal officials will discuss their plans to add lanes and other improvements to the Van Wyck Expressway as a means to increase the flow of traffic between the Kew Gardens Interchange and JFK Airport. The proposed plan,… Read more »
Feb. 19, 2019, By Meghan Sackman Police are searching for three men who robbed a 57-year-old woman at gunpoint in Rego Park Saturday night. The suspects allegedly approached the woman near Eliot Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard around 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 16 while she was getting out of her car, police say. One of the men… Read more »