Police are looking for a suspect wanted in connection with a criminal sex act in South Ozone Park. The suspect came up to a seven-year-old girl before 6 p.m. yesterday outside of a driveway, police said. He performend a criminal sex act on the girl and then fled on foot. He’s described as a man [...]
The Kiwanis Club of Howard Beach hosted its 51st annual dinner dance at Roma View. The club honored immediate past president Robert LoCascio and Joann Ariola, winner of the Clement Vicari Service Award. Clement Vicari Award winner Joann Ariola (third from right) and her family along with Edward Tudisco, Steven Sirgiovanni and Robert LoCascio Frank Monteforte and Wayne [...]
As the days and months since Sandy tick by, businesses in south Queens are rising from the rubble and returning to normalcy. There was “paws” for applause on Saturday, April 27 as the Howard Beach Petco reopened. It had closed six months ago due to damage from Sandy. Animals both big and small—all the way [...]
On Sunday, April 21, the Richmond Hill Block Association, 102nd Precinct Officers Jose Severino and Joseph Martins and cadets from the John Bowne High School Air Force JROTC cleaned up graffiti along Jamaica Avenue. They painted over several problematic sites. RECOMMENDED STORIES Sunnyside battles graffiti with new removal program Woodhaven graffiti surges Op Ed: Reclaiming our [...]
Local and citywide leaders say the MTA is throwing the Rockaways under the bus. Public Advocate Bill de Blasio joined with Assemblymember Phillip Goldfeder and Councilmember Donovan Richards in Far Rockaway on Friday, April 19 to decry the decreased shuttle bus service to the Sandy-affected peninsula. A train service to the Rockaways last ran on [...]
Since Sandy ravaged the tristate area, homeowners battling with insurance companies have resorted to paying for damages out of their own pockets. “Right now, we’re using our savings,” said Rose Miller, 86, of Belle Harbor. “I keep my fingers crossed every time I take money out. We’re holding our breath with each payment.” Initially, residents [...]
One Far Rockaway organization is aiming to provide young girls with a greater sense of life, more than just “what they see outside their windows.” Project Window was created with intentions to provide a feeling of camaraderie and a common ground for young women to speak about friends, family and life, as well as opportunities [...]
As 14-year old Kayla Brathwaite sat on a train heading to the nation’s capital, she rehearsed the speech she would give in front of Congress. Brathwaite, a resident of Ozone Park and a student at Park East High School in Manhattan, spoke in front of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services [...]
A Queens woman has been arrested for the murder of her boyfriend, according to the NYPD. Shirley Forbes, 63, has been charged with manslaughter for the stabbing of Lee Burrison, 55. The victim was found on the second floor of his residence at 87-37 112th Street in Richmond Hill around 10:44 p.m Tuesday with an [...]
Frank M. Charles Memorial Park is getting spruced up. With Sandy debris lingering nearly six months after the storm, Councilmember Eric Ulrich has partnered with the Doe Fund to help clean up the community park, which is run under the auspices of by Gateway National Recreation Area. Nine “men in blue” from the Doe Fund, [...]
