TODAY’S FORECAST Monday: Overcast with a chance of rain, then a chance of a thunderstorm and rain showers in the afternoon. High of 72. Winds from the SSW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70%. Monday night: Overcast with a chance of a thunderstorm and rain showers in the evening, then partly cloudy with a chance [...]
Those who knew Christopher Khan all seemed to say the same thing: he always had a smile on his face, no matter the day or the time. Funeral services for Khan were held on Wednesday, October 10 in South Ozone Park. Hundreds of relatives, friends and neighbors packed the funeral home to say goodbye to [...]
Four Queens teenagers were killed and another hospitalized after the car they were riding in spun off the Southern State Parkway and split in two. Christopher Khan, 18, Neal Rajapa, 17, Darian Ramnarine, 18, and Peter Anthony, 18, were killed in the wreckage, but driver Joseph Beer, 17, was able to make it out of [...]
Ringlet curls, bright smiles and a love of the stage bond sisters Caroline and Lisette Watters. So do the pinhole-sized scars on Lisette’s back. At age four, Lisette donated a life-saving portion of her bone marrow to her sister, Caroline, who at just two years old, was diagnosed with cancer. Now 10 years in remission, [...]
Relief has been slowly trickling in for a handful of the hundreds scammed two months ago by an authorized Queens T-Mobile dealer, but deceived victims say they’ll never gain back their wasted time, stolen money and lost trust. “It was a huge loss. I don’t have words to describe that,” said Dr. Srijan Kumar Bera, [...]
Translators and appropriate documents will be at voting stations with large Bengali populations this November, a Board of Elections (BOE) official said, after it was announced the language would not be an option on this year’s ballots, much to the chagrin of officials and residents. The BOE’s vendor, Election Systems & Software LLC (ES&S), had [...]
Today there will be another round of West Nile spraying in Queens to help reduce the mosquito population and the risk of the disease. Two people in the borough have already contracted the disease as well as four others in New York City. The spraying will take place from 8 p.m. Thursday until 6 a.m. [...]
Communities split by redistricting a decade ago are calling for unification as another round kicked off in Queens. Every 10 years, to account for fluctuations in the census, the city holds redistricting hearings to adjust council lines. The redistricting commission came to Queens for a public hearing at Flushing Library, allowing residents to express how [...]
Police from the 106th Precinct are warning residents of Ozone Park, South Ozone Park and Wakefield to be on the look for robbers who have been entering through windows of the first floor of homes. When the robbers enter, usually through open windows, police said, they will take car keys and then steal the resident’s [...]
EVENT of the DAY: Spider-Man at Cambria/Cabbell Park Come to Cambria/Cabbell Park in Jamaica for a free screening of Spider-Man (PG 13), starring Tobey Maguire as the superhero. Click here for more info or to submit an event of your own Remains in attic of suicide house were woman who was knifed to death: officials A woman whose dead [...]
