Flushing/Bayside/Eastern Queens Focus: July 14-20, 2016
Karra Puccia, of Beechhurst, a Geography major in the Class of 2017, and a graduate of The Mary Louis Academy, earned a 3.3 or higher term average to receive the Dean’s Award for academic excellence at...
View ArticleSeptember Primary Ballot Takes Shape
BY DOMENICK RAFTER Editor in Chief When voters in the 33rd Assembly seat go to the polls to select their Democratic candidate on Sept. 13, they will be voting for their first new representative in the...
View ArticleWestern Queens Focus: July 28-Aug. 3, 2016
Major General Anthony P. German, the Adjutant General of New York, announces the recent service accomplishment of members of the New York Army National Guard in recognition of their initial commitment...
View ArticleFlushing/Bayside/Eastern Queens Focus: July 28-Aug. 3, 2016
Nardin Farid of Whitestone was inducted into the Alpha Lambda Delta (ALD) Honor Society at University of the Sciences on April 17. Invitations to join ALD, a national honor society for first-year...
View ArticleLocal College Students Lead Museum Tours
BY MATT SHORTALL More than 30 college kids, many of whom are from Queens, are breathing new life into history for local kids at the Museum of Natural History in Manhattan. As Museum Education and...
View ArticleCB 8 Cautiously Renews Auto Shop
BY JAMES FARRELL Staff Writer The Carriage House Collision auto shop has been at the same location at 61-28 Fresh Meadow Lane in Fresh Meadows for nearly 60 years. But according to Community Board 8,...
View ArticleFamily Seeks Missing Teen
A 15-year-old Fresh Meadows boy named Skye Azhar has been missing since Jan. 31 and his family is seeking his safe return. Azhar was last seen at around 4 a.m. on Utopia Parkway in Fresh Meadows and,...
View ArticleNew Seats Slated For Francis Lewis HS
BY JAMES FARRELL Staff Writer Some relief is coming to the highly overcrowded Francis Lewis High School in Fresh Meadows. The School Construction Authority (SCA) announced on Feb. 21 that planning has...
View ArticleCommunity Board 11 Has New District Manager
BY JAMES FARRELL Staff Writer Community Board 11 has announced that Joseph Marziliano will take over as district manager, replacing long-time manager Susan Seinfeld, who retired in June. Marziliano was...
View ArticleComptroller Finds Flaws In NYCHA Roof Projects
BY ARIEL HERNANDEZ Staff Writer City Comptroller Scott Stringer released an audit this week showing that the New York Housing Authority (NYCHA) paid $1.8 million for poorly constructed roof...
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