April 16, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A group of Ridgewood tenants and several elected officials gathered Saturday to protest a prominent Queens-based landlord, calling out the company’s alleged history of harassment and neglect. Tenants claim that Silvershore Properties, which has amassed a portfolio of nearly 100 properties across the city, regularly ignores maintenance issues, raises… Read more »
April 16, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The Department of Parks is planning a new Glendale entrance and walkway for Forest Park in a much scaled-down version of what was initially proposed. The plans, which now just call for creating a new entrance on the Glendale side of the park and repurposing an existing road bed… Read more »
April 11, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are continuing to search for a Ridgewood man who went missing on Tuesday evening. Edmond Milo, 64, was last seen leaving his home on the first floor of 60-31 Grove Ave., near Fresh Pond Road, on April 9 around 11 p.m. Milo is described as white, with brown… Read more »
April 9, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan An EMT training program offered at Ridgewood’s Grover Cleveland High School was almost scrapped due to budget cuts–until it got some last-minute funding through Council Member Robert Holden’s office. Grover Cleveland teacher Edwin Pacheco, who leads the EMT class, said he learned back in September that the program, which… Read more »
April 8, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Glendale’s Redeemer Lutheran School will be shutting its doors this year after more than 60 years in operation. The closure, announced Thursday night on the school’s Facebook page, is reportedly due to low enrollment rates and high-priced repairs needed in the building, located at 69-26 Cooper Ave. “It is… Read more »
April 4, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Animal Care Centers of NYC has rescued 32 cats from a Maspeth home after the house caught on fire two weeks ago. The fire broke out on the first floor of the house, located at 60-26 55th St., during the early hours of March 20. A team of 60… Read more »
April 4, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are continuing to search for a Glendale man who has reportedly been missing for two days. Francisco Glen, 33, was last seen on Tuesday April 2, around 7:30 a.m. when he was leaving an office building located at 90-25 161 St. in Jamaica, police said. Glen, a resident… Read more »
April 4, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A 50-year-old woman who was stabbed inside her home by her father-in-law last week has died from her injuries, police said earlier today. On March 28, Wen Ying He, a Ridgewood resident, was attacked by her father-in-law Dahe Lin, 76, inside the home they shared at 1724 Suydam St…. Read more »
April 3, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are seeking a man wanted for a string of car burglaries in the Glendale and Middle Village areas. The man broke into three cars over the course of several hours last month. On Saturday March 6, around 7:30 p.m., the suspect allegedly broke the rear passenger window on… Read more »
March 28, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The A.C.E Flea Market will be returning to Ridgewood for the fourth year in a row starting Saturday. The annual PTA-run flea market benefiting the students of A.C.E. Academy for Scholars will take place on Saturday April 6, and several other Saturdays in spring and summer months. Proceeds from… Read more »