Jun. 6, 2023 By Anthony Medina Community Board 5 (CB 5) will host its next public hearings and board meeting inside the Christ the King High School, at 68-02 Metropolitan Ave., in Middle Village, on Wednesday, June 14. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. CB 5’s agenda includes a public hearing regarding the proposed…
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Jun. 5, 2023 By Tom Grech Queens is the future, but more than ever we need Albany’s help to make sure it happens. State lawmakers are set to pack their bags and head back to their districts for the rest of 2023, and it increasingly seems like they won’t be taking any housing victories home…
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Jun. 5, 2023 By Bill Parry New York City has agreed to remediate radioactive materials on the city-owned property located near the former Wolff-Alport Chemical Company facility on Irving Avenue in Ridgewood, and to pay the federal government $1.6 million for costs incurred by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Attorney Breon Peace announced Monday….
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Jun. 5, 2023 By Gabriele Holtermann The inaugural “We Are” District 24 fair at the George Seuffert, Sr. Bandshell in Forest Park on June 3 certainly was a family and community event. The event brought together 41 schools and standalone early childhood centers, home to over 40,000 students, and reflected and celebrated the district’s diversity. The…
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Jun. 5, 2023 By Anthony Medina Police from the 104th Precinct are requesting the public’s help to find a man who burglarized a Ridgewood residence in May. Police say the unidentified male entered a residential home in the vicinity of Forest Avenue and Putnam Avenue at approximately 12:20 p.m. on Sunday, May 28. The suspect…
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Jun. 5, 2023 By Paul Frangipane Salvatore LaRussa Dance Theatre welcomed dance lovers to Middle Village on Sunday night with its annual free outdoor festival. An attentive crowd gathered in the back patio of the theatre, located at 66-85 73rd Pl., on June 4 for five diverse pieces put on by artists from around the…
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Jun. 2, 2023 By Anthony Medina The Ridgewood Property Owners and Civic Association kicked off the start of the month with a full meeting inside the basement of the Ridgewood Presbyterian Church, on 59-14 70th Ave., in Ridgewood, on Thursday, June 1. More than 50 guests, including the civic association’s board, occupied the intimate space…
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Jun. 2, 2023 By Bill Parry Not only is the finished product aesthetically pleasing to the eye that presents a vast improvement for traveler experience, the new $4 billion Terminal B at LaGuardia Airport is also a model of sustainability for such large-scale construction projects in the future. The Port Authority of New York and…
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Jun. 1, 2023 By Anthony Medina Take one step inside Joe Fuoco’s Music Center, on 66-20 Myrtle Avenue. in Glendale, and music history seems to jump out from the walls. Lined above the humble entrance seating area to this historic music center are letters from friends, former students and pieces of Joe and Jeanette Fuoco’s…
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May. 30, 2023 By Julia Moro On Monday, May 29, The Allied Veterans Memorial Committee of Ridgewood and Glendale hosted a memorial service with remarks along a march that followed west along Myrtle Avenue to the Ridgewood Veterans Triangle. Some elected officials who joined included state Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr., Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar, Congresswoman…
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