March 22, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Van Morrison, the Grammy Award-winning singer and musician, has announced he will perform a concert at Forest Hills Stadium later this year. Morrison, 76, will take to the stage on Sep. 10 at the 13,000-capacity venue as part of a U.S. tour, he announced Monday. The Forest Hills concert… Read more »
March 21, 2022 By Michael Dorgan It was one of the greatest upsets of all time in world soccer. In 2004, no-hopers Greece defied odds of 300-to-1 to win the European Championships for the first time in its history — and now residents in Astoria can relive the famous victory on the silver screen. A… Read more »
March 21, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The ever-popular Queens Night Market will return for its seventh year next month. The weekly food festival, which showcases the culinary diversity of Queens each Saturday, will return beginning April 16 at Flushing Meadows Corona Park with dozens of vendors confirmed to take part. The cost of entry for… Read more »
March 17, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A 73-year-old Flushing scholar — who helped establish a pro-democracy group in Queens — is one of five defendants who have been charged with spying on Chinese dissidents in the United States. Shujun Wang was arrested Wednesday and charged in Brooklyn federal court for secretly working with the Chinese… Read more »
March 8, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Police have released video footage of a man suspected of robbing two Dollar Tree stores at gunpoint within 24 hours last month — one store in Sunnyside and the other in Middle Village. The footage shows the suspect — described as between 20 and 30 years of age —… Read more »
Mar. 3, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A global pandemic followed by a supply chain crisis was not enough to prevent a female business owner in Queens from expanding during the recent economic downturn. City Lumber, a construction supply company that has provided materials to facilitate major construction projects such as the Hudson Yards, recently moved… Read more »
Mar. 4, 2022 By Michael Dorgan New Yorkers are about to take a major step towards normalcy. Vaccine requirements for businesses and most mask-wearing mandates in schools will be lifted across the five boroughs starting Monday as the city appears to be winning the battle against COVID-19. The pandemic preventative measures – which have proven… Read more »
Mar. 3, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A non-profit group with a large presence in Queens is set to receive millions of dollars to be allocated for holocaust survivors. Selfhelp, a Manhattan-based non-profit which provides a range of senior services, will receive nearly $31 million via the German government to help the organization care for elderly… Read more »
Feb. 28, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A Forest Hills resident is looking to pay tribute to one of the neighborhood’s most famous fictional characters – Spiderman. Larry Ng, a longtime Forest Hills resident, wants to erect a statue of the web-slinging super-hero at a public space in the neighborhood and is trying to rally the… Read more »
Feb. 28, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A Dollar Tree store was robbed at gunpoint in Sunnyside Sunday, less than 24 hours after a Dollar Store in Middle Village was robbed in the same manner, according to police. Police say a suspect walked into the Dollar Tree store at 39-09 Queens Blvd. in Sunnyside Sunday at… Read more »