July 16, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan As the manual recount in the Queens District Attorney Democratic Primary got underway yesterday, the first ballot objection quickly surfaced, causing yet another rift in the already contentious race. As Board of Elections staffers began the process of tallying by hand more than 93,000 individual ballots, attorney for Melinda… Read more »
July 16, Staff Report The Citi Bike fleet will stretch into Ridgewood by 2020 as part of a massive expansion to the bike sharing system. City officials today announced the boundaries for the expanded Citi Bike fleet, which will ultimately double the size of the service area and triple the number of bikes to 40,000…. Read more »
July 16, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police have arrested two men who were attempting to steal cases of beer from a Glendale freight yard over the weekend and then tried to escape through nearby treetops. Around 11:25 a.m. on Saturday, July 13, an employee of the rail yard, located at 68-01 Otto Rd., spotted the two… Read more »
July 15, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The manual recounting of more than 93,000 ballots in the Queens District Attorney Democratic Primary officially began today, following the conclusion of a days-long ballot sorting process late last week by Board of Elections staffers. The recount operation, which kicked off on July 9, was automatically triggered by Melinda… Read more »
July 15, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are searching for a man wanted for the violent robbery of two Ridgewood salons over the weekend. On Saturday, just after 10 a.m., the unidentified suspect entered Beauty and Nail Salon at 810 Fairview Ave. and attempted to pay for a massage with a counterfeit $100 bill. A… Read more »
July 12, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Glendale residents are once again sounding the alarm on the long-abandoned Belmont Steaks restaurant after locals began observing a resurgence of flies coming from the shuttered building. One local resident took to social media over the weekend and posted a video on the Glendale Civic Association Facebook page of… Read more »
July 12, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating two swastikas that were smeared onto a Glendale bus stop earlier this week. Police received a call around 10:25 a.m. on Wednesday from a passerby who had noticed the swastikas, left on a Cellino & Barnes advertisement inside of the Q55 bus… Read more »
July 11, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Community Board 5 rejected a plan to construct a curbside bus lane on Fresh Pond Road yesterday amid fears of reduced parking and negative effects on local businesses, and recommended alternative traffic-aiding measures instead. The Department of Transportation’s proposed bus lane, which would stretch along the southbound side of… Read more »
July 11, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are continuing to search for a man wanted for burglarizing a Ridgewood apartment last month. On June 6, around 8 a.m., the unidentified suspect forced open the front door of a second floor apartment at 67-12 Fresh Pond Rd. Once inside, the man stole $3,000 and then fled… Read more »
July 10, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The Melinda Katz campaign team says that their candidate has received a raft of angry attacks on social media and are alleging that it is the result of Tiffany Cabán’s “reckless campaign tactics.” Katz’ criticism comes as the second day of the manual ballot recount is underway in the… Read more »