June 12, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Local leaders gathered in Maspeth on Monday to break ground on a new student-designed playground for P.S. 58Q School of Heroes. The new $750,000 design, which will transform the school’s current asphalt play area into a state-of-the-art green playground, calls for several major changes, including a large turf field… Read more »
June 11, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A developer planning a high-rise luxury tower on the site of a Ridgewood supermarket will present his plans to the public for the first time tonight at a community forum. The event, hosted by Council Member Antonio Reynoso and local advocacy group the Ridgewood Tenants Union, will take place… Read more »
June 10, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A three-day-long Egyptian festival will be coming to Ridgewood this weekend. St Mary & St Antonios Coptic Orthodox Church, located at 62-54 60th Pl., will be hosting the festival from Friday to Sunday. The church’s grounds will be packed with lively activities, refreshments, and educational information about the history… Read more »
June 10, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are searching for a woman wanted in connection with a stabbing that took place in Maspeth over the weekend. On Saturday June 8, just before 3 a.m., 26-year-old Tiffany Pizzulli allegedly got into a verbal dispute with a 27-year-old man. The altercation soon turned physical and Pizzulli allegedly… Read more »
June 8, 2019 Staff Report The police are looking for two suspects who robbed a 26-year-old man at knifepoint in Ridgewood Tuesday night. The suspects allegedly approached the victim on the corner of Woodbine Street and Woodward Avenue on June 4 at around at 7:20 p.m., with one of the perpetrators displaying a knife. The… Read more »
June 7, 2019 By Max Murray The police are asking for the public’s help in the case of a missing Glendale woman. Diren Calo, 76, was last seen leaving her 67th Place home Thursday at about 10:30 a.m. She is described as being 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighing about 175 pounds. She has… Read more »
June 6, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan City Council Member Robert Holden is speaking out against a controversial bill making its way through the state legislature that would grant 265,000 undocumented immigrants the opportunity to obtain a New York driver’s license. “We are a nation of laws, and driving is not a right, it is a… Read more »
June 6, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A high-ranking police chief died yesterday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at the age of 62. Steven Silks, the deputy chief of Queens North, was found shot in an unmarked patrol car at around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, just blocks from his office at the 112th Precinct… Read more »
June 5, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A flyer released by Melinda Katz’s campaign for Queens District Attorney lists Assembly Member Brian Barnwell as one of her endorsers–something the Assembly Member strongly refutes. Barnwell said he did not endorse Katz—or anyone—in the hotly contested race. He took to Twitter yesterday, flatly stating “I didn’t endorse anyone.”… Read more »
June 5, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are searching for a man wanted for a gunpoint robbery in Ridgewood yesterday. On June 4, just after 1 a.m., the 32-year-old victim was walking home from the Myrtle Avenue/Wyckoff Avenue subway station when he was approached by the unidentified man in front of 1070 Cypress Ave. The… Read more »