April 23, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Thieves made off with $24,000 in stolen goods after raiding a Jewish mausoleum in Ridgewood over the weekend. An employee of the Beth Olam Cemetery, a historic Jewish burial site located at 2 Cypress Hills St., first noticed missing mausoleum doors on Sunday, around 10:45 a.m. Further investigation revealed… Read more »
April 22, 2019 By Meghan Sackman Police arrested a Brooklyn man Saturday shortly after he robbed a woman at a Bank of America ATM in Ridgewood. Police say that 19-year-old Josiah Bryant robbed a woman inside the Ridgewood Bank of America branch at 59-01 Myrtle Ave, around 2:10 p.m. The woman was about to deposit $900… Read more »
April 18, 2019 By Meghan Sackman Police are searching for a bicyclist who rode into a woman on a Ridgewood street, breaking her arm, and fled the scene last week. According to police, a 59-year-old woman was crossing the street in the vicinity of 67th Avenue and Fresh Pond Road around 6 p.m. on April 10… Read more »
April 17, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The parking lot next to the Forest Park Bandshell will transform into a recycling drop off station later this month for a bi-annual recycling and donation event. The event, sponsored by State Sen. Joseph Addabbo and Assembly Member Mike Miller, will take place the last Sunday of the month,… Read more »
April 16, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan City Council Member Rory Lancman blasted a group of Queens residents for gathering outside the synagogue of a Glendale landlord to protest the rumored 200-men homeless shelter planned for the landlord’s Cooper Avenue property. Lancman, who represents areas in central Queens, called the protest an act of anti-semitism for… Read more »
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 »