Dec. 21, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan Students at I.S. 162 in Bushwick are helping to spread holiday cheer throughout their community this season. The intermediate school students, along with a cohort of local residents and businesses, were able to help gift more than $1,400 in toiletry goodie bags to the 60 homeless teens at a… Read more »
Dec. 21, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan Two Glendale men were arrested yesterday for their involvement in a nine-month-long opioid distribution operation in Queens, the New York Eastern District Attorney announced yesterday. Douglas “Dougie” Marra and Joseph “Max B” McClean, both 34, were charged with conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl in a scheme that resulted… Read more »
Dec. 20, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan A Ridgewood resident was struck and killed by a car at a Cypress Avenue intersection last month in a case that has resulted in no arrests so far. Jorge Segundo, 52, was walking through the crosswalk at Grove Street and Cypress Avenue in Ridgewood on Nov. 26 when he… Read more »
Dec. 19, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan A recent series of break-ins in Middle Village, led by an seemingly organized group of burglars, has prompted police to increase patrols in the area and urge local residents to practice extreme vigilance. Officers from the 104th Precinct spoke about the ongoing investigation into the multiple area burglaries at… Read more »
Dec. 18, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan Despite operating in Ridgewood since the summer, The Seneca, a restaurant and cafe, at last held its official grand opening last Friday. The restaurant’s namesake comes from its location at 582 Seneca Ave., and offers locally-sourced upscale pub fare that caters to a variety of diets. The Seneca first… Read more »
Dec. 18, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan An outreach group run by Ridgewood’s All Saints Old Catholic Church is raising funds to help start a homeless bed program at the church—an effort catalyzed by the recent death of a homeless man in the area. The Hungry Monk Rescue Truck, a mobile food pantry and care initiative… Read more »
Dec. 17, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan Council Member Robert Holden is considering putting forth legislation that would increase the fee production companies pay for shooting TV and film—by a whopping 16 times. The proposed initiative, announced today, is in response to the increased number of shoots in the district that residents say are restricting parking… Read more »
Dec. 17, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan Two Good Samaritans are being hailed for intervening in the would-be kidnapping of an 11-year-old girl by a registered sex offender in Ridgewood over the weekend. The 11-year-old was walking along Center Street at around 8 a.m. on Dec. 14 to a weekend program at I.S. 77 when a… Read more »
Dec. 14, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan A man who allegedly made a living stealing packages from homes in Maspeth while posing as a bottle scavenger, and whose victims included a staffer at a local elected’s office, has at last been arrested. George Abel, 54, was arrested last week and charged with petit larceny after allegedly… Read more »
Dec. 13, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan The MTA will suspend M train service between Middle Village and Bushwick for two weekends beginning this Friday evening. Between 9:45 p.m. on Dec. 14 and 5 a.m. on Dec. 17, there will be no service in both directions from Middle Village-Metropolitan Avenue to Myrtle Avenue-Broadway as track work… Read more »