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Forest Hills Ledger

Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012

Rego Park

PS 174 teacher arrested on sex abuse charges

A review is underway of all city Department of Education personnel after a computer teacher at PS 174 in Rego Park was charged with sexually touching two boys, city Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said outside the school Friday. Comment.
Middle Village

Droesch cheers CK closer to playoffs

Senior Night is always an emotional one under normal circumstances, but it wasn’t normal for Rayne Connell. Comment.

Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012

Howard Beach

ATV rider robbed of $900 in Howard Beach: Cops

HOWARD BEACH — A man who was riding his ATV on the streets of Howard Beach told police he was robbed of $900 by a Brooklyn man pretending to be a police officer, according to a criminal complaint. Comment.

Monday, Feb. 20, 2012

Glendale

Biz owner possessed 7,200 stun guns: Cops

GLENDALE — The manager of a Glendale business was charged last week after police allegedly found boxes containing 7,200 stun guns inside Top Choice Trading Inc., at 47-38 Metropolitan Ave., the Queens district attorney’s office said. Comment.
Breezy Point

Tip of the week

Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012

Ridgewood

Grover Cleveland tech whizzes build mobile applications

The developer of the next hit mobile application may not be a Silicon Valley programmer, but a group of Grover Cleveland High School seniors. Comment.
Forest Hills

Forest Hills man credits marriage for longevity

Forest Hills resident Bob Schreibman said he is not sure how he is still ticking at 91 years old, but he thinks the answer may lie in the 66-year-old marriage he had with his wife, Marjorie. Comment.
Kew Gardens

At least one injured in Grand Central crash

Emergency responders assist after a two-car crash on the entrance ramp to the westbound Grand Central Parkway near the Kew Gardens interchange. Comment.

Friday, Feb. 17, 2012

Glendale

Underpass redo could be traffic nightmare

Three western Queens legislators are urging the city to reconsider its plans to change the direction of 74th Street in Glendale as part of the Cooper Avenue underpass project. Comment.
Middle Village

Calhoun leads rally in late comeback

With 28.9 seconds left in Christ the King’s dramatic, 88-82 basketball overtime victory Friday over Holy Cross, Omar Calhoun wrote his name into the Middle Village school’s record books. Comment.

Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012

Ozone Park

Assemblymen urge restoration of LIRR Rockaway Line

Two state assemblyman and transit advocates are pushing for the old Rockaway Beach line of the Long Island Rail Road to run trains again after a 50-year absence. Comment.
Ridgewood

Gym eyes Ridgewood spot

Community Board 5 heard plans to build a Ridgewood fitness center and gave its approval for the area’s street fairs during its monthly meeting last week. Comment.

Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012

Rockaway Beach

Detective kills suspect in Rockaway shooting

A Harlem man who police said was a suspect in the shooting of a 25-year-old woman in Rockaway Beach was killed during a shoot-out with a police officer in an Upper Manhattan subway station Tuesday afternoon, and a detective who was shot during the melee is in stable condition, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. Comment.

Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Rego Park

Boro WW II vet gets Bronze Star

Nearly 70 years after he fought in North Africa and Sicily during World War II, former Rego Park resident Arno Heller finally received the Bronze Star he was entitled to, thanks to U.S. Rep. Bob Turner’s (R-Middle Village) office. Comment.

Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012

Glendale

Emergency responders assist with flipped Jeep

A Jeep Grand Cherokee overturned, trapping its driver at the corner of 150th Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard in South Ozone Park Monday morning. The extricated driver was examined in an ambulance. Comment.
Middle Village

CK legend battles cancer

Erin Blum kept telling Clare Droesch she wasn’t going to let her St. Edmund Prep basketball team lose to Bishop Kearney. Comment.

Friday, Feb. 10, 2012

Howard Beach

Air compressor set to cure smell on Cross Bay

The occasional summer stink of fish that permeates Cross Bay Boulevard in Howard Beach will soon disappear now that the city has completed construction on an air compressor that it says will stop the odor. Comment.
Middle Village

Cemetery workers injured after fall into open grave

MIDDLE VILLAGE — Some workers at All Faiths Cemetery fell into an open grave Monday, injuring themselves on a recently lowered casket, according to a report in the New York Post. Comment.
Middle Village

Coach’s death calls for forfeits: League

Bishop Ford and Christ the King should forfeit their unplayed girls’ basketball games against Nazareth following Naz Coach Apache Paschall’s death, the CHSAA Eligibility and Infractions Committee recommended Friday. Comment.

Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012

Kew Gardens

New lines lambasted for state office seats

Civic groups, residents and community-based associations from across the borough lashed out Tuesday at the task force that proposed new district lines for state offices during a public hearing on the body’s plan at Borough Hall. Comments (1).
Middle Village

Royals take back CHSAA throne

Christ the King has taken its lumps. The Royals played five games in six days in three different states during one stretch this year. They’ve been blown out by nationally ranked teams on three separate situations. Comment.

Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012

Howard Beach

Over 100 firefighters needed to put out blaze

HOWARD BEACH — Firefighters responded to a large brush fire Sunday that took more than 100 of the city’s Bravest to tame. Comment.

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