Jamaica Hills
By Joseph Staszewski
Elisabeth Gully finally got a reward for her perseverance and hard work.
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Lindenwood
LINDENWOOD — Police identified a 41-year-old man killed in a car crash on South Conduit Boulevard in Lindenwood early Sunday as Darren Green.
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Jamaica
JAMAICA — Police said a city Department of Transportation worker was arrested Friday at a Jamaica subway station and charged with criminal possession of a weapon.
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Jamaica
By Rebecca Henely
AP Photo/Charles Dharapak
Spurred by three elderly women who alleged they had been mistreated by U.S. Transportation Security Administration agents at John F. Kennedy International Airport, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Sunday he was introducing legislation mandating the agency create positions for passenger advocates.
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Editorial
A crowd of 2,000 angry people packed the Brooklyn Tech High School auditorium to send a message to the city Panel for Education Policy that the people are opposed to the mayor’s plan to close 23 schools.
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Queens Village
By Rich Bockmann
On the eve of the 103rd anniversary of the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Alpha Phi Alpha senior citizens center of Cambria Heights honored NAACP Jamaica Branch President Leroy Gadsden for his leadership during its third annual Valentine’s Gala Saturday.
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Hollis
By Rich Bockmann
Photo by Christina Santucci
A young man was gunned down on Hollis Avenue early Monday evening, just a few doors away from the library where his three younger sisters were studying after school.
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Queens Village
By Rich Bockmann
State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) stood with discouraged parents and community members outside Martin Van Buren High School in Queens Village last week, calling on the city Department of Education to remove the school’s principal.
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Queens Village
By Howard Koplowitz
U.S. Rep. Bob Turner (R-Middle Village) is scheduled to give the keynote address at the Queens Village Republican Club’s annual Lincoln Day Dinner Sunday at Antun’s catering hall.
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Jamaica
By Howard Koplowitz
Relief will soon be on the way for Queens homeowners on the brink of foreclosure and to some who have lost their houses after the federal government and five of the country’s largest mortgage providers reached a $25 billion agreement over foreclosure abuses.
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Jamaica
Children gathered at the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning Saturday for a Valentine’s Day Family Fun Workshop, during which they made cards.
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Far Rockaway
FAR ROCKAWAY — A home invasion Jan. 25 ended with no valuables missing, but a resident took a bullet in the buttocks, according to documents from the Queens district attorney’s office.
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South Ozone Park
SOUTH OZONE PARK — A man was robbed in broad daylight Jan. 23, according to documents from the Queens district attorney’s office.
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St. Albans
By Howard Koplowitz
Photo by Howard Koplowitz
Southeast Queens residents complained some members of the community have received unfair treatment from the police and urged them to use a more cordial tone while walking the beat during a meeting last week set up by state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-St. Albans).
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Springfield Gardens
SPRINGFIELD GARDENS — A man was arrested after a late-night stabbing late last month, according to a report in the New York Post.
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South Ozone Park
By Howard koplowitz
Changing a few words made a big difference on state voters’ opinion of the plan to build the country’s largest convention center adjacent to the Aqueduct racino.
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Richmond Hill
RICHMOND HILL — Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a man missing since late last month, according to the NYPD.
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Editorial
In a crime taken right from a cop show, Kwame Hamilton, 19, and Antwione Nabnet, 20, both of Jamaica, allegedly stole a cell phone from a victim walking down a Jamaica street and then attempted to sell the phone back to their victim.
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Cambria Heights
By Joseph Staszewski
Photo by Christina Santucci
Justin Thompson has shown exemplary strength and courage under the most difficult of circumstances.
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South Jamaica
By Joe Anuta
A 20-year-old man was shot and killed in South Jamaica early Sunday morning in what witnesses described as a barrage of gunfire.
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South Jamaica
By Joe Anuta
A South Jamaica mother is still reeling after her brother-in-law broke into her home last week and attacked her family, slicing her 1-year-old daughter and killing her fiancee, police said.
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South Jamaica
By Rebecca Henely and Christina Santucci
The FDNY said Tuesday it was still investigating a fire that killed a beloved grandmother in South Jamaica last week. The fire took place on the second floor of 146-03 120th Ave. while the woman’s family was downstairs.
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Springfield Gardens
Photo courtesy NYPD
SPRINGFIELD GARDENS — A combination of a quick-thinking cop and cutting-edge technology led to the apprehension of an alleged teenage thief last Thursday, according to the NYPD.
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