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Oakland Gardens
Walcott says city listens to parents
At a town hall meeting in Oakland Gardens last week, city Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott discussed topics such as parent involvement and overcrowding with a packed auditorium at MS 74.
Community Education Council 26 President Jeanette Segal reminded those who had come to meet the city’s top education official of Feb. 15, that the week of Feb. 13-17 had been designated Respect for All Week and asked that “we all fully engage this initiative tonight.”
“I know lately it’s been a back-and-forth confrontation,” Walcott said, acknowledging the recent public ire over Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s education policies. Comment.
Jamaica Estates
St. John’s U demurs in birth control controversy
St. John’s University has chosen to stay out of the debate over whether religious institutions should be required to provide contraceptives to their employees, but students at the Queens school have not remained as silent. Comment.
Flushing
Lin madness hits Flushing
Flushing residents packed into a neighborhood mall Friday night to watch New York Knicks superstar Jeremy Lin, just hours after Time Warner Cable and Madison Square Garden reached an accord allowing fans to watch games from home. Comment.
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.
Corona
Corona community activist Caminiti, 100, dies
Anthony “Tony” Caminiti, a former community board member and an activist in Corona, recently died at the age of 100, Borough President Helen Marshall said Tuesday. Comment.
Queensboro Hill
Queensboro Hill library to close for construction
The Queensboro Hill branch of the Queens Public Library, at 60-05 Main St. in Flushing, will close Feb. 24 for renovations that are not set to be completed for about a year. Comment.
Government
Liu says he wants public’s help in identifying wasteful spending
City Comptroller John Liu unveiled a four-point plan to cut government waste and laid out proposals to get the city’s unemployed working again during his State of the City address last Thursday at City College. Comment.
Pomonok
Pomonok residence opens for low-income seniors
The Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty cut the ribbon on a new 78-unit residence facility for low-income senior citizens last week. Comment.
Crime
Man wanted in attempted rape in 104th Precinct
RIDGEWOOD — The NYPD is looking for a man suspected of robbing and attempting to rape a woman within the confines of the 104th Precinct. Comment.
Crime
Boro police impersonator arrested in N.J.: Cops
CITYWIDE — Members of the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau arrested a New Jersey man last week who they said impersonated a police officer and forced prostitutes to perform sexual acts on him. Comment.
Whitestone
Singerie makes fabric dreams come true
Whitestoners eager to channel their inner fashion designer need to look no further than a new fabric and crafts store on 14th Avenue. Comment.
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.
Bayside
Recognize slaves as builders of White House: Tshaka
After speaking with Bayside activist Mandingo Tshaka, U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Bayside) sent a letter to President Barack Obama last week, urging him to recognize the role enslaved African Americans played in the construction of the White House. Comment.
Corona
Restaurant workers tell stories through Qns. Museum exhibit
Some 75 percent of Americans eat out at least once a week, though few get more than a passing glimpse into the lives of the people who cook, prepare and serve their meals, according to a new exhibit. Comment.
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.
Lindenwood
S. Jamaica man dies in Lindenwood crash: Cops
LINDENWOOD — Police identified a 41-year-old man killed in a car crash on South Conduit Boulevard in Lindenwood early Sunday as Darren Green. Comment.
Jamaica Estates
Red Storm centerfielder among Big East best
St. John’s centerfielder Kristi Cady was named to the Big East softball Honor Roll after leading the Red Storm offensively at the Red & Black Showcase in Athens, Ga., during the opening weekend of the 2012 season. Comment.
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.
Auburndale
Etchings highlight facets of human emotion, life
A two-person show, entitled Monoscape, opened at Yegam Art Space in Auburndale Saturday evening. The show features the etchings and drawings of Bruce Waldman and Joonhee Lee, who both focus on expressing human emotions. The exhibit is slated to run through March 11 at Yegam, at 196-50 Northern Blvd. Comment.
College Point
Civic issues call for College Point middle school
College Point residents have repeatedly voiced their desire to have a middle school in the isolated neighborhood, but members of the city Department of Education have said in recent meetings that the statistics do not necessarily support a new building. Comments (16).
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.
Pet Photo of the Week
Chester crowned fifth Queens Critters contest winner
Chester, a 9-year-old purebred West Highland Terrier owned by Sloane of Douglaston, is the winner of this edition of the TimesLedger Newspapers’ Queens Critter contest. Chester is mischieveous, the entry said. Comment.
Jamaica
DOT employee carried around handgun: Police
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. Comment.
Flushing
CB 7 approves Bowne Park bocce court
At its monthly meeting Monday night, Community Board 7 threw its support behind new construction and renovations of a bocce ball court in Bowne Park. Comments (1).
Jackson Heights
Dromm wants new drug law
When City Councilman Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) criticized Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration for the large number of marijuana possession arrests made on his watch and advocated for legalizing medical marijuana, he said he was not dismissing the drug’s ill effects. Comments (1).
Flushing
Queens remembers Holocaust victims
Queens College commemorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day Sunday a little bit differently than everyone else. Comments (3).
Douglaston
Douglaston school gears up for fund-raiser
The PS 98 PTA’s annual spring fund-raiser will include all the things one would expect from an evening themed “Casino Royale”: craps, Black Jack, Texas Hold ’em, booze — everything, that is, except for the “G” word. Comment.
Corona
Ferreras touts plans to improve streets and tourism
City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-East Elmhurst) advocated for better streets and for making the neighborhoods she represents a destination at her State of the District address last Thursday. Comment.
Jamaica
Schumer wants kinder TSA
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. Comments (1).
Fresh Meadows
Victim robbed while urinating behind building
FRESH MEADOWS — A Fresh Meadows man was charged last week for relieving a man of his wallet and wristwatch as he relieved himself, the Queens district attorney’s office said. Comment.
Flushing
Lin magic drives MSG, Time Warner to cut a deal
Time Warner Cable and Madison Square Garden have reached an agreement that will allow Queens residents to finally catch a glimpse of overnight New York Knicks superstar Jeremy Lin play from the comfort of their living rooms. Comment.
Rego Park teacher charged with sexually abusing two students
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, Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said outside the school Friday. Comment.
Queens Village
NAACP head Leroy Gadsden honored in Cambria Hts.
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. Comment.
Flushing
Union Street now Macedonia way
Ceremoniously renaming a street can be a long, bureaucratic process, but more than 200 years after Flushing’s Macedonia African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded, the institution’s name now adorns Union Street. Comment.
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.
Flushing
Queens high school council blasts DOE’s turnaround fix
Spurred by the announcement that eight persistently low-achieving high schools in the borough would be given the turnaround model, the Queens High School Presidents Council held a breakfast and presentation in Flushing Friday refuting the city’s education policies. Comment.
Sunnyside
Borough drag queen debuts on national television
Drag queens from all around the country strive to win on “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” but it is only in Season 4 that fans have gotten to watch a queen from Queens. Comment.
Flushing
Flushing set to receive organic produce supplier
Flushing foodies and locavores rejoice: The neighborhood is getting its own Community Supported Agriculture group. Comment.
Flushing
Flushing student stabbed after basketball loss
FLUSHING — Police said a basketball player from Flushing’s Robert F. Kennedy High School on Parsons Boulevard was stabbed last week after his team lost its game, the New York Post reported. Comment.
Astoria
Astoria husband charged in wife’s grisly murder
An Astoria man suspected in the beating death of his wife after a bloody note saying “I killed my best friend” was found in their apartment was returned to New York on murder charges Tuesday, the Queens district attorney’s office said. Comment.
Flushing
CUNY Law responds to low bar exam pass rate
CUNY School of Law in Flushing has made some policy changes in response to statistics showing only 63 percent of its students passed their first bar exam last summer, the lowest percentage in the state. Comment.
Long Island City
Fresh Direct exodus gets mixed reactions
A representative of a Long Island City business organization said he believed the neighborhood would be able to recover quickly from the move of online grocer Fresh Direct to the Bronx, although a local deli owner said the loss of its 2,000 employees would affect his business. Comment.
Hollis
Queens Village man shot walking home in Hollis
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. Comment.
Astoria
Astoria Greeks track debt crisis
Astoria’s Greeks were pessimistic about the future of their home country after the Athens government Monday voted in favor of another round of austerity measures to stave off default that inspired demonstrations and riots. Comment.
Bayside
Cardozo shines in science contest
The brightest young scientific minds at Benjamin Cardozo High School were busy at work last week preparing for the final round of the New York State Science Olympiad after beating out some notable competition a few days earlier. Comment.
Flushing
Civics urge Mormons to build on own Flushing lot
Flushing residents and civic associations want to know why the Mormon church is intent on constructing a chapel on 33rd Avenue that exceeds zoning regulations when it could build one on the land it already owns downtown. Comment.
Flushing
Father of Zazi lies to feds, gets 4 1/2 years in prison
The father of a Flushing-raised man who plotted to blow up New York City subway cars in 2009 was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison Friday for trying to throw the feds off the trail of his son. Comment.
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.
Queens Village
Avella wants Van Buren HS principal replaced
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. Comments (1).
Queens Village
Turner to top Lincoln Day Dinner
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. Comment.
Flushing
Electchester wants to keep Key Food
Residents south of the Long Island Expressway in Electchester do not want to see their Key Food go, but the landlord seems dead set on giving the grocer the boot and bringing in a big-box pharmacy instead. 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.
Corona
Community Board 4 chooses new leaders
While Community Board 4 has not yet hired a new district manager to replace Richard Italiano, who died of a heart attack last month, the board voted to name Louis Walker its chairman at its monthly meeting last week. Comment.
Bay Terrace
CB 7 approves women’s center at Ft. Totten
At its monthly meeting Monday night, Community Board 7 threw its support behind renovations to a Fort Totten building set to house the Center for the Women of New York. Comment.
Jamaica
Boro residents welcome deal on foreclosure relief
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. Comments (1).
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.
Ditmars
Drunk driver killed Astoria grandpa: DA
An Astoria man has been charged with hitting and killing a beloved grandfather, who was a refugee from the Cuban Revolution, with an SUV while allegedly intoxicated, the Queens district attorney’s office said. Comment.
Basketball
Meng meets Knick Jeremy Lin
State Assemblywoman Grace Meng said she was excited to meet New York Knicks point guard sensation Jeremy Lin, who she called a down-to-earth guy and, as a Harvard graduate, a great role model for young New Yorkers and Asian Americans. Comment.
College Point
Poppenhusen holds Feb. 25 fund-raiser
The Poppenhusen Institute has come close to shutting down after its state funding was eliminated a few years ago, but fund-raisers like the one planned for later this month have been keeping the College Point cultural institution afloat ever since. Comment.
Health
Boro legislators’ bill would end smoking in cars with kids
Two Queens lawmakers are pushing a bill to ban smoking in private vehicles if a passenger is less than 14 years old. Comment.
East Elmhurst
JetBlue will add more flights from LaGuardia, Washington
JetBlue Airways plans to nearly double its flights from LaGuardia and Ronald Reagan National airports in Washington, D.C. Comment.
Transit
Obama earmarks cash for city transit projects
President Obama has set aside $215 million for the Second Avenue subway and the East Side Access in his proposed budget, which U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Astoria) said would keep both projects going for another year. Comment.
Jamaica
Children make Valentine’s cards at JCAL
Children gathered at the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning Saturday for a Valentine’s Day Family Fun Workshop, during which they made cards. Comment.
Far Rockaway
Far Rock resident shot during robbery: Brown
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. Comment.
Long Island City
Chee’Bonnet brings sweetness to LIC
Pat Pilla said the idea for her business, Chee’Bonnet, was an accident. Comments (5).
South Ozone Park
Robber makes off with cash, cell phone: Cops
SOUTH OZONE PARK — A man was robbed in broad daylight Jan. 23, according to documents from the Queens district attorney’s office. Comment.
Health
Hospice Care Network seeks volunteers
Hospice Care Network is seeking volunteer, licensed massage therapists to work with patients, caregivers and staff in Queens. Comment.
Bellerose
LIJ event sheds light on women’s cardiovascular health
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, and each year more women than men die from the disorder. Comment.
St. Albans
105th Pct. addresses SE Qns safety concerns at Smith meeting
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). Comment.
Flushing
Staples on Northern Boulevard has shut doors for good
The Staples store at Northern and Parsons boulevards in Flushing closed for good Saturday, adding another vacant retail space on the street. Comment.
Flushing
NYPD seeking help in finding Flushing woman
FLUSHING — Police were seeking the public’s assistance in locating a woman who disappeared last Thursday. Comment.
Springfield Gardens
Victim stabbed nine times during fight: Post
SPRINGFIELD GARDENS — A man was arrested after a late-night stabbing late last month, according to a report in the New York Post. Comment.
Glen Oaks
Volunteer ambulance service seeks new members
The Glen Oaks Volunteer Ambulance Corps is looking for members of the Glen Oaks; Floral Park; Bellerose; Oakland Gardens; New Hyde Park, L.I.; and North Shore Towers communities to join its volunteer team. Comment.
Flushing
Synagogue Thrift Shop
The Free Synagogue of Flushing would like to invite the community to its store. Comment.
Little Neck
Boro photographer’s 90 yrs go by in a flash
Little Neck’s Dan Miller has had an interesting life, and he has the pictures to prove it. Comment.
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.
Long Island City
PS1 welcomes public with flourish after construction
MoMA PS1, Long Island City’s longtime contemporary art institution on Jackson Avenue, cut the ribbon on its new entrance kiosk Monday. Comment.
South Ozone Park
Voters back Aqueduct center
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. Comment.
Fresh Meadows
British journalist cheers Lancman’s NY libel law
A state law co-authored by state Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) protecting journalists who report on terrorism from libel lawsuits in other countries that has since become federal law is now gaining traction across the pond. Comment.
Long Island City
Slashing victim received 20 stitches: Police
LONG ISLAND CITY — The victim of a robbery required 20 stitches after he was attacked with a knife inside a stairwell at LaGuardia Community College, officials said. Comment.
Richmond Hill
Elderly Richmond Hill man missing since Jan. 31
RICHMOND HILL — Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a man missing since late last month, according to the NYPD. Comment.
Pet Photo of the Week
Bowie and Harley win fourth Queens Critters contest
Bowie (l.) and Harley, 10-year-old cats owned by the Chasen family of Bay Terrace, are the winners of this edition of the TimesLedger Newspapers’ Queens Critter contest. Harley is named after a Harley Davidson motorcycle because he purrs loudly, and Bowie is named after David Bowie because she has two different colored eyes, which is similar to the rock star’s injured pupil in one eye, the family said. Comment.
Bayside
New auto shop picks up where Gleason’s left off
When Gleason’s auto repair shop on Bell Boulevard closed down in December — seemingly overnight — customers were left scratching their heads and wondering where to go to have their vehicles’ head gaskets replaced. Comment.
Community Service
Turner nominates two boro groups for EPA award
U.S. Rep. Bob Turner (R-Middle Village) nominated two borough civic groups — CURES and the Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers — last Thursday for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2012 Environmental Quality Award. Comment.
Education
State Senate opposes city rule against churches in schools
As the city Department of Education’s Feb. 12 deadline draws closer, the state Senate moved swiftly to pass a bill Monday that would allow groups to continue to perform worship services in public schools when they are not in use. Comment.
Bayside
Queens Chamber kicks off biz card exchange on Bell Blvd.
Bell Boulevard’s Bourbon Street restaurant played host to the Queens Chamber of Commerce’s first business card exchange of 2012 last week, when the borough’s captains of commerce stepped out of the staid January doldrums and networked with one another amid a Mardi Gras theme. Comment.
Elmhurst
Elmhurst Disney Store adds interactive retail space
Disney is one of the most unique retail destinations in the world, and Queens families can look forward to an extra magical shopping experience in early September. Comment.
Transit
Study finds 50% of subway platform lights broken
The Straphangers Campaign checked the city’s subway platforms and found that neither rats nor missing trash bins are the worst problem but rather peeling paint, water damage and broken lights. Comment.
Astoria
Bank teller tried to rob his place of work: Brown
ASTORIA — A teller at a Queens Citi Bank was arrested after attempting to stage a robbery at his place of work, according to documents from the Queens district attorney’s office. Comment.
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.
Bayside
Ackerman eyes more of boro
U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Bayside) said he believes that when the state legislative task force on reapportionment releases its congressional district maps, his will contain more of Queens while the district held by his newest colleague, Rep. Bob Turner (R-Middle Village), may be eliminated. Comments (1).
Cambria Heights
Crowd cheers athlete’s return after shooting
Justin Thompson has shown exemplary strength and courage under the most difficult of circumstances. Comment.
East Elmhurst
E. Elmhurst man shot near home
A father of two was shot and killed just after sunset on an East Elmhurst street Saturday, just four days after another man, police said. Comment.
Flushing
Flushing nurses ratify contract
The nurses at Flushing Hospital Medical Center voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve a new three-year contract after a tentative agreement was reached last week, the union announced Friday. Comment.
Long Island City
CB 2 honors member for fight against strip club
Long Island City elected officials congratulated Patrick O’Brien, chairman of the Community Board 2 City Services Committee, for the work he did in urging the state Liquor Authority to reject a strip club’s request for a license to serve alcohol in the community. Comment.
Bay Terrace
CB 7 to hear women’s center plans for Totten
The Center for the Women of New York has reached an important milestone in its efforts to secure a home in Fort Totten Park, according to founder and Chairwoman Ann Jawin. Comment.
Corona
City, Ferreras break ground on new school in Corona
City Department of Education officials and City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-East Elmhurst) broke ground last week on a new elementary school in Corona, at Northern Boulevard and 110th Street. Comment.
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.
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).
Bayside
Mandingo honored for lifetime as community crusader
Activist Mandingo Tshaka has probably earned his weight in proclamations and awards over the years, but the Bayside Historical Society, which honored him for Black History Month, thinks he is worth every ounce. Comment.
Long Island City
Fresh Direct leaving LIC for the Bronx
While online grocer Fresh Direct decided not to set up shop in the Garden State, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the Long Island City-grown business would be moving to the Bronx. Comment.
Flushing
Flushing Lunar parade draws huge crowd
The ghosts of ancient Chinese history marched arm-in-arm with Mr. Met during Saturday’s massive Lunar New Year Parade in downtown Flushing, exemplifying a neighborhood that keeps a tight hold on tradition while welcoming the rest of the borough with open arms. Comment.
South Jamaica
Man killed on Sutphin Blvd.
A 20-year-old man was shot and killed in South Jamaica early Sunday morning in what witnesses described as a barrage of gunfire. Comments (1).
Flushing
Flushing remembers civil rights activist Rev. Mitchell
After the longtime pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Flushing died late last month, his funeral Friday served as a sombre way to start off Black History Month. He was 81. Comments (1).
Corona
Björk dazzles fans in Qns.
Icelandic superstar Björk’s new album “Biophilia” overflows with a high-tech fusion of surprising melodies and instrumentals. Her performances are colorful, audio-visual, multimedia experiences, where different facets of science and technology combine to push the bounds of creative musical expression with an eclectic mix of rock, jazz, folk, electronic, dance and classical genres. Comment.
Transit
Crowley, Maloney blast bill that would sap MTA of funds
Congressional members, transit officials and labor leaders have raised an alarm about proposed Republican legislation that would end automatic federal transportation money and leave New York City’s transit system in jeopardy. Comment.
South Jamaica
Family mourns S. Jamaica dad
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. Comment.
Elmhurst
Pols push to resurrect Elmhurst LIRR stop
The Long Island Rail Road said in a statement that it would be discussing with elected officials the possibility of reopening a station in Elmhurst along the Port Washington line that has been closed since 1985. Comment.
Astoria
Astoria cat mask robber gets 10 years in prison
An Astoria death metal singer was sentenced to 10 years in prison last week for robbing two SoHo boutique stores while wearing a cat mask in the summer of 2010, a spokeswoman from the Manhattan district attorney’s office said. Comment.
Bayside
New top cop takes over at 111th Precinct
The 111th Precinct has a new commanding officer. Comment.
East Elmhurst
Proposals trickle in for replacing LaGuardia Central Terminal
U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-Jackson Heights) hailed news that the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey received proposals from 15 private firms interested in replacing the Central Terminal at LaGuardia Airport in East Elmhurst. Comment.
South Jamaica
Family loses grandmother in S. Jamaica blaze
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. Comment.
Fresh Meadows
Stolen Thunderbird abandoned in Fresh Meadows
FRESH MEADOWS — Police were searching for the driver of a stolen white Ford Thunderbird found parked last Thursday with a broken rear passenger window on 58th Avenue near 190th Street. Comments (1).
Ditmars
Astoria man hit and killed by drunk driver: NYPD
An elderly Astoria man was struck by an SUV and killed Tuesday evening while crossing the street a block from his home, and police said the driver of the vehicle that hit him was allegedly intoxicated at the time of the accident. Comments (2).
Fresh Meadows
Lancman will run in 2012 for U.S. Rep. Turner’s seat
State Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) plans to run for the congressional seat currently held by U.S. Rep. Bob Turner (R-Middle Village) in the upcoming 2012 elections, he said Tuesday afternoon. Comment.
Astoria
Slain wife’s hubby nabbed
A Queens man whose wife, a teacher, was savagely beaten to death in her Astoria apartment building last week, is now in police custody. Comment.
Economy
No teacher layoffs in Bloomy’s budget
Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled last Thursday his $68.7 billion budget — a spending plan that has no tax increases or calls for teachers and uniformed city workers to lose their jobs. Comment.
Springfield Gardens
Officer uses computer program to catch robber
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. Comment.
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.
Bayside
Cardozo students place second in science competion regionals
Students from Benjamin Cardozo High School in Bayside beat out some stiff competition Saturday to take second place in the regional round of the New York State Science Olympiad competition. Comment.
Crime
Shootings kill three over weekend
Three people were murdered during the weekend in Queens as a wave of violence took its toll on the borough from Corona to Queens Village to South Jamaica. Comment.
Transit
Boro electeds cry foul over attempt to stop city transit funding
Members of Congress, transit officials and labor leaders warned today of what they said was a Republican plan to put an end to automatic federal money for New York City’s transit system. Comment.
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