Despite redistricting victories earlier this year that concentrated the voting powers of South Asian Americans in Queens in ways they had never been before, when voters go to the polls next week they will find no South Asian ethnic candidate on the ballot for either state Assembly, state Senate or district leader. Comments (1)

The Margaret Tietz Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, a facility that originally started to accommodate Holocaust survivors, has recently opened a completely kosher kitchen. Comment

CAMBRIA HEIGHTS — A fire broke out in the basement of a two-story dwelling, at 117-02 233rd St., Monday, the Breaking News Network said. Comment

The reading room at the Hollis library was full of youngsters last week as they watched the juggling comic Will Shaw toss his bowler hat on his head and share his brand of deadpan humor, but the real show came when children’s librarian Sueli Zaquem made good on the pledge she issued at the beginning of the summer and lopped off more than a foot of her brunette locks for charity. Comment

Cambria Heights resident Clyde Vanel is putting his experience as a small business owner at the forefront of his campaign to unseat 13-term incumbent state Assemblywoman Barbara Clark (D-Queens Village), but he is still undecided on the issues of increasing the minimum wage and charter schools supported by his opponent.. Comment

A-frame signs — the kind that dot the sidewalks outside bars, restaurants and other shops — are illegal in New York City, according to an obscure law still on the books, and could fetch small business owners a fine from the city Department of Sanitation. Comment

ROCKAWAYS — A 20-year-old man transported to a hospital with gunshot wounds Sunday to both legs had stable vital signs, the Breaking News Network reported. Comment

Just weeks before the Democratic Party primary, state Sen. Shirley Huntley was dragged into a Nassau County court to face charges that she took part in a scam in which the state was allegedly bilked out of $30,000. Comment

QUEENS VILLAGE — Police were looking for a man suspected of attempting to rob the Community Federal Savings Bank last Thursday, the Breaking News Network said. Comment

City Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica) last week called on suspected cop-shooter John Thomas to peacefully turn himself over to the authorities for his own safety and the good of the community. Comment

SOUTH RICHMOND HILL - The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect wanted in connection with a robbery on Aug. 23. Comment

What may have been a dysfunctional relationship came to a bloody end Wednesday morning when a woman allegedly stabbed her boyfriend to death in the South Jamaica home they shared with their with two young boys, the police and neighbors said. Comment

SOUTH JAMAICA — Police said a Jamaica man who was shot in the torso in early August succumbed to his injuries last Thursday. Comment

SOUTH JAMAICA — The NYPD was asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 11-year old boy. Comment