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Neighborhood activists and elected officials joined administrators of a local yeshiva to break ground on a community garden in Glendale last Thursday, Aug. 20. More ... Flames engulfed the first floor of a three-family home on St. Nicholas Avenue near Starr Street in Ridgewood during a one-alarm fire that broke out last Saturday afternoon, Aug. 22, it was reported. More ... Only steps away from his Ozone Park home, a 31-year-old man was struck and killed by a car while attempting to cross a neighborhood street early on Sunday morning, Aug. 23, law enforcement sources reported. More ... A camp counselor was credited with saving the lives of a number of children on board a school bus in Elmhurst last Tuesday, Aug. 18, after successfully stopping the vehicle when the driver suffered a fatal heart attack, it was reported. More ... The first hybrid trash collection trucks to be used in the United States will be picking up garbage and recyclable waste from the streets of western Queens, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty announced at a press c More ... Two City Council candidates joined business owners and residents at a Forest Hills shopping strip on Aug. More ... The Friends of the Ridgewood Library’s board of directors were recently presented by City Council Member Diana Reyna (third from right) with a check for $800,000 toward further improvements of t More ... Local elected officials gathered along Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven on Monday afternoon, Aug. More ... With tough economic times continuing to grip New York City, a Brooklyn legislator has introduced a bill aimed at reforming the city’s water lien program in order to help residents in debt avoid losing their homes. More ... Though the unemployment rate in New York State declined in July, New York City’s jobless rate increased to 9.6 percent during the month, the highest level since 1997, it was announced. More ... The New York City Off-Track Betting Corporation (OTB) is facing financial insolvency, according to an audit released by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. More ... Glendale’s Sacred Heart Cub Scouts Pack 427 is seeking scouts and den leaders for the coming year, it was announced. Cub Scout dens meet weekly on Wednesday or Thursday for one hour; there is also a monthly Pack meeting, at which scouts are pre sented with awards. More ... The City Council voted to require pharmacies with more than four stores in the five boroughs to provide free oral and written translation services to thousands of New Yorkers in need of prescription translation assistance, it was reported. More ... |
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