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Emotions ran high at the Juniper Park Civic Association (JPCA) meeting held last Thursday at Our Lady of Hope Church in Middle Village, as residents aired their frustrations with trucks, trains, transient residents and students that pass through their communities. More ... Four people were hospitalized after being injured when a car and a van struck an electronic construction sign on the Whitestone Expressway early last Wednesday morning, June 23, FDNY sources said. More ... A one-alarm fire damaged a factory in the vicinity of Troutman Street and Wyckoff Avenue on the Ridgewood/ Bushwick border last Monday afternoon, June 22, Fire Department sources said. More ... Despite sweltering conditions, local residents and civic activists turned out at the Forest Park co-operatives in Woodhaven last Thursday, June 24, for a public input session hosted by the city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) regardi More ... The city Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) has decided not to renew the lease of the Grand Street Settlement’s Child and Family Center in Bushwick. More ... Nobody was injured after flames broke out inside a home in the City Line section of Brooklyn last Wednesday morning, June 23, Fire Department sources said. More ... Concerns about the strength of an overpass carrying two heavily-used thoroughfares over a local railroad line and a number of safety improvements to be made near a Ridgewood school were the focus of last Tuesday’s meeting of Community Boa More ... Abandoned homes were a sore subject for many local residents at the Farmers Oval Civic Association (FOCA) meeting held last Thursday, June 24 at the Ridgewood Baptist Church. More ... The Charter Revision Commission set up shop at the Flushing branch of the Queens Library last Thursday, June 24 to hear various perspectives of the city’s approach to land use and how to improve it. More ... The Economic Development Corporation’s (EDC) myriad services to help individuals start their own businesses was the focus of the June 22 Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation (GWDC) meeting at St. Thomas the Apostle School. More ... There’s now a reliable and affordable way for Americans wearing lower dentures to get the comfort and confidence they need to live satisfying lives without costly or debilitating surgery. More ... For the second consecutive year, a budget deal reached between Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the City Council has spared numerous Fire Department units and libraries in Queens from the chopping block. More ... Assemblywoman Audrey I. Pheffer announced Assembly passage of legislation she introduced to require third-party debt collectors and debt buyers to obtain a license from the Department of State. More ... Gov David A. Paterson has announced that he has submitted legislation to reform the state’s unemployment insurance (UI) system. More ... The Gottscheer Vereinigung recently celebrated their 75th Anniversary with a Diamond Jubilee at Gottscheer Hall in Ridgewood. More ... Air Force Reserve Airman Chris J. Park graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. He is the son of Myung Ja Kim of 41st Avenue in Elmhurst. More ... Nearly 40 percent of the state Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) has been swept to the general fund since 1993 for budget balance, according to a report issued last Thursday, June 24 by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. More ... Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer is pleased to announce the passage of legislation to require accident and health insurance policies to provide lifetime coverage for the screening, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). More ... The best defense against heat-related illness is prevention. Here are some tips from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control to help you stay cool during the summer. More ... |
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