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Two people were treated for injuries sustained in a two-car crash at the corner of Metropolitan and Flushing avenues on the Ridgewood/Maspeth border last Tuesday night, June 7, Fire Department source More ... All Faiths Cemetery in Middle Village held its annual memorial to the victims of the General Slocum disaster last Saturday, June 11. More ... Flames engulfed part of a third-floor apartment during a one-alarm fire at an Ozone Park building on Sunday morning, June 12, according to FDNY sources. More ... Two people were injured after a pair of cars collided head-on along Vermont Place near Cypress Avenue in Glendale on Sunday afternoon, June 12, FDNY sources said. Members of Engine Co. More ... Firefighters and paramedics rushed to the corner of Eliot and Metropolitan avenues on the Ridgewood/ Maspeth border last Wednesday night, June 8, after a pair of cars collided, FDNY sources said. More ... Firefighters responded to a two-car collision at the intersection of Linden Street and Grandview Avenue in Ridgewood at around 11 a.m. last Saturday, June 11. Members of Engine Co. 291, Ladder Co. More ... No one was hurt in a fire on the second floor of this house, located at 60th Road and Mount Olivet Crescent in Maspeth, last Wednesday, June 8 at about 2:15 p.m. Engine Co. More ... State Sen. Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. announced the passage of animal rights legislation in the Senate on Wednesday, June 1, coinciding with the first annual New York State Animal Advocacy Day. More ... A motorcyclist was hospitalized after his ride collided with a sedan at the corner of Decatur Street and Seneca Avenue in Ridgewood at around 1:40 p.m. last Thursday, June 9, FDNY sources said. More ... Queens Borough President Helen Marshall urged local organizations that help to solve environmental problems to attend a workshop at Borough Hall that will provide information about how to qualify for an Environmental Justice Community Impact grant of up to $50,000. More ... City Council Member Elizabeth Crowley joined her colleagues in the city’s legislature, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown and Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) workers outside City Hall last Tuesday, June 7, to call for the continuation of funding for the SART program, which the administration’s Fiscal Year 2012 budget proposes to cut. < More ... Queens elected officials and local labor leaders held a joint press conference in Kew Gardens last Wednesday, June 8, to announce broad support for marriage equality and to call on the state legislature to allow passage of a bill permitting same-sex marriages before the end of the legislative session on June 20. More ... A Maspeth welding supply company and Queens College were among the 15 winners of the city Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) 2011 Green Infrastructure Grant Program announced by Commissioner Cas Holloway last Thursday, June 9. More ... A motorcycle collided with a minivan at the corner of 60th Place and Metropolitan Avenue in Middle Village at approximately 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8. The 104th Precinct, Engine Co. More ... The 110th Precinct Community Council held a graffiti removal event in Elmhurst and Corona on Thursday, June 9 as part of a community-led effort to restore several sites that had been vandalized. More ... The board of directors of Maple Grove Cemetery in Kew Gardens has unanimously approved the creation of a permanent memorial for the relatives of Queens residents who perished in the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti and did not receive a proper burial. More ... Sanitation Commissioner John J. Doherty announced the release of a guide for residents on how to safely handle and discard potentially harmful products, many of which are used in homes daily, but which can cause harm to adults, children, pets and the environment if not handled and disposed of properly. More ... The city Department of Environ mental Protection (DEP) reminds New Yorkers that opening fire hy drants without spray caps is illegal, wasteful and dangerous. More ... Members of the Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps took part in a response to a mock plane crash at John F. Kennedy International Airport during a drill on Saturday, June 4. More ... Risking their lives to save others, several local firefighters and an emergency medical technician received special recognition for their efforts during the Fire Department’s annual Medal Day ceremony last Wednesday, June 8, at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in Manhattan. More ... What started out as a high school crush over 20 years ago has turned into a successful career for a prolific Glendale-based poet, who has recently assembled a collection of over 130 poems, titled A Romantic’s Passion: The Tenth Muse, dedicated to the woman who brought out a new passion in the author. More ... He died by accident, but the 12-year old boy was remembered with reverence by his fellow soldiers, family, friends, classmates, his dog and history. Clarence McKenzie, the drummer boy of Company D, 13th New York State Militia regiment, died after suf fering a gunshot wound on June 11, 1861. He was the first Brooklyn ca sualty of the Civil War. More ... |
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