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Firefighters encountered heavy smoke and flames while responding to a two-alarm fire that gutted a South Ozone Park residence on Sunday morning, Feb. 26, it was reported. More ... The Queens County American Legion provided funeral services and burial for two indigent veterans, Korean War veteran Albert J. More ... Two people were injured after a car lost control and slammed into a drug store in Corona last Wednesday night, Feb. 22, it was reported. More ... No residents were injured after a fire ignited inside the cellar of a Richmond Hill home last Friday night, Feb. 24, Fire Department sources said. More ... Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Carter Strickland announced the expansion of the agency’s Leak Notification Program to include large residential building owners. More ... The Queens Legal Services Corporation has received an $85,000 matching grant from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide low-income taxpayer clinics this year. The Jamaica-based firm was one of a number of groups to receive grants totaling over $9 million across New York State, according to the IRS. More ... Sen. Charles E. Schumer called on the U.S. State Department to press the government of Saudi Arabia to publicly and unequivocally promise to increase its oil production to compensate for any Iranian attempts to embargo oil and upset world markets. More ... Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Small Business Services Commissioner Robert W. Walsh announced a partnership between public libraries and the city’s Workforce1 Career Centers along with the opening of the two newest Workforce1 Centers in Long Island City and on Staten Island. More ... In response to the growing need for affordable senior housing, New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) Chairman John Rhea, Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Mathew M. More ... City Council Member Elizabeth S. Crowley, chair of the Fire and Criminal Justice Services Committee, held an oversight hearing on Monday, Feb. 27, regarding the FDNY’s terrorism and disaster preparedness strategy. More ... Rep. Bob Turner hosted a Queens small business roundtable with the Queens Chamber of Commerce and local small business owners at Shalimar Diner in Rego Park last Wednesday morning, Feb. 22. More ... Corona native Anthony Caminiti, who served for many years as the chairman of Community Board 4’s Parks Committee, died on Saturday, Feb. 18 just weeks after celebrating his 100th birthday. Queens Borough President Helen Marshall expressed her sorrow on the passing of Caminiti in a statement issued last Tuesday, Feb. 21. More ... |
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