Feb. 18, 2020 By Allie Griffin An Elmhurst deli sold a winning Take 5 ticket worth more than $53,000 on Sunday. M & B Candy Grocery Store, located at 89-45 Elmhurst Ave., sold the lucky lottery ticket that grabbed the top prize of $53,258.50. The winner has a year to come forward and accept the… Read more »
Feb. 17, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Construction has begun on a $3.2 million revamp to a Woodside park that will feature a new basketball court, children’s play areas and other amenities. Renovations on Hart Playground, located at 65th and 37th Ave., got underway last month and are slated to be done by January 2021. The… Read more »
Feb. 17, 2020 By Kristen Torres A former sanitation employee who spent 20 years working for the city is putting his hat in the ring to challenge State Senator Michael Gianaris in this year’s Democratic primary. Ignazio “Izzy” Terranova retired from the city’s Department of Sanitation after a decades-long career in 2019. His inspiration to… Read more »
Feb. 13, 2020 By Allie Griffin A Corona man will serve 25 years in prison for fatally stabbing his estranged wife at the Jackson Heights salon where she worked — in front of horrified onlookers. William Rivas, 39, was given the maximum sentence of 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the… Read more »
Feb. 12, 2020 By Kristen Torres The City Council passed landmark legislation Tuesday that would force drivers who rack up tickets for running red lights or speeding to take a traffic safety course– or else risk getting their car impounded by the Sheriff’s Office. Council Member Brad Lander, who represents parts of western Brooklyn, sponsored… Read more »
Feb. 11, 2020 By Ryan Brady At a tense Monday night meeting, Community Board 7 voted 30-8 to approve a development team’s plan to rezone a large section of land by Flushing Creek. Dozens of protesters showed up to criticize the land-use application filed by FWRA, a consortium of real estate firms behind the project…. Read more »
Feb. 11, 2020 By Allie Griffin A former CNBC anchor and Sunnyside resident will challenge Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for her Congressional seat in the Democratic primary election. Michelle Caruso-Cabrera today announced her run for the 14th District, which covers Astoria, College Point, Corona, East Elmhurst, Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, Sunnyside, Woodside and parts of the Bronx. “I’m… Read more »
Feb. 10, 2020 By Kristen Torres Several Queens lawmakers joined officials from a prominent teachers union Monday to unveil results of a new poll that showed broad support for a proposed state-wide wealth tax. An overwhelming majority of survey respondents—92 percent—supported new taxes on New York’s millionaires and billionaires as a way to cover the… Read more »
Feb. 10, 2020 By Allie Griffin A 34-year-old man was shot dead in an apparent drive-by shooting on a North Corona street Saturday. The man was shot in the left leg and torso around 12:20 p.m. in the vicinity of Northern Boulevard and 101st Street, police said. The victim, according to the NYPost, was riding… Read more »
Feb. 10, 2020 By Kristen Torres A daycare center in Elmhurst is shutting its doors after more than a decade of serving families in the neighborhood. Little Elms Child Care Center, located at 77-11 Broadway, announced its decision to shutter its operations in an email to parents on Feb. 3. The center is slated to… Read more »