With September quickly approaching, teachers are thinking about back to school shopping and one Long Island City organization is providing supplies for free.
In food related news, the first Chick-fil-A in Queens will open on Sept. 1 and the first 100 people in line will win a year’s supply of free food. Dairy Queen is also adding new locations to New York City and wants to open new locations in the “World’s Borough.”
A former doctor in Bayside was busted for selling diet pills illegally after he lost his license and a Bayside burglar stole a fortune from a local cafe.
Here are the top 10 stories from around Queens this week:
- Teachers getting ready for school can pick up free supplies at this Long Island City warehouse.
- The first Chick-fil-A in Queens will open at Queens Center mall on Sept. 1.
- A burglar stole $26,000 in cash and $4,000 in checks from a popular Bayside cafe.
- Beer Belly’s in Bayside unexpectedly went belly up.
- Northeast Queens was the site of a large pesticide spraying to combat the Zika virus this week.
- Check out 6 great waterfront restaurants to dine at this summer.
- A woman committed suicide by jumping off the platform of a train in Elmhurst.
- A Bayside doctor illegally sold diet pills after losing his license.
- Expect a lot more Dairy Queen in Queens as the franchise plans a massive expansion in New York.
- A 10-year-old boxer from Springfield Gardens has taken the boxing world by storm.
