QNS News Headlines Archive for December 27, 2018

Pharmacies to Stop Selling Tobacco Products Citywide in January

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Transformer Explosion at Astoria Con Ed Plant Lights Up New York City

The blue aura from a transformer explosion in Astoria on Dec. 27 could be seen for miles.

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Blast at Con Edison plant in Astoria lights up the skies and flickers lights in Queens

By QNS News Team

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Astoria

14-Story Building With 201 Units Planned Off 48th Street and Northern Boulevard

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Maspeth

Residents cry foul after graffiti vandals mar Maspeth bridge days after it was repainted

By Mark Hallum

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Politics

The $15 per hour minimum wage becomes a reality for many Queens workers this Monday

By Bill Parry

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Jackson Heights

With a week left in office, Crowley’s legislation to prevent genocide passes Congress

By Bill Parry

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Astoria

Off-duty traffic agent cuffed in his Queens home for allegedly punching his spouse

By Emily Davenport

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Flushing

Cops looking for man behind recent knifepoint robbery attempt in Flushing

By Mark Hallum

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Flushing

Flushing Town Hall Announces More Than 70 Events for New 2019 Season

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Politics

Stavisky announces DOT traffic improvements coming to Fresh Meadows

By Carlotta Mohamed

An artist rendering of the planned design for the entrance at Alphapointe’s facility in Richmond Hill.

News

Alphapointe incorporates technology in its new Richmond Hill residence

By Carlotta Mohamed

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Teenage girl killed, two women left critically injured after flames rip through St. Albans home

By Emily Davenport

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Elmhurst

Man Found Dead on Playground Bench in Elmhurst: NYPD

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Lippman commission projects state reforms could reduce NYC jail population by 3,000

By Bill Parry

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Bayside

These homes with water views are on the market in Bayside and Whitestone

By Emily Davenport

St. Mary’s Toy Drive

Bayside

Bayside lawmaker’s eighth-annual gift drive is a smashing success, brightening lives of children & vets

By Jenna Bagcal

A car traveling on Northern Boulevard in Douglaston

111th Precinct reports year-to-date decrease in collisions on northeast Queens streets

By Jenna Bagcal

Long Island City residents want city to reverse ‘a very bad decision’ and reopen FDNY engine company

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Long Island City residents want city to reverse ‘a very bad decision’ and reopen FDNY engine company

By Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech

Former Shalimar Diner in Rego Park sells for $6.5 million in all-cash deal

Former Shalimar Diner in Rego Park sells for $6.5 million in all-cash deal

By Robert Pozarycki

Korean American Family Service Center hosts annual Volunteer Appreciation Party

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Korean American Family Service Center hosts annual Volunteer Appreciation Party

By Carlotta Mohamed

Long Island City home prices surge in wake of Amazon HQ2 deal announcement: Report

Long Island City home prices surge in wake of Amazon HQ2 deal announcement: Report

By Carlotta Mohamed

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