July 2025 – Page 10 of 18 – QNS

Garbage pile-up in Juniper Valley Park. Photo courtesy of Council Member Robert Holden Facebook.

Politics

Holden praises Parks, Sanitation commissioners for removing garbage pile-up at Juniper Valley Park

By Shane O’Brien

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Arts & Entertainment

Photos: Queens community celebrates Festival Calle Colombia in Jackson Heights

By Ethan Marshall and Ramy Mahmoud

spa castle

Unwind at Spa Castle, a five-story wellness destination in College Point

By Jessica Militello

Children harvest plants at the hydroponics lab at New York Hall of Science. Photo courtesy of NY Sun Works/New York Hall of Science.

News

Queens families harvest over 50 pounds of produce at NYSCI’s hydroponics lab

By Shane O’Brien

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Photos: Community members enjoy food and visit merchants at Forest Hills Summer Jam

By Ethan Marshall and Ramy Mahmoud

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Flushing

BP Richards, elected officials celebrate reopening of Flushing Library auditorium

By Athena Dawson

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News

Photos: Queens community comes together for Water Lantern Festival at Flushing Meadows Corona Park

By Ethan Marshall and Ramy Mahmoud

roller hockey

News

Middle Village Roller Hockey League hosts inaugural under 13s tournament featuring 3 teams from Long Island

By Shane O’Brien

Councilmember Mercedes Narcisse among members of the clergy as Brooklyn Canarsie Lions hosted a successful Brotherhood Service, distributed Thanksgiving gifts in November 2024.

Caribbean Life

Haitian officials debunk viral video of alleged ICE confrontation

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Edgemere

Photos: Queens residents gather at Jamaica Bay for fun days of sailing and kayaking

By Ethan Marshall and Ramy Mahmoud

man speaking in red tie at campaign rally

AMNY

NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo makes his independent bid for mayor official, says he’s ‘in it to win it’

Students at the One Stop Richmond Hill Community Center build rockets and explore space-themed projects during a two-week NASA summer camp in July 2025.

News

Richmond Hill community center hosts NASA-themed summer camp for local youth

By Czarinna Andres

Cops are looking for this suspect who allegedly robbed a 7 train rider after he fell asleep near the Flushing-Main Street subway station.

Flushing

Thief wanted for targeting 7 train rider who dozed off on way to Flushing: NYPD

By Bill Parry

Cops are looking for the suspects who tried to rob a pedestrian in Glendale last month.

Glendale

Three suspects wanted for thwarted robbery in Glendale last month: NYPD

By Bill Parry

The NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) will host a free in-person event in Bayside which will provide the opportunity for property owners to resolve violations and summonses with agency staff.

News

Mark your calendar: DOB in Your Community returns to Queens with event at Queensborough Community College

By Bill Parry

universoul circus

UniverSoul Circus returns to Queens with all-new global acts this fall

By Athena Dawson

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Free jazz and R&B festival returns to Jamaica’s Rufus King Park on July 26

By Athena Dawson

Medical examiner loads body into van in Queens

AMNY

Rotting dead body found inside parked van in Queens

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Long Island City

LIC condo activity climbs in Q2 2025 with surge in sales and contracts: report

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Long Island City

LIC condo activity climbs in Q2 2025 with surge in sales and contracts: report

The 31-year-old asylum-seeker from Peru with developmental and auditory disabilities, was detained by ICE on July 2

AMNY

ICE in NYC: Disabled asylum seeker detained without contact for over a week, parents skipping meals to pay for detained son’s release

a public trash can that is overstuffed with garbage

AMNY

Trash talk: What’s NYC doing about overflowing public litter baskets full of waste?

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News

Victoria’s Secrets: A week of wonderful places

By Victoria Schneps

NYPD officer in vest and white shirt with officer in blue shirt pull up yellow caution tape at scene where man was shot

AMNY

Queens man shot dead on residential block; cops seek suspect

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