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Smash, not trash, your leftover Halloween pumpkins this year at the Queens Botanical Garden.

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Queens Botanical Garden to host annual ‘Pumpkin Smash’

By Shane O’Brien

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Local Law 97 sparks affordability debate in Queens as environmental experts highlight growing need for its implementation

By Renee DeLorenzo

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Flushing

Diwali celebration brings together Queens residents to launch Interfaith Peace Garden at P.S. 20 in Flushing

By Renee DeLorenzo

The 11th annual LIC Bulbfest takes place in Long Island City's waterfront parks on Saturday, Nov. 1. (Courtesy of HPPC)

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HPPC to host 11th annual ‘LIC Bulbfest’ this Saturday

By Shane O’Brien

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Douglaston

Photos: Alley Pond Environmental Center hosts annual Green Gala

By Ethan Marshall and Ramy Mahmoud

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Ridgewood

Myrtle Wyckoff Plaza getting overcrowded with illegal street vendors, leading to an excess of trash, rodents and fear of ICE

By Patrick Stachniak

Curtis Sliwa visited St. Margaret’s Parish Hall to discuss the mayoral race and answer questions at the Middle Village Resident’s Association.

Mayoral Candidate Curtis Sliwa makes appearance at Middle Village community meeting

By Patrick Stachniak

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Queens Community Board 5 gives update on proposed flood-relief system public hearing

By Patrick Stachniak

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Elmhurst

AM Raga announces new partnership with ACE to clean up streets in western Queens

By Patrick Stachniak

New anti-litter signs and a dozen new trash cans were installed along the Joseph P. Addabbo Bridge in September. Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic Association Co-President Phyllis Inserillo was on hand for the installations in her capacity as Council Member Joann Ariola's Chief of Staff.

New anti-litter signs, trash receptacles installed along Joseph P. Addabbo Bridge thanks to new task force

By Bill Parry

DOT representatives, elected officials and community leaders cut the ribbon at the new 29th Street Plaza on Monday. Photo: Shane O'Brien.

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DOT, LaGuardia Community College cuts ribbon at 29th Street Plaza in LIC

By Shane O’Brien

Local community groups led city agencies and representatives of elected officials on a walkthrough of Hillside Avenue on Monday. Photo: Shane O'Brien.

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Jamaica community groups lead Hillside Avenue walkthrough, highlighting sanitation and transportation issues

By Shane O’Brien

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Queens Climate Expo returns to New York Hall of Science on Saturday

By Athena Dawson

The Health Department will spray pesticides in parts of Queens to reduce the risk of the mosquito-carried West Nile Virus.

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Health Department to spray pesticides for West Nile Virus in parts of southern Queens

By Athena Dawson

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‘Every community is at risk’: Queens residents erupt over proposed lithium-ion battery site

By Robert Pearl

State Senator Kristen Gonzalez has proposed a number of policies to raise state revenue amid a threat of federal funding cuts.

Long Island City

Op-ed | Public growth in Long Island City must yield public good in the One LIC Plan

By State Senator Kristen Gonzalez

Blissville residents and Parks Department representatives at the inaugural tree planting event last year. Photo: Tom Mituzas.

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Blissville residents to host tree planting on Review Avenue as part of Climate Week

By Shane O’Brien

Beautiful maple leaves on the tree in autumn sunny day in Japan.

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Here are 17 places to see fall foliage in Queens

The annual gala will allow Hunters Point Parks Conservancy to continue its work maintaining Long Island City's two waterfront parks. (Photos courtesy of HPPC)

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Hunters Point Parks Conservancy to host second annual waterfront gala

By Shane O’Brien

Nick Nyhan hosted an inaugural Flood Solutions Fair in Gowanus in January. Photo courtesy of the City Sponge.

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Flood Solutions Fair to take place in Sunnyside this Saturday

By Shane O’Brien

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Neponsit

Superstorm Sandy-damaged home in Neponsit will finally be demolished after city finds it structurally unstable

By Bill Parry

State Sen. James Sanders and Council Member Joann Ariola did a walking tour with state and city agencies about ongoing issues on the Joseph P. Addabbo Bridge.

Ariola, Sanders meet with state, city agencies about issues on Joseph P. Addabbo Bridge over Jamaica Bay

By Bill Parry

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Politics

Op-Ed | Four years after Hurricane Ida, Queens deserves real climate resilience

By Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas

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News

PSA: Health Department to spray for West Nile Virus on Sept. 2

By Athena Dawson

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