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Participants in the 2023 Maspeth Halloween Ragamuffin Parade. The parade is one of the 30 Trick-or-Streets events planned for Queens. Photo: Maspeth Lions Club Facebook

Maspeth

Maspeth to host annual Halloween Ragamuffin Parade on Oct. 31

By Shane O’Brien

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Corona

P.S. 19Q students in Corona blast off with Emily the Space Gal in record-breaking baking soda rocket launch

By Ethan Marshall and Paul Frangipane

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Bayside

P.S 41 in Bayside unveils $51 million expansion featuring new classrooms and upgraded facilities

By Iryna Shkurhan

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News

Pols launch spooky Halloween essay and drawing contests for elementary school students

By Iryna Shkurhan

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Flushing

Queens College appoints new interim dean to Asian American/‌Asian Research Institute

By Shane O’Brien

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Elmhurst

Reckless driver crashes into parked school bus outside Elmhurst school, CM Holden calls for action

By Anthony Medina

high school

Queens high school turns up the volume with new hip-hop inspired recording studio and podcast station

By Athena Dawson

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Kids & Education

Senator Addabbo pushes for easier admissions process for NYC Public School parents with multiple children

By Anthony Medina

teachers

News

Queens residents invited to nominate their favorite teachers for $25K grand prize

By Shane O’Brien

stemocracy

Flushing

New York Hall of Science hosts weeklong ‘STEMOCRACY’ festival focused on climate change and democracy

By Athena Dawson

An early 20th-century postcard of Fresh Pond Road near present-day 67th Avenue in Ridgewood

Maspeth

Exploring the history of Fresh Pond Road from Ridgewood to Maspeth: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Hollis

Hollis branch of the Queens Public Library set to close at the end of September for two-year-long renovation project

By Athena Dawson

rozic

Assemblymember Nily Rozic secures over $900K for school upgrades and community programs in Fresh Meadows district

By Czarinna Andres

grant

Bayside

Amazin’ Mets Foundation awards St. Mary’s with $75K grant to fund medical eye gaze devices

By Ethan Marshall

corn

Queens Farm kicks off the season with Corn Fest and the opening of the Amazing Maize Maze

By Athena Dawson

starks

St. Albans

Queens BP Donovan Richards, MSG and Knicks legend John Starks kick off back-to-school with basketball clinic and backpack giveaway

By Athena Dawson

quitline

News

The NYS Quitline urges Queens young adults to avoid tobacco during back-to-school season

By Anthony Medina

St. John's

Jamaica

St. John’s University celebrates 25 years of residence life during move-in weekend

By Athena Dawson

school

Astoria

Mayor Adams unveils new buildings at six Queens schools for 2024-25 academic year

By Shane O’Brien

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News

Girl Scouts of Greater New York kicks off fall recruitment for Queens girls and volunteers

By Athena Dawson

prohibition

Glendale

How Prohibition changed Ridgewood and Glendale forever: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

STEM

Corona

New York Hall of Science in Corona secures nearly $4 million in grants for STEM diversity initiatives

By Iryna Shkurhan

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Laurelton

Groundbreaking commences for new 4-story school building in Laurelton

By Ethan Marshall

Queens

Kids & Education

Queens parents chime in with last-minute back-to-school shopping tips

By Anthony Medina

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Troy Masters in June 2024.

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New York Family

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