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addabbo

Sen. Addabbo hears constituents’ concerns at Deja Brew in Richmond Hill

By Patrick Stachniak

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Ridgewood

Ridgewood’s Balinese dance and music group debuts original performance

By Patrick Stachniak

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NYC MARATHON | Running the distance: Queens runner gears up for 25th TCS New York City Marathon with NYRR’s Team Inspire

By Paulina Albarracin

NYS Poet Laureate Kimiko Hahn, a distinguished professor in the English Department at Queens College, read poems included in her new book “The Ghost Forest” at LeFrak Concert Hall in Flushing on Oct. 22.

Flushing

Queens College hosts NYS Poet Laureate Kimiko Hahn for poetry reading event

By Renee DeLorenzo

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Photos: Middle Village deli honors mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa with sandwich named after him

By Lloyd Mitchell and Ethan Marshall

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Glendale

Longtime Queens Community Board 5 member Vincent Arcuri Jr. receives award his nearly 50 years of public service

By Patrick Stachniak

Marge Markey speaking at the Maspeth Town Hall 110th Anniversary celebration in 2014.

Elmhurst

Former Queens Assembly Member Margaret Markey dies at 83

By Patrick Stachniak

Brad Lander will share his thoughts on down-ballot issues for the upcoming election.

Ridgewood

City Comptroller Brad Lander to attend early voting rally at Ridgewood Democratic Club

By Patrick Stachniak

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Rego Park

Rego Park resident combines Filipino flavors and French pastry at micro-bakery

By Athena Dawson

Yuchen Han Project Runway

People

Northeast Queens resident Yuchen Han competing in season 21 of Project Runway

By Jessica Militello

Jamaica's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Sen. Kamina Johnson Smith.

Caribbean Life

Wrongfully deported to Africa? Jamaica says it didn’t turn anyone away

fashion

People

Faith meets fashion in the life and work of Queens designer Tobi Rubinstein

By Ethan Marshall

kyvallos

Sports

Legendary Queens College coach Lucille Kyvallos inducted into Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame

By Shane O’Brien

Major Ernest Owens

People

Queens court community salutes Major Ernest Owens with walkout ceremony

By Athena Dawson

queens college professor

People

Queens College professor Kimiko Hahn named New York State Poet

By Athena Dawson

national rose month

People

Local heroes honored during National Rose Month awards in Queens

By Ramy Mahmoud and QNS News Team

john killcommons

People

Middle Village street co-named for beloved FDNY veteran and civic leader John Killcommons

By QNS News team

cec

People

CEC District 24 VP reflects on years of service to the community as her term ends

By Ethan Marshall

medical-surgical

People

National nursing award recognizes medical-surgical team at NYC Health + Hospitals/‌Queens

By Czarinna Andres

army veteran

People

Flushing Army veteran inducted into New York State Senate Veterans Hall of Fame

By Czarinna Andres

memorial day

People

Memorial Day ceremony at Queens Borough Hall honors fallen heroes and local veterans

By Athena Dawson

postmaster

People

USPS swears in first Black postmaster for Jamaica Post Office

By Athena Dawson

housingplus

People

New CEO takes helm at HousingPlus, NYC’s women-focused housing nonprofit

By Czarinna Andres

president

People

St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children announces new President and CEO as long-serving head retires

By Colum Motherway

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