The search to find Karina Vetrano’s killer dominated the headlines this week, all while her family held her funeral in Howard Beach.
A couple of businesses made the top stories this week as a new fish and beer market is coming to Bayside, and Silver Barn Farms in Middle Village got a new owner who plans on updating the store’s interior and offer lower prices for organic products.
Check out the top 10 stories of the week here:
- A new fish market/beer garden and brewery called Fishscale, is set to open for business at 38-17 Bell Blvd. in Bayside during the last week of September or first week of October.
- A traffic nightmare is coming to Elmhurst next weekend as the Department of Transportation announced that it will close the six-lane main portion of Queens Boulevard between 57th Avenue in Elmhurst and 63rd Road in Rego Park for the whole weekend.
- Middle Village’s Silver Barn Farms will undergo some changes under its new ownership.
- Cops are searching for a man wanted for raping a woman at a Flushing karaoke bar last month.
- The reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for Karina Vetrano’s rape and death has doubled as cops continue their search.
- DNA testing on evidence recovered from the crime scene of Karina Vetrano didn’t turn up as a match in the NYPD’s database.
- Jennifer Lopez was filming the second season of TV drama ‘Shades of Blue’ in Astoria on Friday.
- We profiled a peaceful Queens neighborhood with a small-town vibe, Douglaston.
- Whitestone’s battle for a full-service supermarket in place of former Walbbaum’s continues.
- Maspeth community is not happy about the proposed homeless shelter coming to their neighborhood. Acacia Network that is supposed to operate the shelter doesn’t have the clearest record either.
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