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Queens officials broke ground on July 17 on the new Louis Armstrong Educational Center in Corona.

Corona

Shovels in the ground to start construction of new Louis Armstrong education center in Corona

By QNS News Team

De Blasio

Politics

You can meet the mayor and city officials during ‘City Hall’ week in Queens starting Monday

By QNS Editorial

Mayor de Blasio will spend a week in Queens this July as he brings ‘City Hall in Your Borough’

By Robert Pozarycki

Congresswoman Grace Meng wants answers as to why USCIS agents went to P.S. 58 in Maspeth.

Maspeth

City officials alarmed after immigration agent shows up at Maspeth school looking for a student

By Robert Pozarycki

Politics

Memorial services this weekend honor the life of former Borough President Helen Marshall

By Robert Pozarycki

Kids play on the new tire swing at Joseph DeVoy Playground in Forest Hills.

This Forest Hills playground is rebuilt like a ‘treehouse’ for the whole neighborhood

By Robert Pozarycki

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz

Politics

Katz highlights explosive growth across Queens in her State of the Borough address

By Angela Matua

A rendering of the proposed redevelopment of an NYPD parking garage on 168th Street in downtown Jamaica.

Jamaica

Jamaica parking garage will be demolished to make way for 350+ affordable housing units

By Robert Pozarycki

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Politics

Queens’ federal immigration field office should be re-opened now: Katz & Meeks

By Angela Matua

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News

Get your calendars ready! Here are the important dates to remember in 2017

By Robert Pozarycki

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Astoria

Gifted and Talented program at Astoria schools will not be altered without community input

By Angela Matua

The crowd at the Bayside Village Children's Holiday Parade and tree/menorah lighting in 2016.

Bayside

PHOTOS: Thousands turn out for Bayside’s annual holiday parade & tree lighting

By Robert Pozarycki

Former Queens Library President Thomas W. Galante.

Politics

Queens Library settles wrongful termination lawsuit with its ousted president

By QNS News Team

A rendering of the new platform set to be created at the Jamaica LIRR station.

Jamaica

Check out the renovation plans for the Jamaica Long Island Rail Road station

By Robert Pozarycki

Grieving family and friends of Karina Vetrano carry her coffin out of St. Helen's Church in Howard Beach on Saturday.

A mother’s anguish and a desperate search for leads: the latest on the Karina Vetrano murder

By Robert Pozarycki

Police presence continues to be heavy near the marshlands in Howard Beach where Karina Vetrano was found murdered earlier this week.

FBI joins the investigation into the vicious murder of Howard Beach’s Karina Vetrano

By Robert Pozarycki

Elmhurst Park will soon be the home of the Queens Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Elmhurst

The long-awaited Queens Vietnam Veterans memorial is finally coming to Elmhurst Park

By Robert Pozarycki

No plans are in place now, but a statue of a historic woman from Queens — such as former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro (at right) — might one day replace the controversial Civic Virtue sculpture that once stood in Kew Gardens.

Why doesn’t a statue of a famous Queens woman replace the sexist Civic Virtue in Kew Gardens?

By Robert Pozarycki

The Clearview Expressway at Northern Boulevard in Bayside.

Astoria

All of the Clearview Expressway and part of the Grand Central Parkway will be repaved

By Robert Pozarycki

The fenced-off former site of the Civic Virtue statue in Kew Gardens.

Former site of sexist statue ‘Civic Virtue’ in Kew Gardens is being rededicated to the women of Queens

By Robert Pozarycki

Last year's opening weekend of the LIC Flea & Food market.

Long Island City

LIC Flea & Food Market makes its return this weekend on the Queens waterfront

By QNS News Team

Pipe and drum bands were front and center during Sunday's St. Pat's for All Parade in Sunnyside and Woodside.

Sunnyside

PHOTOS: Plenty of Irish pride at the St. Pat’s for All Parade in Sunnyside and Woodside

By QNS News Team

Then-Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott is pictured at a June 2013 meeting in Glendale.

St. Albans

Queens Library has a new CEO: former Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott

By Robert Pozarycki

Both technical advisory committees assembled by Port Authority to study airplane noise are made up largely of government agencies and airline industry professionals.

Northeast Queens airplane noise: community board wants a say in transit study

By Alina Suriel

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Wine for sale at a grocery store

Op-ed | Letting NY grocery stores sell wine will be a big small business boost

Pride Center of Staten Island executive director Carol Bullock.

Staten Island Pride Center executive director Carol Bullock to step down

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