Ridgewood Newsletter Archives – Page 4 of 50 – QNS

Raga distributes backpacks at Saturday's event. Photo: Ramy Mahmoud.

News

AM Raga provides hundreds of local children with backpacks, supplies ahead of new school year

By Shane O’Brien

The NYPD released images of a tattoo and jewelry that belonged to the woman whose skeletal remains were found along the Jackie Robinson Parkway on Aug. 6.

Glendale

Investigators working to identify skeletal remains of woman found on Jackie Robinson Parkway: NYPD

By Bill Parry

Council Member Robert Holden speaks at a rally in support of Ryder's Law outside City Hall last week. Photo: Council Member Robert Holden Facebook.

Politics

CM Holden hosts rally supporting Ryder’s Law as part of efforts to wind down NYC’s horse carriage industry

By Shane O’Brien

Participants at the 2024 Ridgewood Off-Kilter Film Festival. Photo: Aaron Applebey/ROFF.

Ridgewood Off-Kilter Film Festival to return next month

By Shane O’Brien

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Ridgewood trade student wins $5,000 scholarship for automotive career

By Athena Dawson

woman with long legs sought for pepper spray attack at subway station in Queens

Ridgewood

Woman blasted man with pepper spray on board L train in Ridgewood: cops

By Robert Pozarycki

The Dietz Coal Company in Ridgewood not only produced coal in the early 20th century; it was also one of the area's biggest ice factories.

Ridgewood

The iceman cometh in Ridgewood: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

The interior of the Topos Too bookstore in Ridgewood.

Astoria

Uncover literary treasures at these Queens bookstores

By Paulina Albarracin

Charlie, Joe and John Troia pose with elected officials including U.S. Rep. Grace Meng, State Sen. Joseph P. Addabbo, Assembly Member Steven Raga and Council Member Robert Holden at the grand reopening of Rosa's Pizza last Friday. Photo: Ramy Mahmoud.

Maspeth

Community celebrates grand reopening and 50th anniversary of Rosa’s Pizza in Maspeth

By Shane O’Brien

The Juniper North Playground at Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village as it was being constructed in October 1940.

Juniper Valley’s journey from swampland to parkland in Middle Village: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

Elected officials and organizations across Queens will host backpack giveaways throughout August as children prepare to return to school.

News

Free backpack giveaways taking place across Queens ahead of new school year

By Shane O’Brien

NYC bins on 103rd Avenue. City Hall will soon be providing rebate checks to eligible households. Photo courtesy of Office of Council Member Joann Ariola.

Politics

Ariola welcomes City Hall u-turn on free homeowner trash bins, says Mayor had ‘no other choice’

By Shane O’Brien

A DOT worker came across the skeletal remains of a human along the Jackie Robinson Parkway in Glendale on Wednesday, Aug. 6.

Glendale

Human remains found along the Jackie Robinson Parkway in Glendale: NYPD

By Bill Parry

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Glendale

Community celebrates National Night Out Against Crime with 104th Precinct at Juniper Valley Park

By Ethan Marshall and Ramy Mahmoud

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Bayside

Queens College to host free ‘Peter and the Wolf’ performances in Queens parks

By Athena Dawson

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Woodhaven

The history of Forest Park and some of its most important landmarks: Our Neighborhood: The Way It Was

By the Old Timer

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Long Island City

More than $2.5M worth of marijuana confiscated during raids in Maspeth, Long Island City: DA

By Bill Parry

Residents of Middle Village are in shock after a 4 alarm fire on Monday, July 28, destroyed several local businesses.

‘It’s devastating’: Middle Village residents mourn loss of beloved businesses following four-alarm fire

By Athena Dawson

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Corona

FDNY battles fires at Maspeth junkyard, Murray Hill apartments and 7 train station in Corona that knocked out service for hours

By Bill Parry

The FDNY battled a ferocious four alarm fire that ripped through seven one-story commercial buildings on Dry Harbor Road in Middle Village on July 28.

Four-alarm late night fire in Middle Village leaves six firefighters injured: FDNY

By Lloyd Mitchell

New York Yankee great and Glendale product Phil Rizzuto demonstrates bunting during a Florida camp.

Glendale

Holy cow! The ‘Glendale Gnome’ who became a Yankee legend: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

Ridgewood resident Ernesto Cruz is being held without bail following his arraignment in the stabbing death of his wife and 2-year-old daughter, inside the family home on Forest Avenue on the night of Saturday, July 19.

Ridgewood

Ridgewood man faces life in prison without parole for savage murder of wife, 2-year-old daughter: DA

By Bill Parry

A former employee at the DBK4 Amazon warehouse in Maspeth was criminally charged for allegedly stealing 1,838 pairs of work boots and sneakers and reselling them online for nearly $225,000, according to the Queens DA's office.

Maspeth

Former Amazon employee at Maspeth warehouse charged with theft of nearly $225K worth of footwear: DA

By Bill Parry

Ridgewood resident Ernesto Cruz was arrested and charged with murder for the fatal stabbings of his wife and 2-year-old daughter before he turned the knife on himself in an apparent suicide attempt on Saturday, July 19.

Ridgewood

Ridgewood father charged with murder of wife, 2-year-old daughter: NYPD

By Bill Parry

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