See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Mark Hallum TimesLedger Newspapers The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has approved contracts to implement the next phase in the project to add a third track to the Long Island Rail Road’s busiest corridor. Th…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers The City Council voted overwhelmingly to approve a bill that would require power plant operators to end the use of dirty fuel oils, which will decrease hazardous emissions and pollution.…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Naeisha Rose TimesLedger Newspapers Two schools in the Rockaways are among the 14 New York City schools scheduled for closure, Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña announced Monday. A Bronx school where one student was s…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Four men have pleaded guilty to blow-torching their way into the Maspeth Federal Savings Bank branch in Rego Park, and another bank in Brooklyn in the spring of 2016, making off with more…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . TimesLedger Newspapers Whoever thought that dressing up like Santa and going on a pub crawl with all your friends was a great holiday idea probably did not get the credit he or she desreves. Because the birth of what has com…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Naeisha Rose TimesLedger Newspapers Cinephiles who are patrons of Queens Public Library are in luck. On Dec. 13 the extensive library system, which has 62 branches, launched the Kanopy video and film streaming service for…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Ronald B. Hellman TimesLedger Newspapers My wish list for Queens this holiday season has only one item – new theater venues! Regular readers of this column know that I frequently lament the lack of state-of-the-art…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Larry Penner TimesLedger Newspapers The defeat of Queens NYC Council member Elizabeth Crowley may also signal the end of the line for her proposed Long Island Rail Road Lower Montauk branch Light Rail Project. Crowley was…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Naeisha Rose TimesLedger Newspapers The Queens Southside Seahawks cheerleading squad defeated their competition in Florida and became first place Division 10 Dance champions at the 2017 American Youth Football & Chee…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Benjamin M. Haber TimesLedger Newspapers The saying “Hope springs eternal in the human breast” was evident in the recent Alabama senatorial election. Congratulations are in order to the majority of the voters…