See this story at TimesLedger.com . By TimesLedger Newspapers In conjunction with the Greater Astoria Historical Society, TimesLedger Newspapers presents noteworthy events in the borough’s history In December 1937, descendants of pioneer Flushing familie…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Tammy Scileppi TimesLedger Newspapers This year New York state celebrated 100 years since a pivotal moment in feminist history, when in 1917 women won the right to vote on the state level. That momentous event took place…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Naeisha Rose TimesLedger Newspapers Kwanzaa, a seven-day celebration for descendants of the African diaspora, which is observed from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1, is a holiday meant to bring black people together across the world to…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Naeisha Rose TimesLedger Newspapers Congressman Joseph Crowley (D-Jackson Heights) and Councilman Francisco Moya (D-East Elmhurst) are expected to join members of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Tuesday at t…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers An 81-year-old man was fatally stuck by a car just blocks from his Dutch Kills home last week, police said. Soliman Leano, who lived on 37th Avenue near 21st Street, was crossing 31st Str…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers A Queens lawmaker is calling on the city to develop a better system for rescuing passengers aboard city ferries that are stranded on waterways. State Sen. Joseph Addabbo (D-Howard Beach)…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Zach Gewelb TimesLedger Newspapers Sports have always been a big part of Queens and 2017 has been no different. From tennis to baseball to some hoops, there have been plenty of big stories throughout the year. Let’s…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers For the second time in two years a political earthquake emanated from central Queens as civic leader Robert Holden stunned two-term incumbent City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Glenda…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Naeisha Rose TimesLedger Newspapers Queens and the rest of the city are on track to have the lowest crime rate in more than half a century and the lowest prison population in 35 years. At a news conference at One Police P…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . TimesLedger Newspapers Queens went to the barricades in 2017, protesting threats to women’s rights, President Trump’s travel ban on Muslims and the borough’s breakaway Democrats who have allied themselves w…