See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Merle Exit TimesLedger Newspapers People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals gave an unfriendly welcome to the UniverSoul Circus last Friday on its opening night in Jamaica. PETA protesters greeted the crowd as patrons e…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Elizabeth Crowley TimesLedger Newspapers Susan B. Anthony said in 1897, “There will never be complete equality until women themselves help make laws and elect lawmakers.” Thanks in part to Anthony’s life…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Naeisha Rose TimesLedger Newspapers The Madelaine Chocolate Company, a Far Rockaway business that was established nearly 70 years ago and was one of the largest manufacturing employers in Queens, faced an uncertain future…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Hundreds of LaGuardia Community College students stood shoulder to shoulder with the trailblazers of the borough’s LGBTQ civil rights movement Monday afternoon for the opening of a…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . TimesLedger Newspapers It’s time for fair fares. More than half of the City Council — 35 members, including eight from Queens — have asked City Council Speaker Corey Johnson and Finance Chairman Daniel Drom…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Melinda Katz TimesLedger Newspapers The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s “Freedom Ticket” program is gearing up to become a broken promise that represents a classic bait-and-switch on Queens. In a…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Mark Hallum TimesLedger Newspapers Members of FDNY celebrated the life and sacrifice of one of their own, Lt. Michael Davidson, after the 15-year veteran who grew up in Queens was killed quelling a blaze in Harlem last we…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Naeisha Rose TimesLedger Newspapers A Muslim community in southeast Queens may be able to find some semblance of closure after a Brooklyn man was convicted in Queens Supreme Court last week in the 2016 murder of an imam a…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Merle Exit TimesLedger Newspapers Are you looking for some Passover alternatives to the usual Seder fare? Tradition has you eating items such as gefilte fish, matzo ball soup, and a number of other “same old, same o…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Gina Martinez TimesLedger Newspapers U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) blasted the Trump administration’s decision to include a question regarding citizenship on the 2020 US Census. The administration’s action…