See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Gina Martinez TimesLedger Newspapers Flushing-born Former First Lady Barbara Bush died Tuesday following a battle with an unspecified illness. She was 92. Bush died two days after her family released a statement announcin…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Robert Cole TimesLedger Newspapers With weather wreaking havoc on this year’s softball season, Saturday’s great spring weather enabled the St. Francis Prep softball team to get out and work off their rust agai…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers City Councilman Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) rallied with parents, students, teachers and education advocates Monday in Jackson Heights to demand that the city Department of Education…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Elected officials and community leaders joined Denham Wolff Real Estate Services Tuesday to break-ground for the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center expansion project in Averne. With a…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Street safety advocates marked the one-year anniversary of the tragic death of Gelasio Reyes Sunday with a ride and rally at the Sunnyside intersection where the Corona father of three an…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Gina Martinez TimesLedger Newspapers After a suggestion from a friend a Bellerose, a stay-at-home mom completely switched careers and opened her own after-school center in Flushing. Shalini Outram was in the medical resea…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Naeisha Rose TimesLedger Newspapers Corona, Jackson Heights and Jamaica were identified as food swamps in a report from Public Health Solutions, one of the largest public health nonprofits in New York City dedicated to he…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Mark Hallum TimesLedger Newspapers Immigrants rallied at the steps of Queens Borough Hall Tuesday to call on the de Blasio administration to continue funding adult learning programs in the city budget, due for passage in…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers The Rockaway Boardwalk’s Reconstruction Project has received a national planning achievement award. Obliterated by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012, the 5-1/2 mile length of boardwal…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Mark Hallum TimesLedger Newspapers OAKLAND GARDENS – Officers executing a search warrant at an Oakland Gardens home uncovered 71 firearms, including pistols, assault rifles, rifles, handguns and shotguns Sunday, pol…