See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Mark Hallum TimesLedger Newspapers Civic leader Walter Mugdan received the state’s highest honor last Friday for his work preserving wetlands in northeast Queens. State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) presented the Sta…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Naeisha Rose TimesLedger Newspapers York College will hold an Awareness and Prevention of Human Trafficking forum on Thursday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the school’s Bassin Theatre. Barbara Felton, the co-chair for th…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Gina Martinez TimesLedger Newspapers Brinckerhoff Cemetery is one step closer to being refurbished. Last week the Department of City Planning formally certified the Parks Department’s application to acquire Brincker…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Naeisha Rose TimesLedger Newspapers An electrical fire consumed the second floor of a cultural center in Jamaica last weekend. The Afrikan Poetry Theatre — located at 176-03 Jamaica Ave. — is around 100 years…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Mark Hallum TimesLedger Newspapers State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) held a town hall with the Bayside Business Association to discuss ways of improving commerce with the help of the state government. The event space in…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Gina Martinez TimesLedger Newspapers Elected officials from Jamaica and their staff members held a forum last Saturday at Dabar Bethlehem Cathedral reaching out to young people and explaining how they can get involved in…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Naeisha Rose TimesLedger Newspapers Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Academy in Queens Village will be closing its doors this summer. The school — located 92-80 220th St. — is set to close on June 30 due to a budg…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . TimesLedger Newspapers It’s hard to believe in this day and age in Queens that two top city officials failed to persuade Christ the King High School to allow one of its students to have the name “Malcolm X”…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Mark Hallum TimesLedger Newspapers The city agency said had it expected $449 million from the state to fund its existing programs, but only $320 million was laid out in the reimbursement cap in the budget with some claimi…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . TimesLedger Newspapers Community News Group has named Zachary Gewelb, the deputy editor of the TimesLedger Newspapers, to the editor’s position. He will replace Roz Liston, who is retiring and will remain at the paper…