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Sep. 8, 2025 By Jessica Militello

The Treehouse Shakers are back at Flushing Town Hall (FTH) on Sunday, Sept. 14, bringing farm life to the stage with “Hatched,” a fun and interactive show that gives babies and toddlers a unique hands-on approach to theater. 

Sep. 5, 2025 By Bill Parry

A Whitestone motorcyclist was killed after a collision with the driver of a Mini Cooper on Thursday, Sept. 4, according to the NYPD.

Sep. 5, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

The Flushing Hospital Medical Center held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of its new state-of-the-art Neotal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) on Tuesday, Aug. 19.

Sep. 5, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

Northern Queens experienced significant declines in several major crimes year-over-year during the 28-day period from Aug. 4-31, while southern Queens had sharp declines in robberies and burglaries over the same period of time, according to the NYPD.

Queens College hosted an FDNY promotion ceremony on Tuesday that saw 109 members of fire operations move up the ranks before family and friends in the Colden Auditorium.

One deputy chief was promoted to the rank of deputy assistant chief, two battalion chiefs were promoted to deputy chief, 12 captains were promoted to the rank of battalion chief, 38 lieutenants were promoted to captain and 56 firefighters were promoted to the rank of lieutenant.

Sep. 3, 2025 By Claude Solnik

Many thousands of tennis fans have been flooding Flushing Meadows Corona Park to watch tennis greats compete at the US Open, among the biggest events in New York City, complete with new construction and multi-million-dollar facilities.

Sep. 2, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

The average cost of homes for one to three families reached $1,013,558 in the second quarter of 2025, marking the first time that price has reached $1 million dating back to the second quarter of 2024, according to a report by the real estate firm Brown Harris Stevens.

Sep. 1, 2025 By Ethan Marshall and Ramy Mahmoud

The New York Mets hosted their second annual “A Celebration of Queens Culture” at Citi Field during the game against the Miami Marlins on Thursday, Aug. 28.

An MS-13 gang associate from Fresh Meadows was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison on Tuesday, Aug. 26, for the 2018 slaying of a Corona teenager in Flushing’s Kissena Park.

Juan Amaya-Ramirez, 27, and his co-defendant Oscar Flores-Mejia, 25, from Elmhurst, who is also an associate of the transnational criminal organization, pleaded guilty to the murder of 17-year-old Andy Peralta in Brooklyn federal court last September.

Aug. 28, 2025 By Jessica Militello

When Northern Queens resident Sherika Sterling discovered Plant Powered Metro NY’s Jumpstart program, she was struggling with a list of health issues that she thought she would have to deal with her entire life. After joining the program and changing to a plant-based diet, she was able to reverse many of her chronic ailments, including being pre-diabetic, after being equipped with practical tools, knowledge and plant-based recipes.