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Thief makes off with religious item
A burglar struck a Howard Beach church last week, making off with two religious chalices worth a combined total of $10,000. The incident was reported on Friday, February 26, at approximately 6:30 ...
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Sex offender bill introduced
Businesses that work with children would have to screen potential employees for sex and child abuse crimes before hiring them, under a new bill introduced in the Assembly. The bill is being pushed...
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Queens Metro, the new “it” school?
Brian Fassano, a 13-year-old 8th grade student at IS 73, hopes to go there for high school. Eileen McDonegh wants to send her three sons there, and Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley is considering th...
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Seminerio sentenced to six years
Anthony Seminerio is headed to prison. Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald sentenced the 74-year-old former Queens assemblyman convicted of fraud to six years in prison on February 4. Seminerio resigned ...
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