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Nov. 5, 2024 By Czarinna Andres. New Yorkers headed to the polls Tuesday to vote in several pivotal races, including the presidential election and critical congressional and state legislature seats. At 9 p.m., polls officially closed, and initial results began to come in across Queens, where numerous incumbents faced challengers in districts ...
New Irish bar coming to Jackson Heights this fall, from the owner …
Aug. 30, 2024 By Shane O’Brien. The owner of a well-known establishment on the border of Woodside and Astoria, the Brewery Bar and Kitchen, is opening a new Irish bar in Jackson Heights, with plans to open by the fall.. Padraic Sheridan, a native of Ireland’s County Cavan who opened the Brewery Bar ten years ago, acquired a derelict building at 82-19 Northern Blvd. in Jackson Heights and ...
Photos: Jackson Heights Halloween Parade celebrates 33 years of ...
3 days ago · Photo by Ramy Mahmoud. “We’ve been doing this parade for 33 years now. It gets bigger and bigger. The beauty of the parade is that it’s completely funded by the merchants along 37th Avenue,” said Edwin O’Keefe Westley, president of the Jackson Heights Beautification Group and a member of Community Board 3. “We chose four grand ...
Jackson Heights organization focused on community journalism …
Jan 31, 2024 · A Jackson Heights organization dedicated to community journalism has been awarded $250,000 to establish a community hub dedicated to content creation, art exhibits and programming and civic engagement. Epicenter-NYC, an online media company launched in 2020 to help New Yorkers navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, secured the grant to establish a multipurpose community hub.
34th Avenue in Jackson Heights co-named "Paseo Park" in historic ...
Dec. 21, 2023 By Czarinna Andres. Jackson Heights’ 34th Avenue, also known as the heart of the neighborhood’s open streets program, will soon bear a new name: “Paseo Park.”
‘Summer Sundays’ Concert Series to Return to Travers Park This …
Jun 28, 2021 · A free summer concert series is returning to Jackson Heights this weekend after going remote last year. “Summer Sundays in The Park” will again feature live music from local artists on Sundays at 6 p.m. in Travers Park, from July 4 through Aug. 29. The series — organized by the Jackson Heights Beautification Group — is bringing back in ...
JP Morgan Chase CEO and Jackson Heights native Jamie Dimon …
Oct. 3, 2024 By Shane O’Brien JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, who grew up in Jackson Heights, met with small business owners on 82nd Street on Wednesday to discuss the challenges small businesses face and how Chase can better support them.
Restaurant Food Crawl Returning to Jackson ... - Jackson Heights …
March 29, 2022 By Michael Dorgan. A community-led group is hosting guided food crawls through Jackson Heights next month. The restaurant crawls, which will see participants visit a diverse mix of local eateries to savor takeout food, will take place on April 9 and April 23.
Jackson Heights Leaders Show Support for Residents Left …
Apr 13, 2021 · A GoFundMe – with the goal of $450,000 – has so far collected more than $333,000 in donations.. Several displaced residents said they feared having to take refuge in the city’s shelter system. They worried that larger families would be separated into smaller groups and that they would be forced to commute long distances for work and school if …
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Category: crime Officials and advocates meet in Jackson Heights to address human trafficking solutions. Posted October 31, 2024 by sobrien. Oct. 31, 2024 By Shane O’Brien A number of elected officials met with community-based organizations and anti-trafficking experts in Jackson Heights Tuesday to discuss possible solutions for human trafficking in the local community.