Oct. 11, 2018 By Christian Murray A doctor and a nurse practitioner operating out a Woodside medical clinic prescribed millions of oxycodone pills to patients who didn’t need them and reaped millions of dollars in illegal profit, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Dante A. Cubanbang, a physician, 50, and John F. Gargan, a nurse practitioner, 62,… Read more »
Oct. 11, 2018 Staff Report Thalia Spanish Theatre, located at 47-11 Greenpoint Ave., is hosting the dragQUEENS show on Friday, Oct. 12., as part of a 12-performance run that ends on Sunday, Nov. 4 The show features performers in brightly colored outfits, high heels and sparkly sequins. The show will include high-energy singing and dancing… Read more »
Oct. 11, 2018 By Christian Murray A free crash course on how residents can improve their health is taking place in Sunnyside this Sunday, with local experts gathering to share their expertise. The event, dubbed the Sunnyside-Woodside Health Hour, will take place this Sunday, Oct. 14 at Bliss Plaza from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m…. Read more »
Oct. 10, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez A new pet grooming service has opened in the neighborhood, joining the several grooming shops in the area. Madagascar Pets Services officially debuted on 39-32 Queens Blvd. last Monday, and offers a lineup of grooming services including baths, ear cleaning and plucking, clipper work and facial cleaning. The site… Read more »
Oct. 8, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez A flyer with a message demanding that citizens report undocumented immigrants to ICE has popped up in the area, with a video of Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer ripping the poster apart going viral. The flyer, written in bold, capital letters, says it is the “civic duty” of American… Read more »
Oct. 8, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez A Sunnyside restaurant came under fire for recently posting a now-deleted photo of one of its staff members in blackface, which it maintains is part of a cultural tradition. Cumbia & Sabor, the Colombian restaurant by 45th Street and Greenpoint Avenue, posted a photo about two weeks ago to… Read more »
Oct. 5, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Potential development of the Sunnyside Yard continues to inch closer to reality, as the first public meeting as part of the master planning process has been set for this month. The meeting, scheduled for Oct. 24 at LaGuardia Community College, will go over the master planning process that kicked… Read more »
Oct. 3, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Richard Carranza, the new chancellor for the city’s Department of Education, will be in Woodside later this month for a town hall. The event will take place at P.S. 11 on Oct. 17, and is organized by the Community Education Council for District 30. The town hall comes as… Read more »
Oct. 2, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Two blessing of the animals events will be taking place in Sunnyside this weekend. The events will be held at All Saints’ Episcopal Church and Queens of Angels, where attendees can bring their pets to be blessed as part of the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, which takes… Read more »
Oct. 2, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez A Woodside man has been sentenced to three and half years in prison for a hate crime committed against an MTA employee earlier this year, announced District Attorney Richard Brown today. Meher Kalam, 23, pleaded guilty to second degree assault as a hate crime last month that took place… Read more »