March 16, By Christian Murray
The Department of Consumer Affairs has filed charges against Major World, a Northern Boulevard-based auto dealership, claiming that the company has been using deceptive and illegal practices to profit from consumers.
The DCA claims that the firm has a long-standing practice of luring unsuspecting consumers,…
March 16, By Hannah Wulkan
Participatory budgeting voters in Sunnyside, Woodside and Long Island City will be able to vote online for the first time ever this year.
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer will kick off his third annual participatory budgeting vote on March 25,…
March 16, By Hannah Wulkan
A man who lives on the border of Long Island City and Astoria was sentenced to a year in prison for dropping his dog out of a third story window last summer, announced Queens District Attorney Richard Brown today.…
March 15, Staff Report
An off-duty EMT was arrested yesterday after assaulting and stabbing his girlfriend in their shared Woodside home.
According to police, 31-year-old Peter Matura, an EMT with the FDNY, was arrested around 1:30 p.m. yesterday after assaulting his girlfriend in their home near 64th Street and Queens Boulevard.…
March 14, Staff Report
A Peruvian restaurant in Sunnyside has gone on the market.
The owners of Don Pollo, located at 41-06 Greenpoint Avenue, have listed their business with a local realtor and are looking to sell it for $120,000.…
March 13, Staff Report
A Woodside man was arrested after shooting his wife in the stomach on Sunday night.
According to police, 54-year-old Victor Guzman was arrested around 7:45 p.m. on Sunday night for shooting his 51-year-old wife in the torso inside their home on 59th Street near Laurel Boulevard.…
By Staff Report
The silver screens at Kaufman Studios and the Museum of Moving Image will feature works by Sunnyside / Woodside residents and other Queens filmmakers as part of the 7th Annual Queens World Film Festival beginning this Tuesday,…
March 10, By Hannah Wulkan
A window at a local Sunnyside bar was smashed early this morning in an apparent act of vandalism.
A window at Bar 43, a popular Sunnyside bar at 43-06 43rd Street, was smashed around 5:10 a.m.…
March 10, By Hannah Wulkan
Restaurants on Skillman Avenue are planning to celebrate the warmer weather with a week of food and drink specials.
A coalition of Skillman restaurants will host the first ever “Spring on Skillman” restaurant week at the end of the month,…
March 9, By Christian Murray
A former owner of PJ Horgan’s is opening an Irish bar on Skillman Avenue in a location that was a former dry-cleaning store.
Joe Gillespie, a Sunnyside resident who co-owned PJ Horgan’s for several years,…