http://www.qchron.com/qboro/stories/travel-the-globe-without-leaving-the-theater/article_972ac016-ab4c-503a-b514-eca6063f4e55.html By Anthony Medina Performers with thin white fabric over their bodies gather center stage. The lights are still dim and all the audience hears is the jingling of costume accessories. The house knows the first performance is on a …
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Man gets 45 to life for drug deal murder
Queens Village resident Jairam Ali Suarez, 26, was sentenced to 45 years to life in prison on Monday for shooting two men — killing one and wounding the other — in a 2015 drug deal gone wrong. Queens District Attorney …
Their life-saving encounter in LIC
Anthony Forchelli suffered a severe heart attack on Oct. 19 in Long Island City while walking to his car at 45th Avenue and 21st Street, around 2 p.m. Forchelli had left his office at a corporate food service unusually early …
Main St. sidewalk expansion finished
City officials and Flushing leaders unveiled the completion of their $7.8. million project to widen the Main Street sidewalks last Thursday. Parts of Main Street between 38th and 41st avenues were expanded up to a 9 foot distance. This was …
2% Social Security COLA coming in Jan.
About 61 million Social Security beneficiaries will receive a 2 percent increase to the cost of living allowance in January. The Social Security Administration, in a fact sheet published in the website ssa.gov/news/press/factsheets/colafacts2018.pdf, said the increase was approved based on the …
LinkNYC kiosks a boon to Queens biz
LinkNYC has placed 1,399 of its Wi-Fi kiosks across New York City almost two years after its launch. The stations were placed around the city near transit stops and businesses, replacing old telephone booths. Business owners with kiosks in front …
Hard times in Rincon, Puerto Rico
On Oct. 11, at 9 a.m, Jose Medina boarded a one-way flight to Puerto Rico. Three bags were carried across the terminal to the JetBlue check-in entrance. Two of them had tools, batteries and two large packets of beef jerky. …
A Hero of Hope lives in Queens
Luis Matos lost complete function of both kidneys at 25. His time as a football player, coach and organization manager seemed finished. Although his situation looked dire, Matos continued to help others in and out of his Ozone Park home. …
Firefighter injured battling Bayside blaze
One firefighter was injured while extinguishing a basement fire early Monday morning in Bayside, the FDNY said. The two-alarm fire at 33-35 202 St. started at 9 a.m. and required 25 FDNY workers to put out the flames. First responders …
Compost bins set to expand in Queens
Queens residents in single-family homes across a handful of neighborhoods will receive “organics” composting bins by the end of October, according to the Department of Sanitation. The program is being launched in community districts 6 and 7. Districts 2, 9, …