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Queens Borough Hall ushers in Year of the Dragon during Lunar New Year celebration

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Feb. 14, 2024 By Athena Dawson Saturday, Feb. 10 marked the start of the Lunar New Year-also known as Chinese New Year-for billions of celebrants in New York and across the globe. 2024 ushered in the year of the dragon, one of the most auspicious signs of the Chinese zodiac. On Monday Feb. 11, the Queens Borough president’s office hosted their second annual Lunar New Year Celebration at borough hall. Hundreds of people wearing red-to symbolize prosperity-showed up to enjoy an assortment of food including steamed buns, pan fried dumplings, japchae (Korean glass noodles), and various other delicacies. The Lunar…
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Queens gets its own Monopoly: Call for locals to shape the board

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Feb. 13, 2024 By admin Feb. 13, 2024 By Seán Ó Briain Roll the dice, Queens! Entertainment giant Top Trumps USA will launch a Queens edition of board game classic Monopoly this fall and is seeking the input of Queens residents and businesses to capture the true essence of the borough. Top Trumps has collaborated… Read more »

Air medical service provider to train Glen Oaks Volunteer Ambulance Corps

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Feb. 12, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The Glen Oaks Volunteer Ambulance Corp (GOVAC), a not-for-profit corporation that provides volunteer EMS/ambulance services, selected a critical care program to give additional in-person training to the organization’s nurses and paramedics. Known as the Ascend program, the air medical service provider Air Methods will be providing this state-of-the-art education….
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QNS weekender: Six things to do in Queens this weekend

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Feb. 9, 2024 By Aidan Pellegrino If you enjoy a wide variety of music and entertainment, along with enjoying quality food, the Queens area is the perfect place for enjoying all of the different forms of entertainment in New York City. From poetry to music, there is plenty to do and enjoy this weekend. Friday,…
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City Gate Productions set to perform ’12 Angry Men’ at Ridgewood’s Stone Circle Theatre Mar. 1-10

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Feb. 8, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The Queens-based production company City Gate Productions will be performing the play “12 Angry Men” at the Stone Circle Theatre in Ridgewood from Mar. 1-10. The company will also hold a special performance at the Sullivan Center at American Martyrs’ Roman Catholic Church in Bayside on Feb. 24. Based…
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Suozzi vs. Pilip: The race to replace George Santos nears finish line

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Feb. 8, 2024 By Michael Malaszczyk Early voting for the special election to replace disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos will begin Feb. 3, and the official election will take place on Feb. 13. Replacing Santos will either be former Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) or Nassau County Legislator Mazi Melesa Pilip (R-Great Neck). Both were announced as the party’s nominees for the election in December, shortly following Santos’s expulsion. Suozzi, who held the congressional seat between 2017 and 2023, said that he had a track record of working across the aisle. He cited a high bipartisan index ranking by…
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