Queens Public Library Launches Online Book Club

May. 26, 2023 By Ethan Marshall

Bayside resident Jesse Chin emerged as the winner on the May 25 episode of Jeopardy!. Chin ended up winning $24,801 and will return to the show next week to defend his title.

May. 26, 2023 By Ethan Marshall

Queensborough Community College held its annual Partners for Progress Gala on Wednesday, May 24, at Terrace on the Park, during which seeveral alumni shared the secrets to their success after attending the school.

May. 26, 2023 By Maggie Wong

Hundreds of community members and residents gathered at Crocheron Park in Bayside on Sunday, May 21, for the 17th annual “Big Hearts Walk for St. Mary’s Kids.” This charity walk-a-thon supports vital programs and services at St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children.

May. 25, 2023 By QNS News Team

Don’t miss these exciting events across Queens this weekend!

Queens Centers for Progress announced its founder Natalie Katz Rogers died peacefully in her Florida home on May 7 at the age of 103. Despite her age, she continued to be a champion for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and a role model and mentor for those who worked with her through the years.

New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) will play a key role in the future of artificial and natural intelligence after U.S. Rep. Grace Meng announced that the institution in Flushing Meadows Corona Park has been awarded nearly a half-million dollars in federal funding from the National Science Foundation over the next five years.

NYSCI will be part of a $20 million initiative led by Columbia University to establish an AI Institute for Artificial and Natural Intelligence (ARNI), an interdisciplinary center that will bring together several top research institutions to focus on a national priority: connecting the major progress made in AI systems to the revolution in understanding the brain.

May. 25, 2023 By Ethan Marshall

The New York Mets hosted the Wheelchair Sports Federation for its annual softball game at the Citi Field parking lot Wednesday. In addition to the game, a softball clinic was held for more than 100 schoolchildren with disabilities. They were joined by Mr. and Mrs. Met and Mets alumni Todd Zeile.

May. 25, 2023 By Ethan Marshall

Queens Rising will be coming to the Queens Night Market at the New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows Corona Park on June 3.

May. 24, 2023 By Ethan Marshall

The Glen Oaks Shopping Center will soon be getting a Lidl grocery store after the Feil Organization signed a lease with the supermarket chain. The lease is for 15 years and covers 34,484 square feet.

May. 24, 2023 By Ethan Marshall

Thursday’s episode of the hit game show Jeopardy! will be featuring a Queens native as one of the contestants. Accounting director Jesse Chin of Bayside will compete on “America’s Favorite Quiz Show.”