Views: 334Lighting the way with a vibrant Forest Hills tradition By Michael Perlman mperlman@queensledger.com “Chanukah on The Park” and its symbolic 18-foot menorah continues to beam brighter each year. Situated in front of Yellowstone Municipal Park,...
Views: 486Forest Hills tea club preserves tradition, envisions expansion By Michael Perlman mperlman@queensledger.com The New York Tea Society (NYTS), which operates out of a Forest Hills tea studio, is creating a buzz around town. Afterall, tea...
Views: 343Mapping the names of streets, buildings, parks By Michael Perlman mperlman@queensledger.com Every day, residents take a stroll, relax in a park, encounter a sculpture, attend school, go to work and take pride in “home sweet...
Views: 505A small business with a huge heart By Michael Perlman mperlman@queensledger.com Queens is nicknamed the “The World’s Borough.” Holding up to its title is a most diverse culinary landscape, where Lime & Salt Cantina holds...
Views: 375Dominican immigrant embraces New York tradition By Jessica Meditz jmeditz@queensledger.com At one point in his life, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was something Dominican-born Carlos Garcia admired from afar as a New York tradition. Now,...
Views: 3507At Kew-Forest, you will find a community that nurtures lifelong learners, educators who inspire young people, and students who support each other. Established in 1918, The Kew-Forest School is the oldest independent co-ed, college preparatory school in...
Views: 378By Jessica Meditz jmeditz@queensledger.com David Bonola was sentenced to 25 years in prison last Wednesday for killing Orsolya Gaal, a 51-year-old mom from Forest Hills, in April. Bonola, 44, of South Richmond Hill, pleaded guilty...
Views: 449Joining forces after a restored fire alarm pedestal vanishes By Michael Perlman mperlman@queensledger.com For over a decade, Woodside resident and volunteer John S. Colgan, nicknamed the “Fire Alarm Box Guy,” has meticulously restored historic cast-iron...
Views: 492WWI Soldiers & Sailors Memorial stands tall By Michael Perlman mperlman@queensledger.com It is always timely to honor military veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces, and one day to maximize that honor for America’s bravest is...
Views: 796At Kew-Forest, you will find a community that nurtures lifelong learners, educators who inspire young people, and students who support each other. Established in 1918, The Kew-Forest School is the oldest independent co-ed, college preparatory school in...
