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Our Lady of Hope
The Juniper Berry March 2025
Published February 27, 2025Polish-American National Hall, 1940
As early as 1890, Polish immigrants chose Maspeth in which to settle. In 1921, the Polish National Home (or in Polish, “Polski Dom Narodowy”) was founded by a newly formed organization comprised... See More
Little Rascal
The Eastern Gray Squirrel is the most common animal sighted in our backyards, parks, and... See More
Berry Bits: Mail Theft-Related Check Fraud is on the Rise
The FBI and USPIS are warning that check fraud is on the rise, with a significant volume enabled... See More
Berry Bits: Congestion Pricing – On again, off again
Congestion pricing went into effect January 5, charging motorists $9 every time they venture south... See More
Berry Bits: Maspeth purse snatching
A man robbed an 88-year-old woman on Tuesday, January 7 at Brown Place and 58th Avenue, at around... See More
Berry Bits: Carbon monoxide sends 9 to hospital
At 11:40pm on January 10, firefighters responded to a call about high carbon monoxide readings due... See More
Letters to the Editor: Shelter is a bad neighbor
With all the money shelter operators get from the city, why can’t the Maspeth Jewish Center... See More
Berry Bits: Legislation to help combat floooding in Queens signed into law
U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-Queens), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Queens/Bronx) and Senate Democratic... See More
Berry Bits: Kudos to our 2024 raffle donors
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Message from the President March 2025
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Things That are Dumb: Elmhurst’s 23-year nightmare
here is a curious thing that has been going on for more than two decades on 57th Avenue just east... See More
Poetry: Peaches
I am holding contentment in my hand. Contentment is my peach. Four peaches on a blue rimmed plate.... See More
What Remains Remain
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Amazing Stories: Wexford welcomes fireman Joseph Kinch
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Things That are Dumb: Rewarding poor performance
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Things That are Dumb: Bus plan stops short
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Things That are Dumb: Magical Mystery Bus
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Letters to the Editor: Rest in Peace, Roy
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Neighborhood Hall of Shame March 2025
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Letters to the Editor: 2025 Tax Savings
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Letters to the Editor: Closing Transfiguration Church
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Letters to the Editor: What happened at Transfiguration?
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Letters to the Editor: Bus stop signage changes
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Yes, I can!
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Op-Ed: Addressing the Challenges of NYC’s Illegal Scooters
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104th Precinct Report March 2025
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SOCIAL SECURITY CELEBRATES WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
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Update on City of Yes Lawsuit Filing
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History of Transfiguration Church of Maspeth
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Recalling Murray Hill in Flushing
Over fifty years ago, when I was in high school, my mother and my two brothers moved from Corona,... See More
Poetry: A boo boo on my knee
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Walking or Biking the Western Queens Waterfront
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Déjà Food!
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My Mother Was My Best Friend
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Amazing Stories: Made Game Of
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I Land on Mars
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Amazing Stories: Haidt charged with adultery
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Chef Ricco Presents a Taste of Old Germany!
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Travel Poetry
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Taxing Journey
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The body of the victim — who sources said was in his 50s — was crushed underneath the hulking Rescue Company 4 truck and they were pronounced dead on the scene, according to cops.
FDNY firetruck strikes, kills cyclist outside NYC park: police
nypost.com
The truck was making a turn onto Juniper Boulevard alongside Juniper Valley Park at 4 p.m. when the fatal accident occurred.I was there literally seconds after it happened and the person who claimed to witness it said it was a boy on a bike... Terrible accident regardless
R.I.P. 
Witnesses that were there and saw it are saying a different story.
He was 50 and he crashed into the side of Rescue 4 and then ended up under the wheel. The driver was not at fault.
What can be a different story
God bless him
Tragic for the victim and the driver.
I thought he was 15?
Maureen Woods-Ostermann
Sounds like the article is mentioning 9/11 and how great that ladder is but whiteness say it's a child sounds like a cover up now another story says 59 where can we find a name of the victim if it wasn't a child a name would be mentioned somewhere
Good news.
NYC to temporarily pause compost fines for smaller buildings
pix11.com
NEW YORK (PIX11) – New York City is temporarily pausing fines on smaller buildings found not composting, city officials said Thursday. Effective immediately, compost fines will not affect buildings�...They took input - for an hour on a Zoom call last June.
Holden urges redesign of Juniper Valley Park play area over lack of community input – QNS
qns.com
Council Member Robert Holden is pushing back against a proposed redesign of a key section of Juniper Valley Park,Seemed like there was zero push back from JPCA on this proposed design. Thank you Bob Holden for addressing this