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A national watchdog group has charged Congressman Gregory Meeks and State Senator Malcolm Smith with setting up a non-profit organization that they used more like a “slush fund” than a charity. More ... A Far Rockaway man has been charged with manslaughter following a crash that killed a passenger in his car in Cedarhurst last Saturday morning, according to Nassau police. Gehlert Barrios, 20, of Far Rockaway, was driving his 2004 Nissan southbound on Rockaway Turnpike when he rear-ended a 2009 Ford van near the corner of Rugby Road at 4:30 a.m., police said. More ... After years of having developers and the city decide what Rockaway needs, a group of community members and representatives of civic groups are taking the bull by the horns to decide if a master plan of priorities for the peninsula should be developed. On January 30, approximately 50 area residents attended a meeting at Peninsula Hospital Center to take up the issue and brainstorm ideas. More ... After a long and oft-convoluted process, Governor David Paterson has named a consortium that includes former Congressman Floyd Flake, called one of the most powerful political figures in Queens, to run the planned multi-million dollar gambling Racino at Aqueduct Racetrack. More ... A woman with a prior conviction for driving under the influence was arrested in Rockaway Beach for again driving drunk with an open bottle of vodka, police said. More ... A former NYPD sergeant, who was once a drug-busting cop in the 101 Precinct, was sentenced to six months in prison this week for selling out to Long Island crack dealers for a pair of sneakers and a warm-up suit. More ... The weekend was marred by a pair of shootings in Arverne, both of which left the victims hospitalized and police seeking the unknown gunmen. Last Saturday at 12:10 a.m. police responded to a call of a male shot near 528 Beach 67 Street. The 21-year-old unidentified man was shot once in the left shoulder by an unknown perpetrator. More ... An apartment fire at 19-15 Seagirt Boulevard resulted in one fatality earlier this week, The Wave has learned. The fire, which was contained to the kitchen in apartment 8E, was called in at 5:12 p.m. and quickly extinguished. Firefighters attended to the elderly woman living in the apartment, but she was DOA. More ... A fire that started in the basement of a Belle Harbor home quickly spread to nearly the entire three-story house in the early morning hours of Sunday, January 31, according to fire sources. More ... Although no date has yet been set, the trial of a former member of the Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department moved one step closer this week with a hearing in Queens Supreme Court. More ... |
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