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Get your hands on MONOPOLY: Queens Edition – Here’s where to buy it locally

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Oct. 7, 2024 Lara Rydesky Get your thimbles and racecars ready; the long-awaited Queens edition of Monopoly is now available for purchase. MONOPOLY: Queens Edition replaces the original board’s iconic spaces with beloved Queens locations and landmarks. Players can hop across historic restaurants, museums, and local businesses, buying, selling, and building their own slice…

Monopoly: Queens Edition unveiled – find out which beloved local spots made the board!

Creator’s of the Monopoly: Queen’s Edition unveiled the new version of the classic board game during an exciting ceremony at Queens Center.

Oct. 5, 2024 By Tara Siegel Did your favorite Queens spots make the board? Saturday, Oct. 5, marked the official unveiling of the much-anticipated Monopoly: Queens Edition. The event, held at Queens Center Mall in Elmhurst, revealed the local spots that have earned a place on the iconic board game. Several notable speakers were…

Council Member Won co-chairs hearing investigating New York school bus inefficiency

Council Members Rita Joseph and Julie Won at Monday's oversight hearing. Photo: Gerardo Romo / NYC Council Media Unit

Oct. 4, 2024 By sobrien Oct. 4, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Queens Council Member Julie Won co-chaired a joint oversight hearing on Monday exploring how to improve school transportation services, which suffered from a cumulative 80,312 delays during the 2023/24 academic year. Won, the chair of the New York City Council’s Committee on Contracts, and… Read more »

Tech-driven dental studio Tend opens in Long Island City

Exterior of the Tend LIC dental studio. Photo: Tend.

Oct. 3, 2024 By sobrien Oct. 3, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Tend, a new-era dental company seeking to reinvent a dentist’s office using technology, has opened a new location in Long Island City. Tend LIC opened its doors at 10-64 Jackson Ave. on Wednesday, Oct. 2, becoming the 13th Tend location in New York City… Read more »

DOT announces community workshops for 16-mile Queens Waterfront Greenway

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Oct. 3, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan The planning process to solidify a continuous and accessible 16-mile Queens Waterfront Greenway is kicking off this month.  The Department of Transportation (DOT) announced earlier this week that they will host a series of public workshops throughout the month of October to gather community input. During this first…

DA Katz introduces Kimi, the facility dog providing comfort to Queens crime victims

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Oct. 3, 2024 By Bill Parry Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz introduced one of the newest members of her team on Wednesday as part of her office’s public information campaign during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Kimi, a 2-year-old golden retriever/Labrador retriever, has been appointed as a facility dog to provide comfort and companionship to…