3 • TIMES, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2014 THEIR MAG IS LOST IN MAIL Civic Annoyed By Slow Delivery, DSNY Plan Noting a drop in attendance at last Thursday’s session, Holden reasoned that members who had not received their magazine must not have known about that night’s meeting. After contacting the USPS for an explanation, the civic president said, representatives informed him the delay was due to a holdover at a Brooklyn processing center. “Our mail goes from the publishing house to Flushing they used to distribute it there to the local Composting Pgm. Soon Debuts June Collections In Glendale, Maspeth, M.V. units are automatically enrolled in the initiative, which aims to improve the environment and reduce the amount of trash the city exports to landfills elsewhere. Brochures about the organics collection program will be sent to all of Glendale the week of May 12, followed the next week with a door hanger. These documents will be In This Week’s Times Newsweekly... LOCAL NEWS HIGHLIGHTS GLENDALE: Alleged Drug Runner Busted With Stash, Guns..Pg. 1 RIDGEWOOD: Mystery Continues In Couple’s Slaying............Pg. 1 LONG ISLAND CITY: Residents, Pols Vent Over 7 Line Work..Pg. 1 MASPETH: DOT Plans On Making A One-Way Switch..............Pg. 1 RIDGEWOOD: Girl Scout Troops Mark Milestone.........Photo, Pg. 1 OZONE PARK: Community Split On QueensWay Plan..............Pg. 2 ELMHURST: Feds Seek Perp Who Shined Laser At Jet...........Pg. 2 RIDGEWOOD: Keeping PROM-ises To Girls...................Photo, Pg. 2 MIDDLE VILLAGE: JPCA Sounds Off On Mail, Trash Woes.....Pg. 3 GLENDALE/MASPETH/MIDDLE VILLAGE: Sanitation Dept. Organics Collection Program Launches In June................Pg. 3 MIDDLE VILLAGE: Board 5 Meets This Wednesday Night......Pg. 4 GLENDALE: Block Annoyed By New Utility Poles.....................Pg. 6 FOREST HILLS: Teacher Nabbed In Internet Sex Sting............Pg. 6 RICHMOND HILL: Newest Democratic Club Meets.......Photo, Pg. 6 WOODSIDE: Big 6 Parents Repeat Calls For School Buses....Pg. 8 RIDGEWOOD: Student Honored For Saving Mom........Photo, Pg. 8 GLENDALE: One-Alarm Blaze Hits Home.......................Photo, Pg. 9 MASPETH: Local Man Nabbed For Recent Burglary...............Pg. 10 BUSHWICK: Burglar Sought By Cops...........................Photo, Pg. 10 SUNNYSIDE: 108th Precinct Cop Of The Month..........Photo, Pg. 12 FLUSHING MEADOWS PARK: Celebrating World’s Fairs......Pg. 21 WHITESTONE: Blood Drive For Ailing Vet Activist.................Pg. 24 MASPETH/CORONA: Girls Shadow Lawmakers........Photos, Pg. 24 GLENDALE: Students Make Elite High Schools..........Photo, Pg. 24 ASTORIA: Performing Arts District Created............................Pg. 25 GLENDALE: St. Pancras Visits Ancient Greece...........Photo, Pg. 25 RIDGEWOOD: P.S. 71 Students Help Sick Child..........Photo, Pg. 29 RIDGEWOOD: I.S. 77 Raises Plenty Of Pennies.........Photo, Pg. 31 GLENDALE: Pancake Breakfast At St. Pancras...........Photo, Pg. 31 QUEENS & BROOKLYN BOROUGH-WIDE NEWS Jamaica Hospital Workers Busted For Stealing Patient Info....Pg. 8 Mayor’s Pre-K Wish Granted In New State Budget...................Pg. 8 More Money Provided To Upgrade Local Freight Trains..........Pg. 9 Legislator Calls For Halal On Public School Menus................Pg. 10 Sandy Rebuild Team Gets Shuffled By Mayor.........................Pg. 14 Certificates For Vets Who Served During Cold War................Pg. 24 New Regulations Aim To Make City Air Cleaner......................Pg. 29 COLUMNS & LISTINGS Pat Buchanan...................Pg. 4 News From The WRBA....Pg. 4 104th Precinct Blotter....Pg. 11 My Say.............................Pg. 12 112th Precinct News.......Pg. 13 Transit & Traffic News....Pg. 20 It’s In Queens!................Pg. 22 Community Calendar....Pg. 22 Crossword & Sudoku....Pg. 22 TV Listings.....................Pg. 23 Social Security News.....Pg. 27 Sports..............................Pg. 62 SUBSCRIBE TO THE TIMES NEWSWEEKLY! 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