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VOL. 109, NO. 38 APRIL 19 — 25, 2018
Holden raises alarm over polluted soil
near Middle Village school
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Photos courtesy of City Councilman Robert Holden and Ryan Kelley/RIDGEWOOD TIMES
DANGER FLAG
Times wins
NYPA award
for M train
closure story
BY THE RIDGEWOOD TIMES STAFF
Staff members of the Ridgewood
Times and Queens
Courier were recognized for
their reporting eff orts in the New
York Press Association’s 2017 Better
Newspaper Contest.
T h e i r
awards were
p r e s e n t e d
during NYPA’s
Spring
Conference
in Albany on
April 13-14.
Ridgewood
Times editor
in-chief Robert Pozarycki won
second place in the best news story
category for his June report about
a two-month closure of the M train
line between Middle Village and
Bushwick.
Pozarycki, who also edits the
Queens Courier, and reporter
Suzanne Monteverdi also shared
the third-place prize for spot news
coverage of a deadly bus crash in
Flushing that the Courier reported
on last September.
The Queens Courier also won second
place awards in the magazine
category for the LIC Courier. Angela
Matua serves as the editor-in-chief
of the monthly publication focused
on arts, entertainment and dining
in Long Island City and surrounding
neighborhoods.
The Better Newspaper Contest
recognizes excellence in weekly
and monthly publications across
the Empire State. Awards are presented
annually at NYPA’s Spring
Conference in a variety of categories
including writing, editing,
graphic design and advertising.
Roofing scam
hits seniors
once again
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Cheerleaders
compete in
Ridgewood
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The Old Timer revisits Ridgewood family’s ties to American Revolution Page 29