END IS NEAR FOR BLIGHT Collapsed Wdhvn. Bldg. To Finally Be Razed located next door at 78-15 Jamaica Ave. The corps along with the Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Senior Citizens Center, which operated out of the site, were forced to relocate. He explained further that following several injunctions granted by the court, “the judge put his foot down,” ordering the owner, 78-19 by Noah Zuss Woodhaven residents will soon be rid of a partially collapsed building regarded as an eyesore, a Department of Buildings (DOB) official told theWoodhaven Residents’Block Association (WRBA) during the group’s meeting last Saturday, June 21, at American Legion Post 118. Ken Lazar, a DOB community affairs liaison to Queens, updated the group on the partially collapsed building at 78-19 JamaicaAve. which damaged theWoodhaven-Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps, -SEE WRBA ON PG. 28- Glendale Meeting Mon. On Reservoir Dam Plan DEC To Explain Breach Reasons Glendale Kiwanians Fete Scholarship Winners In Midville Here’s A Glimpse Of What’s In This Week’s Times Newsweekly... LOCAL NEWS HIGHLIGHTS RIDGEWOOD: Suspect Pinched For Beatdown Role.................Pg. 1 GLENDALE: Masseuses Busted For Prostitution.....................Pg. 1 MASPETH: SanitationWorker Fatally Hit By Sweeper..............Pg. 1 BUSHWICK: 83rd Council Eyes Stop-And-Frisk.........................Pg. 1 MIDDLE VILLAGE: Relay For Life Raises Funds For American Cancer Society, Honors Survivors....................Photos, Pgs. 1, 25 WOODHAVEN: City To Demolish Neighborhood Eyesore.........Pg. 3 GLENDALE: Public Hearing On Reservoir Dam Plan...............Pg. 3 MIDDLE VILLAGE: Glendale Kiwanis Scholarships......Photo, Pg. 3 BUSHWICK: Board 4 Eyes Intersection Improvements............Pg. 6 WOODSIDE: Sucker Punch Proves Fatal For Victim................Pg. 6 RIDGEWOOD: Spectacular Market Sale..........................Photo, Pg. 6 ELMHURST: Gunman Opens Fire On Police Officers................Pg. 8 RIDGEWOOD: Family FestivalWas A Big Hit.................Photo, Pg. 8 RICHMOND HILL: Suspect Stole From Laundry............Photo, Pg. 9 GLENDALE: 104COP Looks To Revamp Outreach..................Pg. 10 FOREST HILLS: 112th Precinct Tackles Auto Crime...............Pg. 10 RIDGEWOOD: Chess TourneyWinners Honored........Photo, Pg. 10 RIDGEWOOD/ASTORIA: Dem Club’s Gala Dinner.......Photo, Pg. 11 MIDDLE VILLAGE: 104th Pct. Eyes Quality Of Life.................Pg. 12 GLENDALE: Escape Artist Gets His Day In Court....................Pg. 12 RICHMOND HILL: 102nd Pct. Cop Of The Month.........Photo, Pg. 12 WOODSIDE: Suspect Caught For Attempted Rape....................Pg. 13 LONG ISLAND CITY: Comptroller At LGBT Brunch........Photo, Pg. 13 ELMHURST: Kidnapper Convicted In 2012 Incident...................Pg. 14 KEWGARDENS: Ex-Bodega Owner Sold Guns & Drugs..........Pg. 20 RIDGEWOOD: Making Rock Music At Triangle................Photo, Pg. 20 GLENDALE: 50th Anniversary Reunion At St. Pancras..Photo, Pg. 20 CORONA: Park Concert Honors Louis Armstrong.....................Pg. 21 GLENDALE: Church Youth GroupWashes Cars.............Photo, Pg. 21 RIDGEWOOD: It’s Career Day At P.S. 305.........................Photo, Pg. 21 FOREST HILLS: Student Earns Congressional Medal..............Pg. 24 ELMHURST: Silver Jubilee For Franciscan......................Photo, Pg. 24 GLENDALE: Veterans Honor Young Volunteer................Photo, Pg. 24 WOODSIDE: Award Ceremony For Scout Pack...............Photo, Pg. 24 FOREST PARK: Pols Host Health & Safety Fair..............Photo, Pg. 27 MIDDLE VILLAGE: New Eucharistic Ministers At CK.....Photo, Pg. 29 QUEENS & BROOKLYN BOROUGH-WIDE NEWS Albany LawmakersAgree On Queens Library ReformBill...........Pg. 8 New City Budget Favorable To Seniors And Kids.......................Pg. 12 State Lawmakers Reach Deal On Medical Marijuana.................Pg. 13 de Blasio Pens Signature To Vision Zero Legislation...............Pg. 14 Local TeenagersWill Join Military Academies............................Pg. 21 State Senate Bill SavesWild Mute Swans From Death..............Pg. 24 COLUMNS & LISTINGS Pat Buchanan...................Pg. 4 Letters To The Editor.......Pg. 4 104th Precinct Blotter....Pg. 11 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! SEE PAGE 29 Missed Last Week’s Issue? Read It Online At www. timesnewsweekly .com 3 • TIMES, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2014 by Robert Pozarycki Plans to breach the Ridgewood Reservoir’s walls in order to “decommission” it as a state-recognized dam will be the focus of a public hearing in Glendale scheduled for this Monday night, June 30, the Times Newsweekly learned. According to Community Board 5 District Manager Gary Giordano, the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the city’s Parks Department will hold the meeting at 7 p.m. this Monday at St. Pancras Pfeifer Hall, located at the corner of Myrtle Avenue and 68th Street. Representatives of the DEC and Parks Department will review and field questions and comments on a proposal to create openings in the walls separating the reservoir’s three basins in order to declassify the structure as a dam. Taken completely out of the city’s water system in 1989, the drained Ridgewood Reservoir became naturally reforested over the last 25 years. The center basin is said to contain a shallow pond about 5’- deep, and the two surrounding basins -SEE RESERVOIR ON PG. 26- Young scholars received awards for higher education during the Kiwanis Club of Glendale scholarship luncheon last Thursday night, June 19, at Christ the King Regional High School in Middle Village. As noted, 14 local students received financial awards for achieving high marks in school and participating in community service. The winners are pictured along with New York District Governor Joe Aiello (at far left); Glendale Kiwanis President Gerry Gonzalez (seventh from left); Glendale Kiwanis Scholarship Chairperson Deborah Kueber (third from left); Scholarship Committee members Mary Gasparic (second from left), Sabrina Tulloch (10th from right), Ken Voisin (eighth from right) and Fred Haller (third from right); and Florence Vessio, who sponsored one of the awards. The scholarship winners were Alyssa Ciniglio, Sarah Cullivan, Joseph Pullara and Olivia Von Drathen-Ruiz of Sacred Heart School; Richa Gurung of Grover Cleveland High School; Daniela Carola of Christ the King; John Hickey and Emily Rabot of Archbishop Molloy High School; Rafal Chudzik of Townsend Harris High School; Patricia Fawcett of P.S./I.S. 113; Aleksandra Wasilewska of I.S. 93; and Christina Shenouda of St. Matthias School. (photo: Marcin Zurawicz)
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