Black Biz Expo held at the Harvest Room
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Eastern/Southeast Queens News

Black Biz Expo held at the Harvest Room

  • by Naeisha Rose, Associate Editor
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The Southeast Queens Chamber of Commerce and its partners are hosting an inaugural Black Business Expo on Sept. 17 at the Harvest Room at 90-40 160 St. in Jamaica from 5 to 8 p.m.

“Our small businesses have been struggling and need to come out and get some exposure! Jamaica Avenue has been rising as one of the best cultural epicenter hubs in all of New York City,” said the Rev. Roxanne Simone Lord Marcelle, the founder of the Southeast Queens Chamber, in an email. “Jamaica offers a very unique shopping experience for shoppers looking for both value and ‘pizzazz.’”

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‘Never Forget Way’ honors 9/11 victims

‘Never Forget Way’ honors 9/11 victims

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A memorial commemorating the Sept. 11 attacks was unveiled in Howard Beach on Saturday, a project that was many years in the making and created by local artists with help from community groups and volunteers joining together.“We have survived…

NYC public students return to classrooms

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JCAL kicks off 50th season with poet

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Holden plans bill to landmark firehouse

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Community leaders and residents of Maspeth have been trying for eight years to get the city to landmark the FDNY firehouse on 68th Street, which saw 19 of its members killed in the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center.It was the largest loss…

Queens College’s tears continue to flow

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CBs 9, 10 split over open restaurants

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Rivals stand together to commemorate 9/11

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Flushing leader honored by Senate

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Femicide highlighted at York gallery show

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Lighting a candle at Juniper Valley Park

Lighting a candle at Juniper Valley Park

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The 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks was commemorated in Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village much the same way it was two decades ago, when about 6,000 people were drawn to an impromptu gathering.Twenty years later, the 9/11 Candlelight…

Adams opposes lane changes on Archer and Jamaica avenues

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A “Better Buses” busway pilot will continue on schedule in Downtown Jamaica despite backlash from a previous initiative on Merrick Boulevard that was implemented last year and led to a recent modification of bus enforcement times as a result …

Harvest Festival: art, food and much more

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Cell service could get better soon

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Community Board 11 members were wary of approving a cell phone monopole extension in Fresh Meadows, but ultimately did so Sept. 13 after the chairperson introduced some caveats to the application.Cell phone providers Crown, AT&T, T-Mobile…

Hostage negotiator talks down suspect

Hostage negotiator talks down suspect

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Police responded to a 911 call on Tuesday at 8:40 a.m. where an off-duty officer was in need of assistance in a domestic incident in South Ozone Park, which involved a male suspect later exchanging gunfire with officers.Upon arrival, patrol o…

DOT wants outdoor dining permanent

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Fifth Run for Richie

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The 9/11 Run for Richie motorcycle ride proceeded Saturday afternoon from the Aqueduct Racetrack to One World Trade Center, escorted by the NYPD and FDNY.The ride, organized by the Punishers Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club, honors the memory …

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A tribute to heroes in Maspeth

A tribute to heroes in Maspeth

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Last Friday, people came out as they do every year to Maspeth Memorial Park to remember the 19 FDNY firefighters from the 68th Street firehouse who were killed in the Sept. 11 attacks, the highest loss of life from any firehouse that day.Abov…

Beautify NYC funds mural of Jamaica

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Three probationary young adults from Southeast Queens spent the course of the summer working under the guidance of Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning teaching artist Anthony Carter creating a mural that depicted their vision of Jamaica an…

Council probes Ida’s sewer failures

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In the wake of the flooding caused by Hurricane Ida, city Department of Environmental Protection officials recognized that the limited capacity of the city’s beleaguered sewer system caused much of the damage from the storm.During a City Coun…

HBO show excites Jamaica resident

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Jamaica resident Juliet James, a clearance assistant, was excited to learn of the debut of the limited series, “Scenes from a Marriage,” starring Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain this past weekend.James, who worked on the show, didn’t realize…

Two collisions leave two dead in Queens

Two people died in separate vehicular collisions in Queens on Sept. 11.One of the victims was a 19-year-old who had been driving a dirt bike on the Long Island Expressway near Woodhaven Boulevard at 5:15 p.m. when he was struck from behind by…

JFK pays tribute to 9/11 with monument

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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey along with the JFK Chamber of Commerce unveiled a 9/11 memorial monument at JFK Port Authority Building 14 in Jamaica last Friday morning.During the ceremony officials dedicated the new structure …

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Glendale ceremony marks 9/11

Glendale ceremony marks 9/11

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Those taken on 9/11 from Glendale, Ridgewood, Middle Village and Woodhaven were remembered in a memorial ceremony at the monument at Dry Harbor Playground in Glendale, above.At top center, members of the FDNY from Engine Co. 286/Ladder Co. 13…

School supply giveaway at PS 63

School supply giveaway at PS 63

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Just before the 2021-22 school year began on Monday, Sept. 13, Keller Williams Liberty Real Estate held a school supply drive for local students in need.KW donated the supplies to PS 63, the Old South school in Ozone Park on Friday, Sept. 10.

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Burning bright in Juniper

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The 9/11 Candlelight Vigil Committee of Queens welcomed all comers to Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village last Saturday for its 20th annual memorial to those lost in the 9/11 attacks of 2001.Above and on the far right, visitors were awed by…

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Northeast Queens honors 9/11

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Boy Scout Troop 255, left, marched to the Friends of Francis Lewis Park ceremony, which honored 109th Precinct officers Sept. 11.

An Evening Under the Sphere

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Get free car service to doc’s office

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St. Michael’s marks 20 years for 9/11

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The annual St. Michael’s Cemetery Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony was held last Saturday in East Elmhurst to mark the 20th anniversary of the terror attacks that claimed nearly 3,000 lives.Among the highlights and the guest speakers, newly-elec…

Vigil held at Queens Village for 9/11 vics

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Party at Kissena Corridor Park

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Arrest in church statue vandalism

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Gingerbread play on Zoom

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Public can weigh in on congestion pricing

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The NYPD announced an arrest on Friday afternoon in the vandalism that destroyed a pair of 84-year-old religious statues outside Our Lady of Mercy Church in Forest Hills on the morning of July 17.Police said Jacqueline Nikiena, 23, of Olcott …

Rochdale Village hosts fall festival Sunday

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JFK pays tribute to 9/11 with new monument

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Ida damage closes Elmhurst Post Office

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