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25 Famous People You Didn’t Know Were From Corona, Queens
Featured photograph: Tdorante10 / Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and resized from the original photograph. On a residential block of 107th Street in Corona, Queens, stands the house where Louis Armstrong lived for nearly three decades. A short distance away, Dizzy Gillespie maintained a home with a basement rehearsal space. Several other jazz musicians settled in the neighborhood, including Cannonball and Nat Adderley, Jimmy Heath, and Clark Terry. The concentration of musical talent was extraordinary, but it was only one part of Corona’s story.
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Tornado watch in effect for 11 NJ counties, flash flood warning in Queens
Damage from a tornado in New Jersey on Feb. 23, 2023. Southern Queens is under a flash flood warning until 5:15 p.m. Thursday due to heavy rainfall in the area, according to the National Weather Service. [ more › ]
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Patton Oswalt set to bring the laughs to Huntington
Patton Oswalt, with his quick wit, started as a stand-up comedian in 1988. His career took off after getting a break as a sketch comedy writer for MADtv and starring in his own 1996 comedy special for HBO. He has released ten stand-up specials and won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special and a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for his Netflix special Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping (2016). Now, on Nov. 19, 2026, Oswalt brings his award-winning stand-up to The Paramount in Huntington. When he was asked what’s in store for fans at that show, he said, “Brand-new material that I’m working on. Whatever is going on in my life, I will be talking about it as clumsily and honestly as I can.”
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Canarsie Parents Rage Over 200-Bed Shelter Steps From Middle School
Hundreds of Canarsie parents and neighbors protested at Science and Medicine Middle School this week to fight back against a proposed men's homeless shelter they say is being planned just a five-minute walk from the school's front doors. The 200-bed facility at 913 East 108th Street is still pending approval, but families aren't waiting to make their objections known.
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A family tradition grows next door at Island Pizzeria
Andrew Drepanis always wanted the pizzeria next door to his family’s Greek Island Diner. This fall, eight months after Andrew’s passing, his son William made that dream a reality. William Drepanis has taken over the pizzeria in the adjoining storefront at Little Bay Shopping Center on Route 25A,...
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Elmira Notre Dame’s MK Young talks D-I signing to Hofstra soccer
ELMRIA, N.Y. (WETM) – One of Elmira Notre Dame’s top talents has signed to the next level. Crusader girls soccer standout MK Young signed her National Letter of Intent on Wednesday, as she prepares to join the NCAA Division I women’s soccer program at Hofstra in the Spring. Following six seasons at the varsity level, […]