CB 5 approves new school at Rite Aid site

A new elementary school in Ridgewood at the site of a former Rite Aid is the right way to go, Community Board 5 decided last week.

• Crowley slams city for proposals to cut up to 42 firehouses
• Memory of Triangle Shirtwaist fire lives on in Queens
• Peralta defeats Monserrate

Hunt dedicates title to mother's memory

Since Terrel Hunt’s mother Katrina died from ovarian cancer Jan. 31, the Christ the King boys’ basketball team dedicated its championship run to her memory.

• Crowned Royals: CK takes CHSAA 'AA' state title

NYC PaintBall and LaserTag a city first

“High techs,” a man yelled in a darkened Long Island City warehouse on a recent Thursday night, attracting a crowd of advanced marksmen to a makeshift battleground.

'The Heartland of Unfitness'

Last Tuesday’s special election should be the nail in the coffin for the political career of former state Sen. Hiram Monserrate’s political career. The embattled politician was convinced the people who elected him first to the state Assembly and later to the Senate had been disenfranchised by the decision of his fellow senators that he was unfit to hold office.

• Discount factory outlets offer more torture than fun for Dad
• Bloomberg, Klein must stop running schools like businesses