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News

Citywide libraries launch annual summer reading initiative at Langston Hughes Library in Corona

By Athena Dawson

Founder of Queens Book Fair and Literary Festival Dr. Dhanpaul Narine with honorees of the Indo-Caribbean heritage celebrations Dr. Basdeo Mangru and Sherry Algredo.

Caribbean Life

Queens Book Fair and Literary Festival: Six years of empowering and educating the community

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Douglaston

Douglaston/‌Little Neck Library to close for three-week soil assessment

By Jenna Bagcal

Corona

QNS helps spread holiday cheer with LeFrak City toy giveaway

By Angélica Acevedo

NYC school lunch menus serve up healthy eats

Arverne

Department of Education to provide free summer meals to kids starting June 27

By Max Parrott

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Long Island City

With Amazon gone, Queens building’s owners may boot local library branch

By QNS Special

Elmhurst

QNS helps spread the joy of the holiday season with LeFrak City toy giveaway

By Mark Hallum

Ground broken on $33.6 million Far Rockaway Library construction site

Ground broken on $33.6 million Far Rockaway Library construction site

By Naeisha Rose

Officials broke ground on the new Far Rockaway branch of the Queens Library on Nov. 19.

Ground broken on $33.6 million Far Rockaway Library construction site

By Naeisha Rose

Celebrate the Hindu festival of lights in Forest Hills

Celebrate the Hindu festival of lights in Forest Hills

By Mark Hallum

No more chokeholds

Opinion

No more chokeholds

By Rory I. Lancman

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Celebrate the Hindu festival of lights in Forest Hills later this week

By Mark Hallum

Long Island City

End is in sight for long-awaited Hunters Point Library project in Long Island City

By Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech

Pheffer Amato presents $100,000 to Queens Library President & CEO Dennis M. Walcott

Howard Beach library gets $100,000 in state funds for upcoming upgrades

By QNS News Team

Nili Ness

Arts & Entertainment

This Queens librarian gives inmates on Rikers Island the gift of the written word

By Jenna Bagcal

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News

Queens event helps formerly convicted individuals during Katz’s ‘Know Your Rights’ Week

By Jenna Bagcal

Weprin launches annual Summer Reading Challenge

News

Weprin launches annual Summer Reading Challenge

By Steven Goodstein

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Arts & Entertainment

Reserve a free pass to dozens of NYC museums with your Queens Library card

By Emily Davenport

Flushing Library

Flushing

Tech upgrades and cultural programming coming to Flushing Library after $135k donation

By Suzanne Monteverdi

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Jamaica

Three Queens entrepreneurs win $10,000 to kick-start their businesses in annual QEDC competition

By Emily Davenport

Arts & Entertainment

Celebrate the golden anniversary of Louis Armstrong’s ‘What a Wonderful World’ across Queens

By Robert Pozarycki

Jamaica

Queens Library to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on the 50th anniversary of his death

By Emily Davenport

Blissville documentary tells story of a little town with a bit of everything

Arts & Entertainment

Blissville documentary tells story of a little town with a bit of everything

By Tammy Scileppi

Whitestone Library

Whitestone

Whitestone branch of Queens Library will close temporarily for improvements

By Suzanne Monteverdi

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