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Astoria, NY

New Brunswick Driver, 31, Killed When Car Barrels Through Guardrail, Overturns New Brunswick Driver, 31, Killed When Car Barrels Through Guardrail, Overturns
New Brunswick Driver, 31, Killed When Car Barrels Through Guardrail, Overturns A 31-year-old New Brunswick man was killed when his car crashed into a guardrail in Montgomery on the early morning of Saturday, March 16, authorities said. At 6:10 a.m., Erik Rivera was driving a 2011 Lexus east on Belle Mead-Griggstown Road when he collided with the guardrail at an intersection, Montgomery police said. The vehicle left the roadway and ended up overturned in an embankment, partially submerged in water, police said. Rivera was extricated by first responders and transported to a nearby hospital where he died from his injuries, police said. I shock feel hurt heartbreaki…
Small NYC Earthquake Felt By North Jersey Residents: USGS Small NYC Earthquake Felt By North Jersey Residents: USGS
Small NYC Earthquake Felt By North Jersey Residents: USGS Did you feel it North Jersey? A 1.7 magnitude earthquake in Astoria, NY was felt all the way up in North Jersey on the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 2, according to the US Geological Survey. The earthquake was felt in Pompton Plains, Parsippany, West Orange, Union, Holmdel, Fort Lee, Ridgewood and Paterson, the USGS map shows. According to NBC4, FDNY firefighters responded to reports of small booms called in by residents south of the Roosevelt Island Tramway sometime before 6 a.m. USGS reports a 1.7 magnitude earthquake near Astoria, Queens. No reports of damage/injuries in NYC. https://t.c…
NJ Businessman Charged With Torching His NYC Lounge After COVID Shutdown NJ Businessman Charged With Torching His NYC Lounge After COVID Shutdown
NJ Businessman Charged With Torching His NYC Lounge After COVID Shutdown A Hackensack businessman was caught on video methodically torching his Queens hookah lounge amid the COVID-19 lockdown, authorities said. Asif Raja, 54, used a fire extinguisher to prop the swinging kitchen door open before pouring a flammable liquid on several tables at his Astoria lounge last August, the FDNY said surveillance video shows. The arsonist then ignites one of the tables, retrieves a fiery cloth and spreads the flames before closing the kitchen door and turning off the light. In the final shot, he's seen exiting from outside, opening an umbrella and leaving the establishment…