Week In Review: MLK Day, Rickert-Finlay and Free Fuel for LIttle Neck's Local Ambulance Corps

Though it seems like awhile ago now, Monday was MLK Day. What better time to bone up on some about our country's greatest civil rights leader? 

What's a Rickert-Finlay? To those not in the know, Rickert-Finlay was the real estate developer responsible for shaping Douglas Manor as it is today. Read more in this week's . 

State Sen. Tony Avella, D-Bayside, for garbage pick-up rule changes that he said were not widely publicized and have resulted in heavy fines for Queens residents.

to Bellerose's Queens High School of Teaching on Wednesday, apparently as part of a school project. The gun was confiscated and the student, whose age nor grade was revealed, faces disciplinary action. 

The City Council approved a  Tuesday that aims to make parking enforcement fairer and to eliminate excessive ticketing. 

The Little Neck-Douglaston Community Ambulance Corps is in the final round of , but they need some help to win. Just visit the contest's website to cast your vote for the corps, and put it one step closer to winning $5,000 worth of free gasoline, enough to keep its ambulances running for an entire year. 

The answer to this week’s ‘Look Around Little’ was New York Mart located along the Horace Harding Expressway.