5 Sought in Subway Bike Toss+Mayor 'Ribbed' • Queens Daily Digest

Good morning, Queens! It's Saturday, Sept. 25.

Your Headlines: More details are emerging about a bicycle thrown onto subway tracks in Astoria. Now police are seeking the four men and a woman they believe were responsible.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio is getting ribbed by Queens Borough President Donovan Richards. In appreciation of the mayor's numerous initiatives to benefit Queens, the mayor is being sent ribs from Queens Bully, which Richards considers "some of the best barbecue in the world."

And finally, the Francis Lewis Park Summer Concert Series comes to an end today with a free performance by Brooklyn-bred Italian singer Angelo Venuto.

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Now today's weather: Partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 75, low: 60.

Here are the top stories today in Queens:

1. Flushing Town Hall will administer a program to fund locally-created Queens art. (QNS.com)
2. A housing lottery is underway for apartments on 89th Avenue in Jamaica, Queens. (New York YIMBY)
3. Should we stop "fawning over" the former royals, Harry and Meghan? (New York Post )
4. Here are 20 things to do in Queens this weekend. (QNS.com) )
5. Flood relief is finally reaching Queens — through the Long Island Board of Realtors (LIBOR). (Queens Chronicle)

Today in Queens:

• Douglaston Community Yard Sale. (8 a.m.)
• Color of Justice (COJ)'s Voter Registration Drive with the League of Women Voters of NYC. (10 a.m.)
• LIVE at Culture Lab LIC - Free Outdoor Concert with Astoria Music Project with Sora Quartet. (5 p.m.)
• LIVE at Culture Lab LIC - Free Outdoor Concert with Astoria Music Project with Sora Quartet. (7 p.m.)
• LIVE at Culture Lab LIC - Free Outdoor Comedy! (9 p.m.)

Queens Patch Notebook

• Queens Borough President Donovan Richards: "Our Immigrant Resource Fair is tomorrow in #Elmhurst from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., with community organizations and city agencies on hand to connect our borough of one million-plus immigrants with the services they need and deserve. " (Facebook)
• Queens Botanical Garden: "Dolls have never been creepier than in this man’s search to find the connection between a ventriloquist doll and his wife’s death. Can you stay silent watching this horror flick at our Movie Night on Friday, Oct. 22?" (Facebook)
• Queens Chamber of Commerce: "Here are the top six most significant developments, expansions and infrastructure upgrades that have managed to pull through, creating new economic opportunities in Queens, with input from President & CEO Tom Grech." (Facebook)
• Queens Botanical Garden: "Tomorrow, Saturday, Sept. 25, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.: drop in to our family-friendly Woodland Adventure — FERNS AND FUNGI. In this series, we explore a different aspect of forest life through community art projects, story time and craft activities." (Facebook)

Events:

• Community Yard Sale (September 25)
• Thrift & Treasures This Weekend! (September 25)
• OPEN HOUSE! Peace & Tranquility Perfectly Restored In Douglas Manor, NYC (September 25)

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— Kevin Phinney

About me: Kevin Phinney has lived and worked as a writer and editor in Austin, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Seattle and New York City. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and was raised in El Paso. Phinney attended college in Austin. He has done television work as a reporter and commentator, and is a former host of a weekday drive-time radio show called "Kevin & Kevin in the Morning" on KGSR-FM (now known as Austin City Limits Radio). He is also the author of "Souled American, " a book tracking race relations in America through music. It was published by BILLBOARD Books, and is often used in college classrooms across the country.

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