🌱 Community Mourns Zhiwen Yan + Big Rock Beach Cleanup

Happy Monday, people of Queens! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening locallytoday.

First, today's weather:

A couple of showers; cooler. High: 56 Low: 50.

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Here are the top 3 stories today in Queens:

1. On Saturday, a Chinese food delivery man was fatally shot while making a delivery, and according to police, it could've been by a stray bullet. Zhiwen Yan was delivering near 108th Street and 67th Drive in Forest Hills when he was struck in the chest. Police say that no arrests have been made. (NY Post)
2. Over the weekend, a significant effort was made by over 100 volunteers to help clean up Big Rock Beach in Queens. CBS2 News partnered up with local volunteers, many of them students from the area, to collect trash along the beach and the shoreline. This is a part of the CBS2 #BetterTogether campaign to promote the benefits of working as a team. (CBS New York)
3. Have you ever wondered how the Executive Director of the Queens Botanical Garden spends her Sundays? Evie Hantzopoulos has been an Astoria resident since 1999. She comes from a family of Greek immigrants and lives with her husband and three children in Queens. Hantzopoulos starts her day taking care of the chickens and always makes sure to end it with a family meal. (Subscription: The New York Times)

Today in Queens:

• Happy Hour At Cove (4:00 PM)
• Harry Potter Day Movie Trivia At Katch Astoria (7:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• Don’t forget to join The Queens Museum on May 12, from 6:30 - 10:30 p.m. in celebrating Supreme Creative Director Tremaine Emory, and Artist Christine Kim, whose mural “Time Owes Me Rest Again” is now on view at the Queens Museum. Book your tickets today! (Facebook)
• Summer is a great time to earn college credit! Queens College offers four summer sessions, with over 540 undergraduate and graduate courses, which will be offered in three formats: in person, hybrid and online. (qc.cuny.edu)

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You're officially in the loop for today! See you tomorrow morning for another update.

— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander, now living in New York. She works as a staff writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and is a graduate of The University of Rhode Island, where she earned a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies. In her free time, you can find her traveling, drinking tea, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.