🌱 Dolphin Pod Spotted In Flushing + Carbon Monoxide Incident

Hello, neighbors! Miranda Fraraccio here with a fresh edition of the Queens Daily.

First, today's weather:

Sunny to partly cloudy. High: 43 Low: 37.

Here are the top 3 stories in Queens today:

1. NYPD harbor officers spotted a pod of about six dolphins in Queens' Flushing Bay area on Sunday. Bottlenose dolphins, common dolphins, pilot whales, and Risso's dolphins can often be seen off the south shore of Long Island, according to New York's Department of Environmental Conservation. This is not the first dolphin sighting this year, however, the majority of dolphin sightings occur in the warm summer months when the water is productive. (Queens Patch)
2. Five people, including a child, were hospitalized after a carbon monoxide incident in Queens. Firefighters and FDNY responded to the scene around 1:30 p.m. on 198th Street and 115th Avenue in Jamaica and discovered there were no working carbon monoxide detectors throughout the entire house. Paramedics treated five people and rushed them to Nassau County Medical Center. (WABC-TV)
3. Police have released a chilling video of a woman being fatally gunned down outside her home in Jamaica on Friday morning. The video footage captures Dawn Peterson, 39, being shot multiple times by a suspect at around 6:20 a.m. in front of her house, located at 155-37 Foch Blvd. The suspect is described as having a dark complexion and being around 5 feet 10 inches tall, and was last seen wearing a black-colored hooded bubble jacket and blue jeans. (Ridgewood Post)

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Today in Queens:

• Live Talk from Queens with Ralph McDaniels, At Ridgewood Branch Library (3:00 PM)
• Virtual Chair Yoga, At Ridgewood Branch Library (3:00 PM)
• Sankofa Series, At Ridgewood Branch Library (4:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• In an interview with ArtNews, Queens Museum Executive Director, Sally Tallant, and Year Of Uncertainty Artist-in-Residence, Mo Kong, speak about the "Year Of Uncertainty" programming, and Mo’s exhibit “Personal Ark” – on view now. (Facebook)
• With COVID-19 on the rise, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards is encouraging all to get tested and be safe! (Facebook)
• If one of your New Year's resolutions is to be more sustainable in 2022, come learn how at Queens Botanical Garden's free, fun "New Year, New Compost" workshop on Saturday, 1/8. Learn the basics on how you can start composting and incorporate easy zero-waste habits into your daily life! (Facebook)

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You're all caught up for today! See you tomorrow morning for another update.

— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander. She works as a freelance copywriter for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and as an assistant producer for a live-lit storytelling show in Chicago. She holds a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies from The University of Rhode Island. In her free time, you can find her traveling, hiking, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.