Missing Astoria Teen + Ditmars Pop-Up On The Way • Daily Digest

Good morning, Queens! It's Saturday, Oct. 9. Have you seen Iyanna White? The Astoria 17-year-old went missing on Friday, Sept. 24, and has not been seen for the past two weeks. Get all the details below.

Today's weather: It'll be mostly cloudy. High: 69 Low: 64.

Here are the top stories in Queens today:

1. Seventeen-year-old Iyanna White lives in the Astoria Houses at 27-10 8th Street. On Friday, Sept. 24, she left her home in a grey sweat suit and white sneakers — and she hasn't been seen since. (Patch.com)
2. The City Council is making good on a plan to make NYC's Open Street Program permanent in Astoria with an assortment of pop-up programs, including one scheduled for Ditmars Boulevard. (Patch.com)
3. In Queens, police have been trying to coax a man out of a tree. (CBS New York)
4. How do a Queens woman's Bollywood dance fitness classes draw international fans? (WABC-TV)
5. The NYPD has finally made an arrest in a 2018 drive-by shooting in Queens. (New York Daily News)
6. Here are two dozen things you can do in Queens this weekend. (QNS.com)

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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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