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🌱 Patch AM: What investigators are uncovering after two destructive overnight Queens fires
And on the Queens Patch calendar - Herbert Holler's Annual 80s Night + 50th Birthday!
Cheers Queens! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- What investigators are uncovering after two destructive overnight Queens fires
- How will New York’s new hotline rules affect Queens families?
Also on today's calendar: Herbert Holler's Annual 80s Night + 50th Birthday! and 9 more events.
Find out what's happening in Queensfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Today's riddle: What two things can you never eat for breakfast? . 🤔 (Answer below!)
Find out what's happening in Queensfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Monday: Becoming windier; a.m. rain, with a high of 52 and low of 30 degrees.
- Tuesday: Very windy; colder, temps: high: 34, low: 26.
- Wednesday: Breezy with clouds and sun, with a high of 36 and low of 25 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Two fast-moving fires under investigation in Queens (nbcnewyork.com) — Two serious overnight fires in Queens left at least 10 people, including a child, needing Red Cross help and heavily damaged a former restaurant in Springfield Gardens. Another blaze in Maspeth injured two people and drew a massive FDNY response, as investigators work to determine what sparked both fast-moving fires. 
• NY bans anonymous child abuse reports to prevent misuse as harassment (theoaklandpress.com) — Queens residents should know New York will soon ban anonymous calls to the state’s child abuse hotline, aiming to curb malicious reports that disproportionately hit low-income families. Sponsored in part by Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi of Queens, the law will still shield reporters’ identities while requiring names and contacts, and takes effect next summer after hotline staff are retrained.
📸 Around Queens
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Queens
★ Featured events ★
- Herbert Holler's Annual 80s Night + 50th Birthday!
LPR, 158 Bleecker St, New York
6:00 pm - The Forest Hills Chamber Music Series
71-11 112th St,
2:00 pm
Friday January 2
Sunday January 11
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Other local events
- What is Taxonomy?
Alley Pond Environmental Center , 229-10 Northern Blvd
10:00 am - Animal Tales: When It Starts to Snow
Alley Pond Environmental Center , 229-10 Northern Blvd
9:30 am - Holiday Recess
Nyc Geog Dist #26 - Queens Bayside, NY 11361
12:00 pm - New Year's Eve
Great Neck UFSD Great Neck, NY 11020 - 🎁 Turn those "not-quite-right" gifts into a win for For Our Friends Animal Rescue
232-15 Seward Ave
10:00 am - Save the Date - Be Bowled over For Our Friends Fundraiser - AMF Garden City Lanes - Jan 17th @ 1 pm
987 Stewart Ave , Garden City
1:00 pm - Bonsai Workshop at The Greats of Craft - (LIC)
The Greats of Craft - LIC Warehouse , 10-15 43rd Ave
7:00 pm - Toddler Time January
Alley Pond Environmental Center , 229-10 Northern Blvd
9:00 am - 2026 Flushing YMCA Winter Open House (FREE)
Flushing YMCA , 138-46 Northern Blvd
10:00 am - 2026 Jamaica YMCA Winter Open House (FREE)
Jamaica YMCA , 89-25 Parsons Blvd
10:00 am
Monday December 29
Tuesday December 30
Wednesday December 31
Saturday January 3
Friday January 9
Saturday January 10
📣 Queens Shout Outs!
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- My doggie ran away on Dec 18.
Please help she was last seen on Jamaica avenue and 107streer 347-675-2807 please help (Nextdoor Richmond Hill (104St-Atlantic)) - Sweet almost 2 month old kittens, weaned off mom about 1 week ago.
Looking for safe, loving homes. They are healthy and playful. The one on the far right has found home. (Nextdoor Bayside (Bell Blvd-43rdAve))
- Equinox Holdings, Inc. posted a job opening for Housekeeping Associate, Great Neck in Great Neck. Apply here.
🗞 Nearby News
Elmont
- How much snow fell on Saturday? Totals for NYC area (fox5ny.com)
Manhasset
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Lunch and dinner. (From Norine S.)
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