Queens' Retro Pizza Opens After Fire+Gunman Sought • Daily Digest

Good morning, Queens! It's Tuesday, Sept. 28th.

Your Headlines:

1. Retro Pizza has reopened mere months after a devastating fire — to the delight of their Queens fans. (Patch.com)
2. A father of six was fatally shot in the face Friday at Astoria Houses, and the gunman remains at large. (Patch.com)
3. A Queens lawmaker has secured billions in disaster relief for New York City. (QNS.com)
4. Two NYPD officers were seriously injured in a Queens fireworks explosion. (New York Post )
5. New York has started a $27 million relief fund for undocumented New Yorkers impacted by Hurricane Ida. (Patch.com)

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Now today's weather: Rain in the afternoon and evening. High: 79 Low: 53.

Queens Patch Notebook

• Queens Borough President Donovan Richards: "Need a job? Our office and the Queens Center Mall are hosting a job fair at the shopping center this Wednesday from 10am to 1pm, featuring mall retailers and other businesses. Come on down, meet with our employers and get hired today." (Facebook)
• Queens Chamber of Commerce: "Master your money, master your destiny. Join us with keynote speaker Gayle Jennings O'Byrne, co-founder and general partner of WOCstar Fund and moderator Tuesday Brooks, founder of Ajoy, to talk about how to get more funding." (Facebook)
• Queens Botanical Garden: "On Sunday, 10/10, join artist Chemin Hsiao @cheminhsiaoart to learn the basic techniques of painting with watercolors. This outdoor workshop explores the colors of fall in the Garden. All materials are provided." (Facebook)
• Queens Chamber of Commerce: "10,000 bagels for 10,000 families. La Jornada NYC at the Bland Houses in #Flushing went from feeding 1,000 families per week before the pandemic to now feeding 10,000 families per week — even after #HurricaneIda flooded their pantry. " (Facebook)

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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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