The Joint Bellerose Business District Development Corporation (JBBDDC) has been awarded a series of grants totaling $650,000 to be used for the revitalization of the Bellerose Business District. Plans include replacing existing light fixtures along the Jamaica Avenue/Jericho Turnpike and Braddock Avenue medians with decorative cast iron lampposts; creating a matching grant program for storefront restoration and publishing an updated local business directory. FULL STORY

Local voters returned incumbents to their seats in Congress, the Senate and the Assembly on Tuesday. (Editor's Note: Please note that the total number of votes indicated were the latest as of press time.) FULL STORY