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Local news in the past few weeks has been reduced to tag ends, usurped by Coronavirus. When your main story lines are about real estate, restaurant openings, and everything between those narrow bands, the future of publishing is unknown. Even crime has grinded to a halt.

Nevertheless in trying times like these comes some heart-breaking yet touching stories, including the one below about a person in Long Island City.

The Pastor who co-founded the food drive LIC Relief has tested positive for COVID-19 according to an article about him in the Baptist Press.

It’s only been a week since the Food Pantry was started by LIC Relief, but the demand from those in need has been huge and given the trajectory it won’t be slowing down anytime soon. If you haven’t been able to help in one way or another, please consider doing so now; and if you have helped already, please consider doing so again.

LIC Relief Website

Everything is the same, and yet everything is different.

A Long Island City man alleges he was attacked and had a $120,000 Audemars Piguet watch stolen from him in the Avalon North parking garage on 47th Rd. according to a report on NBC4 New York.