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YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER VOL. XLVIII
NO. 47
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2025
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WRAPPING UP A DECADE
THIS PLAY’S THE THING
Leaders privately discuss roadmap
Pheffer Amato won’t seek reelection
To be decisive is to see ‘Hamlet’ in Ridgewood
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FREEDOM FREEDO M TO DRIVE Long-closed road in Forest Park to seasonally reopen
PHOTOS BY KRISTEN GUGLIELMO
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Nearly one hundred residents packed Community Board 9’s meeting Nov. 13 at Queens Borough Hall to speak at a public hearing regarding the reopening of Forest Park’s Freedom Drive, a 0.3-mile stretch that links Myrtle Avenue to Park Lane South and has a locked gate on either side, inset. Though speakers were divided on the issue, the board voted 33-9 to reopen Freedom Drive during the city Parks Department’s offseason, October through April.
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