Peter C. Mastrosimone

The Girl Scouts of Troop Cambria Heights celebrated a year of achievement, leadership, service and sisterhood June 19 as they were honored with a special Red Carpet End-of-Year Badge Awards Gala. The Scouts arrived in style, walking a red carpet and having their photos taken, as one of the troop’s three leaders, Stephanie Simeon, noted in a post-event writeup. The event was held at St. Anthony of Padua Church in South Ozone Park.

Too bad there’s no senior disount on prison sentences. The Queens District Attorney’s Office announced the indictment of 10 alleged drug dealers on June 26, and the youngest one was born during the first term of President Reagan. Most are Generation X and a couple are late Baby Boomers already eligible for Social Security. But they proved that drug dealing isn’t just a young man’s game, according to the allegations made by the Queens DA.

One of the MS-13 gang members who participated in the Feb. 3, 2019, shooting of a rival on a subway platform in Jackson Heights was sentenced last week to 35 years in prison for his role in the crime, followed by deportation. Victor Lopez, 27, of Flushing, had pleaded guilty in February 2025 to racketeering and causing the death of Abel Mosso, 20, through the use of a firearm, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York said in announcing his sentence June 9.