Little Neck Week In Review

It was a week marked by tragedy, both abroad and here at home.

In Brooklyn, Officer Alain Schaberger, 42, a 10-year veteran of the New York Police Department,  this morning from a stair railing after being pushed by an emotionally disturbed man.

And in Japan, the death toll from a destructive 9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami continued to mount as concerns deepened over a string of failures at the island nation's nuclear facilities.

Here's a rundown of some of the other notable stories to appear on Little Neck Patch in the last seven days:

Monday
Mayor Michael Bloomberg at a press conference at a Douglaston pumping station to tout a new online service allowing homeowners to detect water leaks

Tuesday
Patch reports on a raucous Community Board 11 meeting the night before, featuring between Bayside Hills residents and a developer seeking to build a second home on the side-yard of an existing property. 

Wednesday
Little Neck Patch of a fence sign 'mystery.'

Thursday
Word came out regarding Queens' for federal disaster assistance for last December's mammoth blizzard.

Friday
Many Queens co-op association presidents  to cap year-to-year tax valuation increases at 50 percent. Co-op and condo buildings had experienced hikes for the 2011-12 tax year of as much as 147 percent.

Saturday
An elderly passenger was injured as a result of a crash that onlookers said was caused by another vehicle along Horace Harding Expressway in Little Neck.