It was a busy week for news in Forest Hills.
Former state Assemblywoman Melinda Katz won the Queens borough president race and a new urgent care facility is on the way for Austin Street.
Also, a group of elected officials representing Queens at the state and federal level are calling for Election Day to be moved to a weekend.
Find out what's happening in Forest Hillswith free, real-time updates from Patch.
Here is your Week in Review.
Monday
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U.S. Rep. Grace Meng, D-Flushing, introduced a bill that aims to improve early childhood education.
Tuesday
Melinda Katz defeated Aurelio Arcabascio and Everly Brown in the race for Queens borough president. A new 7-Eleven store is being built next to Red Mango on Queens Boulevard.
Wednesday
A new urgent care facility known as ProHealth is being built at the former Alexandra boutique site on Austin Street.
And a group of Queens elected officials are calling for Election Day to be moved to a weekend.
Thursday
Take a look at photos of homes recently purchased in Forest Hills.
Friday
A spokesman from ProHealth spoke with Patch about when the urgent care facility would open and which services it would offer.
Weekend
This week’s Queens Eats recipe is rigatoni with ricotta and sausage.
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