When Community Board 18 held its latest meeting at the Hudson River Yacht Club in Bergen Beach on January 17th, representatives of Ocean Management Corporation were hoping to make progress on their bid for an amended city map to include a housing development area in Mill Basin. More...

Michael Mondschein is a former president of Remsen Heights Jewish Center,. which will close its doors at Avenue K and East 87th Street next week. Mondschein is also a former Canarsie Courier contributing columnist, whose "Something Nice" column ran for a number of years. To us, the column was always "something nice," and, therefore, at this time we thought it appropriate to publish his following poignant retrospective: More...