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One hundred years ago, in celebration of Thanksgiving Day, President Theo-dore Roosevelt wrote, "Rarely has any people enjoyed greater prosperity than we are now enjoying. More ... A 69th Precinct police officer assigned to South Shore High School might have averted a tragedy last week when he jumped on a bus that had allegedly been commandeered by a student, stopped the bus and arrested the youth. More ... The Seddio family cordially invites all members of the Canarsie community and their friends to the annual lighting of their popular holiday display this Sunday at 5 p.m. at the corner of Flatlands Avenue and East 93 Street. More ... The Canarsie Courier office will be closed Thursday, November 28, and Friday, November 29, for Thanksgiving. We will reopen at 9 a.m. on Monday, December 2. More ... Sixth grader Raquel Latiesha Samuel (left), who wrote the winning Thanksgiving essay in her IS 211 after school program, stands with the program’s director, Shonda Murphy. Charles Rogers More ... Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz (center) was happy he could help distribute more than 600 turkeys, 1,750 pounds of apples, 1,700 pounds of collard greens, 1,400 pounds of baking potatoes and 1,000 pounds of sweet potatoes to the borough More ... The controversial Cease and Desist order that would prohibit real estate brokers and salespersons from soliciting houses and property from individuals is, as of last month, back in effect. More ... I was born in December, 1942 in Richmond, Virginia, to a woman who was 21 years of age. I was told that my mother and father were very much in love at that time. More ... The thought of paying home heating costs this winter is enough to send a chill through many of Brooklyn More ... Outdoor cooking and tasting, quilting, toymaking and candlemaking workshops, spinning, weaving and woodsmithing demonstrations, and the ultimate More ... |
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