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Photos by Sonny Maxon, Barry Fischer and Charles Rogers The Halloween tradition played true to form in Canarsie and surrounding areas Tuesday, as scores of youngsters (and some young-at-heart adults) traversed the Avenue L shopping strip and other local streets trick-or-treating in costumes as ghosts, goblins and things that go bump in the night. The da More ...
By Dara Mormile Some residents of East 107th and 108th streets, between Flatlands Avenue and Avenue J, are scheduled to get a new - and unwelcome - neighbor within the next few years: a new public school on the site of the former Canarsie Jewish Center yeshiva. More ...
By Neil S. Friedman In conjunction with Halloween, P.S. 115 more or less sidesteps tradition when it holds its annual Character Parade. While students don costumes, they're not always the conventional kind. You may still spot a ghost, a goblin,a ghoul or two, but, for the most part, since Mitch Pinsky became the elemen More ...
There are few people who have the sociability and downright More ...
By Charles Rogers Only one week after the Courier ran a story about a family on Canarsie Road whose home was in danger because of alleged construction mistakes on an excavation site next to her home, the city's Buildings Department announced a new rule that, if it had been in effect a month ago, would have easi More ...
As part of plan to clean up and restore Jamaica Bay, members of its Task Force and several groups (above right), including the American Littoral Society, the National Park Service and the city's Department of Environmental Protection, got together last Friday for a massive trash removal at Plumb Bea More ...
After 20 years of service with the NYPD, Sergeant Andrew Baur is retiring and, during the October meeting of the 69th Precinct Community Council at St. Alban's Church, was honored by Commanding Officer Captain Ralph Monteforte, who presented Baur with a plaque. More ...
My name is Bugsy (A671063) and I'm a sweet, gentle New Zealand bunny. I love to be pet, especially on my head. I am so soft. I also have very good litter box habits. While life hasn't been too good to me so far, I hope things will get better. I want nothing more than a safe, loving home where I'll g More ...
Brooklyn South police responded to scene last Friday at about 9:30 a.m. where a police officer who was writing a summons was struck by the above school bus. Sources said the 40-year-old cop was walking around a double-parked car to put a summons in the windshield when the eastbound mini bus struck h More ...
New York State Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein recently led an Emergency Vehicle procession through several neighborhoods in her district to celebrate the dedication of a new ambulance for the Flatlands Volunteer Ambulance Corps (FVAC). On hand to celebrate with Weinstein were Surrogate Judge Frank S More ... Two Canarsie Soldiers Graduate From Their Basic Training Camps Army Pvt. Charles A. DeSouza has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Knox, Ky. and Army Pvt. Pedro Malu has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. More ... With Son At College, Daughter Becomes Focus For Parents By Kris Radish2006 Kris Radish/Dist. By DBR Media, Inc. Now that my son is away working hard to understand the social life of college students, how to schmooze professors you do not know, and understanding the ways of sharing a room with a boy who is messy, we get to pick on my daughter all of the time. More ...
Congratulations to these award winners from Mill Basin's P.S. 236 who all received certificates from the New York State Assembly for their dedication and hard work in the Summer Reading Program. The certificates were presented to them by Assemblyman Alan Maisel for the program "Reading Today for a B More ...
Modern technology finally caught up with advocates of "the old school" last week as members and friends of the Vandalia Senior Center at Starrett City attended a special ribbon cutting ceremony opening their very own computer room. Sponsored by Millennium Development, the event was attended by vario More ...
Fillmore Real Estate's Avenue N office had a spooktacular time last week as they held a giant Halloween Party for youngsters of agents and, yes, agents themselves. More ... |
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