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Officials Continue Efforts To Keep Starrett City Affordable By Neil S. Friedman Elected officials last week continued their efforts to block the sale of Starrett City and assure that the nation's largest federally subsidized housing complex remains affordable for more than 10,000 tenants. More ...
By Linda Steinmulller Community District Education Council 18's monthly meeting last week focused on the rise of gang violence and gang initiation within School District 18. A representative from the Brooklyn District Attorney's office offered a variety of methods for gang awareness. More ... COUNSELING CORNER Reducing Conflict With Your Teenager The teenage years are often a difficult period in the lives of both child and parent. It's a time of turmoil, power struggles and rebellion as your child increases self-awareness and seeks to understand his or her place in the world. While parent-teen conflict may seem inevitable, the... More ...
Firefighters and paramedics carefully take injured driver of 2002 Jeep to EMS ambulance after his vehicle smashed into two trucks parked on Foster Avenue at East 89th Street last Thursday morning. He told police he was traveling east on Foster when another driver tried to make a right turn an... More ...
In celebration of the 37th Earth Day celebration last Sunday, the Salt Marsh Nature Center in Marine Park offered a slew of activities including salt marsh treks that kept families busy throughout the day. Volunteer Sharon Seitz (above) lead a large group on a one-mile family nature walk alon... More ...
Volunteers from the American Littoral Society were joined by other volunteers and members of the National Park Service, NYC Department of Environmental Preservation (DEP), the Audubon Society and many other groups Sunday to help clean up Plumb Beach of timbers and floatable debris. More ...
John J. Doherty, Sanitation Commissioner It's that time of the year again… the time for spring-cleaning, when we take a hard look at our possessions and face the harsh reality of city living: New Yorkers have too much stuff and not enough space. The problem is compounded by another fact: we own a lot of stuff we no longer nee... More ...
It was like a summer picnic in Prospect Park last Sunday as every precinct in the NYPD's Patrol Borough Brooklyn South converged in a festive atmosphere to express their solidarity with their various communities in a Unity Showcase. With Assistant Chief Joseph Fox, commander of Brookl... More ...
Mercedes Narcisse, third from left, president of the Avenue L Mer-chants Association, helps tie balloons to post on the street Friday as the merchants show their support on the national day of mourning in memory of the victims of the Virginia Tech tragedy. She and fellow members of the organi... More ...
The ultra-pleasant weather played a big part in making Saturday's Tots & Teens Youth Parade a happy, festive event. Sponsored by State Senator John Sampson, the annual parade and associated festivities, held on East 92nd Street and Flatlands Avenue, included everything from games and e... More ...
It could have been called a United Nations Festival last Saturday evening at the Holy Family School auditorium as scores of families from the Canarsie Cluster parishes got together for the 3rd Annual Spring Festival. Organized by the Filipino-American Community, families of all culture... More ...
In celebration of National Volunteer Week, April 15-21, the administrative staff at Four Seasons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1555 Rockaway Parkway, decided it was certainly time for them to give thanks to those hearty volunteers who spend hours and days in volunteering their services i... More ... |
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