HAPPY EASTER TO ALL!
      The publishers and staff of the Canarsie Courier wish our readers, advertisers and the community a healthy, happy Easter weekend. The Courier office will be closed tomorrow, Good Friday and reopen at 9 a.m. on Monday, March 24.
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Suspect With Knife Caught After School Melee
      After quelling a melee by groups of youths near the intersection of East 82nd Street and Flatlands Avenue last Thursday, March 13, police from the 69th Precinct chased three of the fighters and caught one of them who allegedly had a knife.
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Crime Stoppers Offers Rewards In Two Local Cases
By Charles Rogers
      Crime Stoppers, in conjunction with the NYPD, has authorized substantial rewards for information leading to convictions for two felonies that occur-red in the local area a year ago - one an assault and the other a murder.
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Lou Gets His Due
      It's taken a long time for the Veterans Administration and other agencies to recognize the contribution Canarsien Lou Schlamowitz gave to our country when he served overseas during the Korean Conflict in the 1950s. He received a medical, honorable discharge at the time and recently he was off...
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Sampson Hosts Budget Meeting With Health Care Providers
      State Senator John Sampson (D-Brooklyn), the ranking Democrat on the NYS Senate Health Committee, hosted his second annual pre-budget conference with NYC's health care administrators. These sessions are held during the span between the release of the proposed executive budget and negot...
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Assembly Budget Proposal Will Help Neediest Families
      Assemblyman Alan Maisel (D-59th AD) announced that the Assembly's budget includes an increase in the pub-lic assistance grant to help New York's neediest families. The adjustment, he noted, is the first increase in 18 years. The plan raises the amount of the public assistance grant by 10 perc...
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You Must File Tax Return To Get 'Stimulus' Rebate
      Assemblyman Alan Maisel (D-59th AD) this week issued a reminder to his constituents and other Brooklyn residents they must file a 2007 federal income tax return in order to qualify for the economic stimulus payment, even if they are not normally required to file one.
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Sanit Dept. Schedules Spring Cleaning Events Citywide
By John Doherty Dept. of Sanitation Commissioner
      With spring around the corner, soon New Yorkers will head to the stores to buy new clothes and perhaps the latest electronic gadgets. And at the same time, they'll have to decide what to do with the stuff they no longer want. Throwing it all out would be a real waste, especially when it c...
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Out of the Mouths of Babes
      Send us a photograph by E-mail or U.S. mail of your favorite baby (under one year) and it will appear in a future issue with a cute caption like those above. Photos may be altered for space and only one family per week. All submissions must include sender's name, address and t...
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Animal Group Offers Sensible Options To Harmful Declawing
By MELISSA RAYWORTHFor The Associated Press
      The Humane Society and the American Veterinary Medical Association advise pet owners to consider declawing only as a last resort. Other approaches to training cats to scratch harmlessly include: •Supply alternate scratching surfaces. Scratching posts and pads are available in ma...
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Pet Of The Week
      With one big ear stuck up and the other down, Pinky is cute as, well, a bug's ear. She's also lively and a little mischievous. She is a 10-month-old American Staffordshire Terrier. To adopt playful Pinky (A751027), please visit Animal Care & Control in Brooklyn at 2336 Linden Blvd, where you...
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