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In conjunction with Earth Day next Tuesday, more than 250 New York Cares volunteers planted thousands of tree saplings in Monroe Cohen Park last Saturday. The local event, near the ball fields on East 102nd Street across from the BayView Houses, was one of scores across the five boroughs to s... More ...
By Charles Rogers New York City Comptroller William Thompson last week blasted Canarsie's Paerdegat Athletic Club and cited the city-owned facility for having multiple "dangerous" conditions requiring immediate resolve. Interrupting an audit begun on April 2, he notified city agencies of the alleged d... More ...
Lifelong Marine Park resident Frank Guariglia is in need of a kidney donor. As a result of a degenerative kidney disease, this once energetic 41-year-old New York City schoolteacher is in dire need of a kidney for transplant. More ... Reward Offered In February Breukelen Shooting A reward has been posted for the arrest and indictment of the person or persons responsible for shooting a Breukelen Houses resident last Febru-ary 15, police here said. More ...
Public School 115 was recently awarded a Toyota Tapestry Grant worth $10,000 for the 2008-2009 school year. The grant will provide an opportunity for the East 92 Street elementary second graders to participate in a year-long study of the Jamaica Bay Salt Marsh. More ...
Last Saturday turned out to be a pretty nice day, weatherwise, although lots of rain had been expected. It wound up being a good time to throw a street festival for kids and adults. And that's just what the parents committee of Tots & Teens In Focus, along with State Senator John Samps... More ...
One of the sure-fire signs that a worldwide celebrity has "made the news," either by making an impact on the community or by passing from here to the afterlife, is when we get a phone call from Canarsie's enterprising autograph collector, Lou Schlamowitz. More ...
Albany legislator John Sampson spoke on the floor of the Senate chamber last week during the debate prior to the vote on the state's budget for fiscal year 2008-09. More ... State Budget Keeps Commitment For Investment In NYC Schools State Assemblyman Alan Maisel (D-59th A.D.) last week announced the final state budget increases education funding by a record $1.75 billion, with a total investment of $21.4 billion. The spending plan includes a $533 million foundation aid increase for New York City schools, and continues th... More ...
Canarsie resident Aisha Al-Muslim (pictured) was one of the select few to receive a 2008 scholarship from the New York Women in Communications Foundation, in conjunction with New York Women in Communications, Inc., at the annual Matrix Awards, held on April 7 at the Waldorf-Astoria in Manhatt... More ...
The NYPD's Patrol Borough Brooklyn South units last weekend gathered their elite forces together to present its annual Unity Showcase Festival. Held in Prospect Park on Sunday, April 13, the event took place at the Bartel-Pritchard Circle and not only featured the various precincts in Brookly... More ...
A group of students from Kingsborough Community College, the curator for the New York Aquarium, scientists and volunteers last week counted eight harbor seals bobbing off Swinburne Island near the Verrazano Bridge in New York Harbor. More ...
The Prospect Park Zoo will hold Earth Day events on April 19-20. Visitors can celebrate the wonders of our planet with the animals and take part in a variety of activities. One highlight is the Hamadryas baboon family, including the member pictured with a young zoo visitor above. More ...
Lala looks like an angel, but she also has a little devil in her. Just over one year old, this active American Pit Bull Terrier needs an exercise partner to calm her down. To adopt impish Lala (A753063), please visit Animal Care & Control in Brooklyn at 2336 Linden Blvd, where you can see and... More ... Comptroller Questions $13 Million In N.Y. Tax Refunds The state comptroller's office on Monday stopped nearly $13 million in questionable tax refunds from being paid out in just the first quarter of 2008 - nearly as much savings as the office realized for all of 2007. "Doing your taxes isn't easy," DiNapoli said. "And sometimes taxpayers ... More ...
Parents Urged To Participate In School District's Financial Process State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli New York spends more than $46 billion each year to educate children in our state. School districts are the single largest sector of local government in New York State, accounting for nearly half of all local government revenues and expenditures. This year, school districts will receive $... More ...
Family, friends and neighbors will come together to celebrate the memory of one of their own during the seventh "Spirit of Life" walkathon in Bergen Beach on Saturday, April 19th, at 2335 Bergen Avenue. The Tribute walk, hosted by Millennium Development, is expected to draw several hund... More ...
As a convenience to postal customers, the Postal Service will host a Passport Fair and accept passport applications Saturday, April 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Metro Station Post Office, 47 Debevoise Street, Brooklyn, New York 11206. More ...
Send us a photograph by E-mail or U.S. mail of your favorite baby (under two years old) and it will appear in a future issue with a cute caption like the one above. Photos may be altered for space and only one family per week. All submissions must include sender's name, address and te... More ... |
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