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Thanks to the assistance of Father John Amann of Holy Family Church, and the generosity and cooperation of Elba O. Melendez, a parishioner at Holy Family, the Canarsie Courier is pleased to present the pictures below taken by Ms. Melendez, who attended Sunday's Mass for the 57,000 people packed into... More ...
What proved to be a prank bomb scare on a pleasant spring morning forced the evacuation of students and staff at Canarsie High School last Thursday morning. According to several staff members standing across the street from the school at 1800 Rockaway Parkway, the building was emptied a... More ... Councilman Stewart's Aides Indicted For Embezzlement By Charles Rogers The chief of staff of City Councilman Kendall Stewart and another aide were arrested by federal authorities last week and implicated in a case of fraud for allegedly stealing from a fund of "discretionary money" being used for various, possibly unauthorized purposes. More ... Court Upholds School Cell Phone Ban By SAMUEL MAULL Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) - A ban on cell phones in the nation's largest school system was upheld Tuesday by a state appeals court. The Department of Education passed rules in September 2005 barring students from having their phones in public schools. More ... State Assembly Targets Internet Sex Predators Assemblyman Alan Maisel (D-59th AD) last week announced that the state Assembly passed the Electronic Security and Targeting of Online Predators Act (also known as "e-STOP"), regulating sex offenders' use of the Internet to help prevent sex crimes. More ...
As co-chair of the New York Discovery Educator Network Leadership Council, Dahlia McGregor, a teacher at South Shore High School, organizes and encourages her peers statewide to improve student achievement through the use of digital media and other educational technologies. 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 ...
Family, friends and neighbors gathered last Saturday to celebrate the memory of a youth who tragically died in 2000 for the seventh "Spirit of Life" walkathon in Bergen Beach. The tribute walk was hosted by Millennium Development and was attended by several hundred people who walked and... More ...
Assemblyman Alan Maisel recently had the opportunity to meet in Albany with Angela Okike, left, a Canarsie resident and registered nurse, to discuss issues relating to the nursing profession. Okike, a member of the New York State Nurses Association, came to Albany, along with hundreds of her ... More ... Assembly Address Critical Environmental Issues For Earth Day Assemblyman Alan Maisel (D-59 th AD) announced that in recognition of Earth Day, the Assembly passed several pieces of important legislation designed to better protect New York's environment. "Protecting and preserving our environment is critical to our health and well-being, as well... More ... |
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