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 Courier-Life Publications To commemorate Catholic Schools Week, St. Francis Xavier Elementary School’s administration, faculty, staff and students participated in a number of fun and educational activities. The weeklong schedule of events kicked off with a family Mass, observed by the entire school, and visitors also had an opportunity to see the students hard at work during an open house held at the school, 763 President Street in Park Slope. Also among the exciting events was a spelling bee, Ice Cream Day, andthe grand finale, Carnival Day, in which all the students participated in face painting, “catching fish,” basketball, leap frog andtons of other fun activities.
The best of Brooklyn strutted its stuff during the annual extravaganza put on by Borough President Marty Markowitz during his State of the Borough address.
The man responsible for smearing swastikas across Brooklyn Heights and hoarding a secret cache of guns and explosives in his apartment won’t be coming back to the neighborhood any time soon. ADVERTISEMENT
Brooklynites plan to protest the proposed closure of 10 day care centers in the borough.
They came, they saw, they ate cupcakes.
Brooklyn-born makeup artist Roxanna “Roxie” Floyd, who has beautified the faces of Angela Bassett, Whitney Houston, Mary J. Blige, Queen Latifah, and Yoko Ono, among many others, died in her sleep at her Clinton Hill home. She was 50 years old.
Healthfirst celebrated the grand opening of its community-based office in Downtown Brooklyn at 635 Fulton Street between Hudson Avenue and Rockwell Place in downtown Brooklyn.
An infusion of federal stimulus dollars could provide the jolt to get the Nostrand Avenue Select Bus Service (SBS) project jump-started.
Falling crime statistics are practically ubiquitous in Brooklyn, but if you’ve ever suspected that the plummeting figures delivered monthly at your local police community council meeting are just a little bit too rosy, you are not alone.
Brooklyn’s new poet laureate has a lofty goal. A movement is underfoot to create a business improvement district for one of Park Slope’s premier avenues.
A slew of endorsements over the weekend bolstered Joe Lazar’s candidacy to succeed Simcha Felder in the upcoming race for the 44 City Council District seat.
The vast devastation of Haiti can be difficult to comprehend, but a group of Brooklyn residents in Park Slope are mobilizing to do their part to help the distressed region where the death toll is nearly 200,000 and hundreds of thousands more are homeless.
Somewhere out there is an unhinged anti-Semite distributing tiny strips of paper reading “Kill Jews.”
Many of her Windsor Terrace neighbors know Jennifer Hopkins as the butterfly lady.
Sonia Taylor stepped off the nurses’ picket line in front of Long Island College Hospital and tightened the hood of her red sweatshirt to combat the cold winter early afternoon.
Objections made by a city agency have delayed the airing of a Park Slope private school’s controversial plan to a commission that could ultimately decide its fate.
A Brooklyn gal is No. 1 on the “Worst Cooks in America.” And that’s a good thing!
It may not be Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, but developer Joe Sitt is seeing a more high-end retail and restaurant corridor emerging on Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn.
Mickey D’s golden arches lost some of their Brooklyn luster after one of its longtime franchises was shuttered recently.
Teachers, parents and students tookto the street to demand that the city not close any more Brooklyn high schools.
Among the things that Dr. Tom Lyon, chief of orthopaedic surgery at Brooklyn’s Lutheran Medical Center, brought back to the borough from Haiti was a sense of hope.
The curtain could rise on the Loew’s Kings’ spectacular third act, as soon as the end of 2013.
As this paper went to press, several local residents were expected to attend a Community Board 2 committee meeting to lobby for the River Cafe to help pay for maintenance of Brooklyn Bridge Park.
If there ever was a heimishe Goliath, Assemblymember Dov Hikind fits the bill.
As they have for almost four decades, residents throughout the borough will honor the memory of the Derry 13 and make a resounding call for peace and justice in Northern Ireland during an annual Bloody Sunday commemoration. TPS help for city’s Haitian community
Two local groups are hoping to help heal Haiti. Poet laureate announced Thomas Tracy Rolling iPhone raider
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The public is invited to 161 Wine Bar & Tapas for “Giving Hope to Haiti,” a special charity event to aid those in the earthquake-ravaged nation, February 28 from 6-8 p.m. All proceeds will benefit the American Red Cross Relief Fund.
Five women who work at Beth Israel Medical Center-Kings Highway Division were named winners of the 2010 Heart Award. Evangeline Abalos, RN, Lucy Cannizzaro, RPh, Catherine Leota, RN, Janece Lyons, PCA, and Dorota Rybicka, RN, were honored during a ceremony held across the street from the hospital, 3201 Kings Highway in Marine Park.
Orchestra Conductor Thomas Brennan conducted the students as they performed“The William Tell Overture,” “The Barber of Seville Overture,” “Hungarian Air and Dance,” “Amazing Grace,” and “Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9” before more than 1,000 people in the giant hall of the armory, which was recently renovated as a YMCA. Assistant Conductor James Chiarello helped rehearse and train the students for the evening.
The Heart of Brooklyn cultural campus promises a memorable Valentine’s Day weekend for families, couples and friends alike. Special Valentine’s events will be taking place at the leading cultural institutions located near Grand Army Plaza in central Brooklyn through February 14.
Saint Edmund Preparatory High School is planning a reunion for all alumni who graduated in years ending in zero and five, March 27, 3 p.m. at the school, 2474 Ocean Avenue in Sheepshead Bay.
The Miss Norway Contest of Greater New York will be held March 27, 2 p.m. at the Norwegian Christian Home and Health Center, 1250 67th Street in Dyker Heights.
Empire State College, of the State University of New York, will hold public information session(s) about its associate and bachelor’s degree programs at its Brooklyn location, Suite 600, 177 Livington Street, February 8 at 6 p.m. and February 11 at 3 p.m.
May is national ALS Awareness Month, and Allstate’s Chris Scandaglia has again taken the lead in the fight against Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease).
New York Methodist Hospital now offers a wide range of treatment options for patients suffering from tinnitus — a common problem that affects approximately one in five people. “Tinnitus is a sensation of sound in the ear that shouldn’t be there,” explained Ramez Habib, MD, an otolaryngologist at New York Methodist. “People may hear ringing, humming, buzzing, pulsations, or other sounds.”
St. Joseph’s College Council for the Arts will showcase the works of seven up-and-coming Brooklyn artists in a juried show entitled “It’s Personal.” The exhibit is on display through March 4 in the Alumni Room Gallery, 245 Clinton Avenue. There will be a gallery talk with the artists, February 23 at 12:40 p.m., and a reception, February 20, 12-3 p.m. Regular gallery hours are Wednesday, from 4-8 p.m. and Saturday, 12-3 p.m.
Barnes & Noble Park Slope invites the public to participate in its weekly events. Here’s what’s on tap this week:
The next film on tap in the series is Cecil B. DeMille’s original 1923 version of “The Ten Commandments,” February 13, 7 p.m. at the Brooklyn Baptist Temple, 360 Schermerhorn Street at Third Avenue in Boerum Hill. The admission charge is $10; $5 for seniors/students.
St. John’s Bread and Life, Brooklyn’s largest emergency food provider, will host a Pre-Valentine’s Day event to encourage those in the Brooklyn community to have a heart for hunger.
Metro SportsMed® is hosting its 11th Annual Scholar Athlete Awards Program, open to all Brooklyn high school seniors who excel athletically and academically.
Celebrate Valentine’s Day early with Brooklyn Artists Gym. The first installment of their swap meet series, “BAGGAGE Claim” will focus on the theme of romantic commerce, February 13, 6-8 p.m. at 168 Seventh Street in Park Slope.
There’s plenty to do at Prospect Park during the Presidents’ Day weekend and school break. Highlights from the park’s calendar of events include:
Governor David Paterson led a long list of electedand appointed citywide officials in ushering in the second term of Councilwoman Sara M. González at the new Sunset Park High School, 35th Street & Fourth Avenue, in her district. Joining them were community leaders, educators, constituents, family and friends .
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