Celebrating Community
Sarah Matusek and Emily Kluver walked off with the top prizes for feature writing, in the 2017 NY State Press Association Better Newspaper contest. The winners were announced at their spring convention in Albany. Sarah won top honors for her front page story about Jeannette Walls, author of The Glass Castle. Wall’s began her professional writing career in the 1970’s […]
The New York Press Association is a state-wide trade group for local journalism founded in 1953. The Red Hook Star-Revue joined NYPA in the Spring of 2012. Since that time, we have won 13 awards in their annual Better Newspaper Contest (BNC). This year, the Star-Revue was honored with four awards. Each award is accompanied by a description of why […]
For one weekend a year the 177 members of the New York State Press Association (NYPA) get together in Saratoga Springs to hone their craft and compete in its Better Newspaper Contest. NYPA is like a chamber of commerce for the newspaper industry. They provide editorial and sales services, as well as lobbying and continuing education. They provide scholarships for […]
The first time that the Red Hook Star-Revue attempted a festival, in 2011, Hurricane Irene interceded. The weather could not have been more perfect on July 12th as the first annual Celebrating Red Hook festival brought everyone together for a great community celebration. Produced by the Star-Revue’s Kimberly Gail Price, IKEA’s Erie Basin Park was transformed into a vendors market […]
On Tuesday, June 18th, The Brooklyn Red Hook Lions Club celebrated their 20th year. Their Installation and Awards Ceremony was held at the Miccio Center and with special guest Sara Gonzalez, and Jim Vogel, representing Velmanette Montgomery. The Lion’s Club is led by Jay and Andrea McKnight. The Lions’ motto is “We Serve.” Their mission is to foster a […]
At a public meeting held April 16th at the South Brooklyn Community High School, Regional Superfund Director Walter Mugdan repeated multiple times that the proposed plan to bury toxic sludge from the Gowanus in Red Hook would never happen. “How many times do you want me to say it? If we don’t have your acceptance – and it seems evident […]
This article originally appeared in the Star-Revue in July 2012. We reprint it here as the deadline for the Quadrozzi option looms: An important decision for the future of Red Hook will be announced this September – the decision about what to do with the 600,000 cubic yards of toxic sludge that will be dredged up from the bottom of […]