Celebrating Community
The second anniversary of Superstorm Sandy is just about upon us. Many of our readers are intimately and painfully aware of these images. We are grateful for all the recovery work that has occurred in the past two years, and all that continues. We share these photos with all our readers in mind. – George & Kimberly
On March 13, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso delivered his State of the Borough speech in front of a packed crowd of hundreds of people at New York City College of Technology. Reynoso spoke about a variety of issues including how to move freight throughout the city in safe, sustainable, and efficient ways. The problem is one that Jim Tampakis
The Red Hook Civic Association met on March 26 at the Red Hook Recreation Center. The March meeting was the group’s first anniversary. According to Nico Kean, the April meeting will consist of a special celebration with a party and a progress report, and will be held at the Red Hook Coffee Shop on Van Brunt Street. A name change
PS 676 Harbor Middle School held a family fun STEM night in the cafeteria for the students and parents. There was a special focus on women in science as March is Women’s History month. There were also hands-on math and science activities at tables and outside organizations at the event. There was a women’s history coloring table. A drawing was
Council Member Shahana Hanif, her staff, several artists from the nonprofit Arts & Democracy Project, and a handful of volunteers all gathered in the Old Stone House in Park Slope on a Monday evening last month. At the start of the meeting, each person introduced themselves and stated their artistic skills, before being assigned a project and getting down to
