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Bay Ridge volunteer ambulance group BRAVO celebrates 50 years of service
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. Anthony and Diane Napoli first crossed paths in 1975 as volunteers with South Brooklyn volunteer ambulance service BRAVO. Today, the couple — married for 41 years — are at the heart of BRAVO’s 50th anniversary celebrations.
Let the Academic Year Begin!
Pratt’s campus once again bustles with energy following a fun-filled orientation, as new and returning students embark upon a semester of learning, companionship, and exploration. Ahead of the new semester, students spent the week settling into campus, decorating their rooms, and meeting other students through social events, informational sessions, group trips, city tours, and other activities.
East Islip Elementary Students Treated To Summer Enrichment Program
The East Islip School District ran its annual Summer Innovation and Enrichment Academy for students in kindergarten through eighth grade, held during two one-week sessions in July and August at East Islip Middle School. Students were treated to a three-hour block each day of exciting lesson plans created and designed by a team of elementary, music, art and Spanish teachers, supported by a dedicated staff of teaching assistants, paraprofessionals and youth assistants and led by instructional coordinator Melissa Henderson. Students participated in theme weeks designed around the Summer Olympics and ocean adventures.
Calling All Bushwick Creatives! Sign up For Bushwick Open Studios by Sept. 2
Bushwick Open Studios 2024 is back, bringing together artists, musicians and the entire community from September 27 to September 29. This year, the theme is "Chrome and Flower," to celebrate the community's creative spirit in style, according to a press release from the organizer Arts in Bushwick. The sign-up for Bushwick creatives to be included in the weekend showcase is September 2.
Pro Rodeo Is Pushing to Capitalize on America’s Western Culture Obsession
On a soupy, August Saturday in Brooklyn, N.Y., more than 10,000 fans at the Barclays Center started the evening like any other. They streamed into the arena through windy security lines, scanning QR codes and checking bags, then moving on to buying hot dogs, kettle corn, and merch. But the...
Brooklyn’s legendary heavy metal venue Saint Vitus has closed for good
Saint Vitus Bar, Brooklyn’s legendary heavy metal venue, has closed for good. The bar, which has hosted titans like Megadeth, Anthrax, Deafheaven, Killing Joke, Carcass and Against Me in its time, has officially shut its location in Greenpoint, New York City. On Instagram, the bar announced its closure, writing...
NBC’s Today Show Features Town of Islip Shellfish Cultivation Facility
NBC’s Today Show recently featured the Town of Islip Shellfish Cultivation Facility and its vigorous oyster farming program during a segment that aired Thursday morning on August 31st, 2023. The Today Show crew and host Harry Smith toured the Cultivation Facility in East Islip back in July. The segment...
Don’t miss out: NJ changes some rules for newest ANCHOR rebates
💲 Applicants will face additional ID verification. 💲 Double check whether your payment should be automatic this year. Notices are about to hit millions of mailboxes throughout New Jersey, to get the ball rolling on another round of property tax relief. Many residents likely won't have to do...
East Harlem church will be sold to developers: Records
EAST HARLEM (PIX11) – A 124-year-old church in East Harlem could soon be sold to a real estate developer for $5 million, according to court documents filed last week. The sale, first reported by Gothamist, will put the Church of the Holy Rosary on East 119th Street in real estate developer Kahen Development Group’s hands […]
US OPEN SECURITY: 'No credible threats' as record 1M fans expected; NYPD 'not tolerating' protests
The U.S. Open kicked off Monday in Queens, with officials anticipating a record 1 million spectators and police establishing an array of security measures amid a “different threat environment” and concerns of protests.
Man, 20, fatally struck by train after argument near Elmhurst Ave: NYPD
ELMHURST, Queens (PIX11) – A 20-year-old was fatally struck by a train near the Elmhurst Avenue station Monday morning after an argument with a teenager, according to the NYPD. The 20-year-old was pronounced dead just after 11 a.m. after being struck by a northbound train on the M and R line, according to the NYPD. […]
Pal-O-Mine Equestrian is Holding Its 2nd Annual Choose Your Horsepower Fundraiser
Pal-O-Mine Equestrian, Inc.(www.pal-o-mine.org), a private, not-for-profit organization providing a comprehensive therapeutic equine program using horses to facilitate growth, learning and healing for children and adults with disabilities, announced that it will be holding its Choose Your Horsepower Fundraiser on September 22nd from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm at Pal-O-Mine located at 829 Old Nichols Road, Island, NY 11749. The event is a fundraiser to support the org’s Military, Veteran and First Responder Program in which Pal-O-Mine offers several weekly group and individual programs for free. Join Pal-O-Mine for a family day of fun whether your horsepower comes from the engine of a motorcycle, the strength of a horse, or your best pair of line dancing boots. Tickets are $20 per person and kids under 3 years old are free. Ticket prices includes parking, admission to the event, food, line dancing, children’s activities equine demonstrations. Tickets can be purchased in advance online at: www.pal-o-mine.org.
New York man dies in early-morning crash in Berwick
BERWICK, Maine — Police are investigating a fatal crash that happened in Berwick on Saturday. The single-vehicle crash happened around 2:45 a.m. on Portland Street, near where it it intersects with Old Route 4, Berwick police said Monday in a press release. Mark Neary, 67, of New York City,...
Lidl US signs lease with NYC affordable housing org for Lower East Side store
Lidl US is expanding its presence in New York City via an agreement with a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing affordable housing. The discount grocer has signed a leasing agreement with Grand Street Guild for a 23,000-sq.-ft. location on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, at 408 Grand St. It will be Lidl US’ third location in the Big Apple.
Spectrum participates in backpack giveaway in the Bronx
Believe it or not, kids across the five boroughs will be heading back to class soon. Dozens of families in the Bronx got a huge helping hand Saturday gearing up for the new school year. Spectrum, along with Madison Square Garden and other community groups and elected officials, held a...
Ex-NYC cop seeking Hudson Valley House seat was accused of falsely charging teen girl
Alison Esposito was a New York City police lieutenant in 2016 when she and fellow officers from a Manhattan gang unit went to an East Harlem apartment one night to arrest a suspect in several shootings. They made that arrest. But they also cuffed a 16-year-old girl and charged her with punching and scratching Esposito. Those charges were dropped several months later, and the city wound up paying $25,000 to settle a lawsuit by the girl, who...
Yankees Cut Ties With 6-Foot-7 Righthander in ‘Surprise’ Move
Around the Yankees, it’s being called a “surprise.” But maybe it shouldn’t be. Veteran reliever Michael Tonkin did well to stabilize the Bombers’ relief unit for the better part of two months, but it has become clear he’s lost his MLB mojo lately. And...
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