An iguana sits high on a thin branch. Schools of small, silver fish dart around a wide tank. And two North American turkeys stroll around a backyard pen. This is the backdrop that students who visit the Genovesi Environmental Study Center (GESC) in Bergen Beach
The Most Reverend Robert Brennan, Bishop of Brooklyn, ordained Mr. Samuel M. Mwiwawi to the transitional diaconate on Saturday, January 7th, at St. Bernard of Clairvaux Roman Catholic Church, serving Bergen Beach and Mill Basin. Deacon Samuel M. Mwiwawi studied in Kenya and Uganda, attending
Members of the 69th Precinct Clergy Council, under the leadership of Rev. Cecil Moonsam, stopped by the 69th Precinct stationhouse, at 9720 Foster Avenue, on Friday, January 13th, for the precinct’s daily Roll Call. It’s not uncommon for the Clergy Council to visit the officers
Do you think you’re smarter than a fifth grader? Parents swarmed into the auditorium of Canarsie’s P.S. 115 on Wednesday, January 11th and rooted for their children during the Department of Education’s Brooklyn South Regional Spelling Bee – all abuzz with challenging words! Nearly 100
While strolling through the Holiday Train Show, held every year at the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx, a replica of the Hendrick I. Lott House was spotted among a display of over 190 replicas of New York buildings and landmarks, all created using
Gary Shulman’s poems about a Canarsie past have often graced the pages of this publication, evoking a sweet and moving nostalgia in those who experienced it as he did, in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, and now his work has been published as a collection,
As a new year begins, so does a new year for reading. Parents and their children gathered on Thursday evening, January 12th in the library of P.S. 109, located at 1001 East 45th Street, to hear author Keyona Reid read her newest book, The Day I Became a
