Sixty-five years ago, on the Canarsie Courier’s 40th anniversary, Walter S. Patrick, who, on April 22, 1921, established the Courier together with Lester J. Stillwell, returned to Canarsie to commemorate the occasion. He and his successors, Edward M. Herrschaft, Joseph B. Samitz and Robert M.

By Ira M. Kluger  Co-President, Canarsie Historical Society  Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the Canarsie Courier’s 100th anniversary edition, which was published on April 22, 2021. On the occasion of the Canarsie Courier’s 91st anniversary, I prepared a history of Canarsie’s early newspapers, which preceded the

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