Assemblywoman Jaime Williams held her third annual Family Fall Festival at the Carmine Carro Community Center in Marine Park to offer local families an afternoon of Halloween fun on Sunday, October 22nd. “It’s creating a safe space for families to come with their children to

Southeast Brooklyn has many volunteer opportunities available to its residents, from picking up trash in Canarsie Park and doing crafts with children at the Mill Basin Library to planting flowers at the Marine Park Salt Marsh. But there’s one local volunteer opportunity that’s unlike all

An army of skeletons reaches out to you from the second-floor balcony, above a sea of small monsters rising up from the lawn below. A witch’s flying school is just down the road from a vampire’s blood bank. And thousands of lights of all colors

The September 20th meeting of Community Board 18 (CB 18) was taken over by a discussion of the asylum seekers and the migrant camp that is in the works at the National Parks Service’s Floyd Bennett Field. The board, located at 1097 Bergen Avenue, represents

Community Education Council 18 (CEC 18) held its first meeting of the school year on Monday, September 11th, at the District 18 office, 1106 East 95th Street, where School District 18 Superintendent Celeste Terry gave a report on the new school year, which just started

Despite the torrential rain, Community Board 18 (CB 18), at 1097 Bergen Avenue, was filled with community members on Sunday, September 10th, for the board’s annual Health and Back to School Resource Fair. Families crowded around tables offering free book bags, reusable water bottles and

A female wild turkey has been roaming Marine Park and Gerritsen Beach since late June, largely to the delight of residents. “She has been sighted all around this area and people absolutely love her,” Sylke Scharrenbroich told the Canarsie Courier through social media. “We love her. I

Pizza D’Amore on Mill Avenue was filled to the brim with 70 community members and elected officials on June 22nd at the Mill Island Civic Association’s end of season party. While the turnout is always good for the party, this time was special for many

The June 28th meeting of the 63rd Precinct Community Council was full of meaningful moments — such as a hearty goodbye to outgoing Council Vice President Nick Miller, welcoming new Crime Prevention Officer Ryan Walsh and awarding Officer Evan Cruz the Cop of the Month

The Madison-Marine-Homecrest Civic Association (MMHCA) held its final monthly meeting until September on June 15th at the Carmine Carro Community Center in Marine Park, with a tax expert as the guest speaker. Two new 61st Precinct Neighborhood Coordination Officers (NCOs) were introduced at the start