The two-year-long Coronavirus pandemic put public events, like job fairs, on hold.  It also hurt the job market, with many still unemployed and looking for gainful employment.  That was evident by the large turnout at the 69th Precinct Community Council Job Fair, held on Thursday,

Happy 101st Birthday to the Canarsie Courier on April 22, 2022! We would like to thank the community – all our readers and advertisers – for over a century of your loyal support.  We would not be here without you. The Canarsie Courier was established

April is National Poetry Month, first celebrated in 1996 to celebrate the “expressiveness, delight and pure charm of poetry.”  The Canarsie Courier’s weekly columnist and author of four books, Anaya Lee Willabus, dedicated her April 7th column in honor of National Poetry Month.  As New

On Saturday, April 9th the Bayview Houses Community Association held their annual children’s spring event. The children and their parents were treated to an afternoon consisting of crafts, bunny bean bag toss, coloring eggs, delicious cupcakes and making their own spring baskets filled with trinkets

Brightly colored flowers were in full bloom as P.S. 119 students, eager to grow their knowledge of living things, attended one of the first outdoor classroom lessons of the spring season at Serenity Community Garden on Thursday, April 14th. Some of the many flowers in

Schooll District 18 Superintendent Celeste Douglas. “It’s a tragedy for me to report that the District 18 family has lost one of its own students to senseless gun violence,” said Superintendent Celeste Douglas at the April 4th virtual meeting of District 18’s Community Education Council

Elizabeth Figueroa is at it again – beautifying the seventh floor of her Penn-Wortman home, at 875 Pennsylvania Avenue!  Easter is just around the corner – Sunday, April 17th to be exact – and Elizabeth has been a busy bunny decorating her hallway, a tradition

PaleFO Cinema Presents:  Youth Town Hall at Bayview Community Center Eileen Level’s dream is to start an Outdoor Cinema Series that will launch at the Bayview Houses Community Center.  As founder of PaleFO Cinema, her goal is “leveraging the potential of the cinematic experience to

The songs and skills of the H.E.S. Music School students have returned to the stage! On Sunday, March 6th, the H.E.S. Music School held its first in-person recital since the pandemic began two years ago.   Performers and audience members alike shared in their excitement at

Legendary singer and actor, Bobby Rydell, passed away on April 5, 2022 at the age of 79. One of the Golden Boys out of Philadelphia, along with Frankie Avalon and Fabian, Bobby Rydell became a teen idol in the late 1950s and early 1960s, with

FCCA President Maria Garrett Members of the nature-minded Fresh Creek Civic Association (FCCA) convened virtually on Saturday afternoon, April 9th via Webex for an informative meeting chock-full of exciting updates for the spring season. FCCA President Maria Garrett announced that as point person and community

  Kids and adults enjoyed an Easter Family Arts & Crafts Day at the Carmine Carro Community Center, 3000 Fillmore Avenue, in Marine Park on Saturday.  Instead of the traditional Easter Egg Hunt festivities, the hosts of this event – Millennium Development, Marine Park Alliance

CEC 22 President Jessica Byrne discusses vacancies on the Board Community District Education Council 22 (CEC 22) held a virtual Town Hall meeting with Department of Education (DOE) Chancellor David C. Banks on Tuesday evening, April 5th via Zoom. Chancellor Banks, who was appointed by

Glass of water When Bergen Beach Civic Association President Sal Calise received word of a potential problem with the neighborhood’s drinking water back in January (see “Residents Worried About Their Drinking Water,” Canarsie Courier, January 27, 2022), he reached out to the Department of Environmental