Alexis Reese

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Books Through Bars: Brooklyn Program Provides Books To Inmates Across The Country

RED HOOK – You might have to watch your head as you walk down the steep cement stairs that lead into a basement stacked floor to ceiling with books, the headquarters of NYC Books Through Bars [https://booksthroughbarsnyc.org] located beneath Freebird Books [http://www.freebirdbooks.com] at 123 Columbia Street.

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Red Hook Community Farm Receives $25,000 NYS Grant

RED HOOK – On the corner of Columbia and Sigourney streets, directly across from Ikea, lies land filled with crisp produce sprouting from the soil. Hip-hop music plays faintly in the background as community volunteers push wheelbarrows and snip freshly grown okra at the stems. A small attentive crowd is gathered