eid al-adha
Photo courtesy of NYC Mayor’s Office [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nycmayorsoffice/]New York City public school students will have two new official holidays as of the 2015-2016 school year: Eid al-Adha on September 24, and Eid al-Fitr during the summer. The new school holidays are in celebration of
business closures
As part of their bankruptcy proceedings [http://www.businessinsider.com/radioshack-files-for-bankrtupcy-2015-2], Radio Shack [http://www.radioshack.com/] will close at least 1,784 stores [http://www.scribd.com/doc/255034573/RadioShack-store-closures] by March 31 — including 14 in Brooklyn, among which are the ones in Downtown Brooklyn and Bed-Stuy. Specifically, the
Photo by mollykosm [https://instagram.com/p/z3W5C4OYUL/?modal=true].How lucky are we?! Keep on sharing photos with us at editor@bklyner.com, add them to our Flickr group [https://www.flickr.com/groups/thelocalfgch/], or tag them #ftgfocus on Instagram [http://instagram.com/fortgreenefocus], and we’ll post
after school programs
Tomorrow morning (Friday, March 6) at 10:30am, the Fort Greene Senior Citizens Council is sponsoring an “emergency forum” on day care and after-school services available in the area. The forum will be from 10:30-11:45am at the Young Minds Day Care Center at 972 Fulton Street.
Greene Hill School
Photo by Georgia Nuzzo.Tomorrow is The Greene Affair — Greene Hill School’s annual school fundraising gala to support their sliding scale tuition rates, as well as classes, programs and partnerships in the arts, sports and technology. Even before the 8pm gala inside the school at 39 Adelphi Street, though,
Anthony Byrd
Image courtesy of jade [http://mrg.bz/tH53TY].Fifteen months after nine-year-old Lucian Merryweather was killed by an out-of-control car on a DeKalb Avenue sidewalk, the car’s driver, Anthony Byrd, 60, has pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide. Although he will face no jail time, he may serve part
bensonhurst schools
Source: NYC Mayor’s OfficeNew York City public school students will have two new official holidays as of the 2015-2016 school year: Eid al-Adha on September 24, and Eid al-Fitr during the summer. The new school holidays are in celebration of two of the major holidays celebrated by Muslims around
Photo courtesy of NYC Mayor’s Office [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nycmayorsoffice/]New York City public school students will have two new official holidays as of the 2015-2016 school year: Eid al-Adha on September 24, and Eid al-Fitr during the summer. The new school holidays are in celebration of
Betsy Lewin
Read Across America [http://www.readacrossamerica.org/], that annual celebration all about the power of books and reading, is being celebrated tomorrow (Friday, March 6) at over a dozen Brooklyn Public Library branches that will be marking the occasion with a borough-wide reading of “Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type,
Islam
Source: NYC Mayor’s OfficeNew York City public school students will have two new official holidays as of the 2015-2016 school year: Eid al-Adha on September 24, and Eid al-Fitr during the summer. The new school holidays are in celebration of two of the major holidays celebrated by Muslims around
Carmen Fariña
Photo courtesy of NYC Mayor’s Office [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nycmayorsoffice/].As of the 2015-2016 school year, New York City public school students will have two new official holidays, one on September 24 for Eid al-Adha and one during the summer for Eid al-Fitr, in celebration of two
Bk Eats On Myrtle
Dance. . . or play a game of ping pong in the back room of Bk Eats on Myrtle [www.bkeatsonmyrtle.com/], where this mantra is painted. Keep on sharing photos with us at editor@bklyner.com, add them to our Flickr group [https://www.flickr.com/groups/thelocalfgch/], or tag them