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Centennial Of ‘The Snowy Day’ Author Ezra Jack Keats Celebrated At Imagination Playground

P.S. 321 and P.S. 9 students wished the late-author illustrator Ezra Jack Keats a H-A-P-P-Y B-I-R–T-H-D-A-Y in the Imagination Playground in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, where a statue of two of his beloved characters, Peter and Willie, was declared a Literary Landmark. Joining them, from L to R,

Business

PS 321 Flea Market Opens Under New Management After Brooklyn Flea Departure

Courtesy of Metro FleaThe PS 321 Flea Market [https://www.facebook.com/PS-321-Flea-Market-Park-Slope-1044184418965561/] (180 7th Avenue between 1st and 2nd Streets) re-opened under new management in early March, a Park Slope institution which plans to make adjustments in order to become more “neighbor-friendly and vendor-friendly,” according to James LaMorte, owner

Education

Jumpstart #GivingTuesday By Donating To Neighborhood Schools

Photo by Park Slope StoopWe’re one week away from #GivingTuesday [http://www.givingtuesday.org/], a global day following Black Friday and Cyber Monday that focuses on giving back to the community. We can’t think of a better way to give back than helping our neighborhood schools. Donors Choose

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PS/MS 282 And PS 321 Are Among Dozens Of Schools Receiving STEM Funds From BP Eric Adams

Photo by Stefan Ringel/Brooklyn Borough President’s Office.Seventy Brooklyn schools — from elementary and middle to high school and college institutions — and their students are the beneficiaries of a $13.3 million allocation of funds from Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams’ office, designated specifically for STEM education programs. Pretty

New York State Scholastic Championships

Students From PS/MS 282 & PS 321 Excel At State Chess Championships

PS/MS 282 Royal Panthers Chess Team! Photo by Jeremy AmarLocal students continue to make our neighborhood proud by bringing home impressive trophies from chess tournaments! This past weekend, kids from PS/MS 282 [http://www.282parkslope.org/] (180 6th Avenue) and PS 321 [http://ps321.org/] (180 7th Avenue)

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Donate Coats To PS 321’s Annual Drive

Drop off your clean, gently worn coats and jackets in all sizes at the annual PS 321 coat drive [https://www.facebook.com/123311737704893/photos/a.124393964263337.9311.123311737704893/773531536016240/?type=1&theater] this week only, through Friday, December 5, just inside the front doors in the lobby of the

A.B.K. Bruno

Authors Of Josie & The Fourth Grade Bike Brigade On Climate Issues, Activism, And Why The Book’s Fictional Neighborhood May Seem Familiar

A feisty nine-year-old girl becomes a crusader for preventing disastrous climate change and other environmental threats — sounds like a tale that could be set in Park Slope, right? Well it turns out that the new children’s book Josie and the Fourth Grade Bike Brigade [http://www.josiegoesgreen.com/] was

Kaylee Hammond

PS 321’s Kaylee Hammond Wins 1st Place In New York Road Runners Youth Jamboree Events

Congratulations to 10-year-old Kaylee Hammond, a PS 321 5th grader who competed at a New York Road Runners Youth Jamboree [http://www.nyrr.org/youth-and-schools/series-and-events/youth-jamborees] this past weekend in the 100-meter and 200-meter races in her age group and received 1st place ribbons in both events! Kaylee has

auctions

Donate An Item To PS 321’s Spring Auction

Do you own a local business, or otherwise offer a service that neighbors may like to bid on? Consider making a donation to the upcoming spring auction to support PS 321 [http://www.ps321.org/] (180 7th Avenue), which will take place on May 16. The school notes that successful

Lower East Side Ecology Center

Recycle Your Old Electronics On 7th Avenue This Saturday

Another chance to recycle those old electronics you might have gathering dust in your apartment is coming up this Saturday, December 7 from 10am to 4pm, at an e-waste recycling event [http://lesecologycenter.org/index.php/calendar.html?task=view_detail&agid=321&year=2013&month=12&day=7] sponsored

coat drive

Donate Coats To PS 321’s Annual Drive

Drop off your clean, gently worn coats to the annual PS 321 coat drive [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=590222904347105&set=a.124393964263337.9311.123311737704893&type=1] during the week of Monday, October 28 to Friday, November 1, just inside the front doors in the lobby of the

Brooklyn Craft Central

Buy Handcrafted Gifts at Holiday Craft Fairs in Park Slope

With all the doorbuster sales and the barrage of ads from nationwide chain stores this holiday season, it’s easy to forget you can get quality, original gifts from local artisans. You’re not only supporting local businesses and craftspeople, you’re finding things for loved ones that they won’