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Sunday, June 26, 2005

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Bklyn Children’s Museum Closes For Repairs

From June 27 through July 5, the Brooklyn Children’s Museum’s building will be temporarily closed for a changeover in its electrical service due to construction.

The museum will resume its regular schedule of events when the building reo
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Parades And Pageantry Mark Brooklyn Day 2005

Marching bands, floats, banner groups and other eye-pleasing spectacles wowed the crowd as local patriots took to the streets to hail Brooklyn Day with a parade presented by the Brooklyn Sunday School Union (BSSU).

The jubilant jaunt – led by
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Desperate Search For Missing Man

Thomas Marshall Diggs, a 64-year-old who suffers from Alzheimer’s memory loss, has been missing since January 20. He is 5’9, 165 pounds.

Diggs is African-American male with a medium complexion, gray hair, and brown eyes.

He was l
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Pro Hoopster Inspires Kids

Women’s basketball hoop star Kym Hampton received a slam-dunk of a welcome when she visited Public School 200 to hail fourth graders for their book-smart skills, courtesy of the New York Knicks Virtual Reading Zone literacy program.

Hampton w
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BWECC Reschedules June Meet

The Bensonhurst West End Community Council (BWECC) will cancel its monthly meeting, originally scheduled for June 27.

BWECC meetings will resume September 26 at the FIAO Beacon Center at Seth Low Intermediate School 96, 99 Avenue P.

BWECC
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Bklyn’s ASA Institute Debuts New Learning Center

Snip, snip hooray: One of Brooklyn’s top publishers, who is also trustee chairman of the ASA Institute, helped unveil the college’s new Manhattan campus with a ribbon cutting ceremony.

Daniel Holt, co-publisher of Courier Life Publicatio
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Hall of Famer Helps Dedicate Dewey’s New Field

New field of dreams: Football legend Frank Gifford helped snip the ribbon when John Dewey High School unveiled its new $4 million community athletic field with a ceremony, attended by students, staffers and local dignitaries.

The former New York G
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Seth Low High Steppers Put On a Show-Stopper

The young and the young-at-heart took to the stage for some fancy footwork during a dance production at Seth Low Intermediate School’s Beacon Community Center.

The dynamic presentation wowed the crowd as starry-eyed youngsters and adults from
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Cavallaro Kids ‘Present Pennies For Patients’

As temperatures began to rise, so did the generosity of students at the Joseph P. Cavallaro Middle School in Bensonhurst.

Sixth and seventh graders from the school, 8787 24th Avenue, raised $5,532.45 for a “Pennies for Patients” fundrais
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Seniors Connect With Pols For Life-Saving Connections

After a number of seniors complained that there’s no way to call for help in the event of an emergency in the Regina Pacis Senior Citizen building’s community room or library, 2424 Cropsey Avenue, Assemblyman William Colton, working together wit

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